Amazon streams TV shows, movies

First there was Amazon Unbox, the downloading service, and now there’s Amazon Video on Demand, offering streams of your favorite TV shows and movies. Unlike Hulu, most of the videos aren’t free: shows cost $1.99 unless you buy a “TV pass,” which gives you a 10-cent discount per episode. You can either rent or buy movies. And you can also port the videos to your TiVo or Windows PC for viewing on your TV set. For me personally, it’s hard to beat the Hulu experience for computer-based viewing, but Silicon Alley Insider says it’s “the best competition iTunes has seen yet.”