Speaking of which, Movies Anywhere permits you to stream motion pictures proper from their web site and app, and they provide comparable bitrates to iTunes—although I discovered not all of my motion pictures essentially supplied Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos by way of Movies Anywhere, even once they did by way of iTunes. It’s a very good secondary possibility, nevertheless.
Amazon Prime, Google Play, and different providers have a tendency to have decrease high quality, although they’re going to nonetheless look first rate sufficient in a pinch, or in case you’re renting a film that does not require the utmost in image high quality.
App Availability: Check Your Streaming Box and Smart TV
Of course, video and audio high quality imply nothing if a given app is not out there in your platform of alternative. Thankfully, this is not as a lot of a difficulty because it used to be, particularly since Apple began providing their app throughout non-Apple platforms. You’ll discover the Apple TV app on Amazon’s Fire units, Google TV, Roku containers, PlayStation and Xbox consoles, and loads of sensible TVs from the most important producers. You can see the total listing of supported units here.
The similar goes for Movies Anywhere, which is out there on the Apple TV, Amazon Fire units, Roku containers, Google TV, and many sensible TVs. Movies Anywhere doesn’t, nevertheless, seem to be out there on Xbox or PlayStation sport consoles—see their list of supported devices.
Other apps are fairly extensively out there, although could lag in assist for sure units—Vudu is only just now coming to Amazon Fire TV, and Microsoft’s motion pictures app shouldn’t be out there on non-Microsoft platforms (although it’s appropriate with Movies Anywhere). Google additionally has a historical past of, uh, having beef with sure streaming field producers, what with the long-running feud it had with Amazon and its current struggle with Roku—although for now, your Google-purchased motion pictures ought to be out there within the YouTube app on nearly any system.
If you are utilizing Apple and Movies Anywhere, these availability holes should not matter an excessive amount of, since you’ll be able to at all times purchase a film on Google Play or Microsoft Movies & TV and watch it by way of any Movies Anywhere–appropriate service. Just make certain, once more, that you just aren’t utilizing that technique to purchase a movie that won’t transfer over—you may need to purchase these on the platform you really use to watch. The similar goes for any leases or TV exhibits, which you may have to watch on the service in query.
Prices, Deals, and Freebies: Rack up Credit on Amazon, Google, and Others
You might imagine it might be greatest to simply stick to one digital storefront for all of your motion pictures—in any case, if Apple TV is out there on all of your streaming containers, why purchase anyplace else? The reply, after all, is offers.
All streaming providers have gross sales and offers right here and there, from gross sales on superhero motion pictures to weekly specials that rotate often. But every service additionally has its personal perks as nicely. Microsoft, for instance, just lately supplied the primary seasons of Dragon Ball Super and One Piece to Game Pass subscribers, and Apple is at the moment giving lots of Apple TV+ subscribers $5 credits thanks to the extension of their free trials.
Google is extra versatile with its offers, sometimes providing coupons or Google Play credit by way of its Chromebook Perks web page, the Benefits tab of the Google One app, the Offers tab within the Google Home app, and within the Google Play Store itself. You may also rack up Google Play credit fairly simply with the Google Opinion Rewards app on Android, which I’ve used for loads of purchases prior to now—despite the fact that I not often watch motion pictures on Google Play itself. (Thanks, Movies Anywhere!)
