Amazon Prime Video is the legal streaming platform offered by Amazon to all Prime customers, without paying any surcharges (it is included in the annual Prime subscription cost). Given the growing number of films and TV series (also original) that can be found on this platform, more and more users wonder how they can view it on their home TV, without having to settle for the computer monitor, smartphone or tablet. Just to respond to the growing popularity of Amazon Prime Video, in this guide we will show you all the methods to be able to use Amazon Prime Video on TV, so you can enjoy the highest resolution (up to 4K HDR for some content) and enjoy the audio Dolby on the home theater system.
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How to use Amazon Prime Video on TV
Below we have collected the most practical methods to be able to see Amazon Prime Video on any TV with a free HDMI port. If our TV is Smart, we will often find the Amazon Prime Video app already installed or freely downloadable from the TV store.Recall that Amazon Prime video is free for Amazon Prime customers .
App for Smart TV
As mentioned earlier, Amazon Prime Video is one of the most popular apps within the Smart environment of many modern televisions.
Just open the Smart section of the TV, press the Amazon Prime Video icon and log in with our Amazon account to start viewing the platform contents.
If we do not find the Amazon Prime Video app among those already present on the TV, simply open the app store and start the " Amazon Prime Video " search, so you can install and use the app.
Amazon Prime Video is currently compatible with any Samsung, LG, Sony and Philips Smart TV, as seen in our article Best apps for Samsung, LG and Android Smart TVs .
We don't have a Smart TV yet and we want to buy one "> How to choose and buy the best Smart TV.
Amazon Fire TV Stick
If our TV is not Smart or the app is not present in the store, we can access Amazon Prime Video by connecting the Amazon Fire TV Stick (€ 39) to a free HDMI socket.
Once connected to the HDMI socket and to the home Wi-Fi network, we will be able to quickly access Amazon Prime Video by pressing the appropriate icon on the device's Home; access should be automatic, since our Amazon account is already available on the Amazon Fire TV Stick; if we received this device as a gift, we will first have to log in with the Amazon account, then open the app to view the contents.
To learn more, we recommend reading our Amazon Fire TV Stick guide with tricks, apps and hidden features .
Chromecasts
If we already have a Chromecast connected to our TV, we won't have to buy any other device, since the Amazon Prime Video app for Android and iOS is perfectly compatible with the Google dongle.
Once the app is installed on our smartphone or tablet, we log in to it with our Amazon account, press the icon on the bottom right and select our Chromecast from the list. If we don't see the Chromecast inside the app, make sure that the mobile device is connected to the same Wi-Fi network as the Chromecast, so that they can see each other.
If we are a beginner with the Chromecast, we recommend you read our Chromecast Guide with 16 tricks and applications to use it at its best .
Android TV Box
Ultimately we can install the Amazon Prime Video app also on our Android TV Box, so as to have a single multimedia device for video streaming.
Since most TV Boxes use Android as the operating system, just open the Play Store, search for the " Amazon Prime Video " app, install and start it, so you can enter our Amazon account and start watching streaming content .
To learn more, we can read our two guides on the Best Android TV BOX to watch movies on TV and The best apps to have on Android TV Box .
TV without HDMI socket
We have a very old TV with no HDMI socket "> digital converter from HDMI to SCART, available on Amazon for € 18.
By connecting one of the devices previously seen to the HDMI Input socket, we will be able to convert the signal to make it compatible with the SCART Output socket, so that we can also connect very old but still perfectly functioning TVs (especially old plasma with excellent video quality) .
If we are interested in this type of device, we have also created a study dedicated to HDMI Adapters to connect TV Boxes to older TVs .
Conclusions
The methods we have proposed above will allow you to view all the contents of Amazon Prime Video at the highest quality, without interruptions and buffering. The most practical is certainly the Smart TV app, since we can manage all the contents from a single remote control; if we do not have a Smart TV or it does not have the desired app, we recommend using the Amazon Fire TV Stick or Chromecast to add support to the streaming platform.We have a large collection of movies and videos on the computer but we don't know how to play them on TV "> Complete guide to Plex, the media player with active transcoding and How to download Plex on PC, TV, Android, iOS, NAS .
