Amazon Prime Video HD requirements on a Mac

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Hello ,

i am wondering why on my MacMini 2012 with Mac OS High Sierra (10.13.6)

Amazon Prime Video would stream Movies (not Serials or Documentaries) only in SD and not in HD.

Tried with different Browsers, Safari 11, Chrome (latest), Firefox (latest), no luck.

The Monitor is HDCP Compliant and the connection is trough HDMI to DVI cable.

Also on the MiniDP port no change - only SD Streaming Quality.

Is there anything i can do about it or are Macs with an attached Monitor, Projector etc.

relegated to second class Streaming when it comes to Amazon Prime Video?

Mac mini, OS X 10.11

Posted on Aug 17, 2020 2:54 AM

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Answer 1

Safari 13 would be the latest major release for 10.13.

I don't normally stream Prime on my 10.13.6 MBP 8,3, which is even older.

But, I just tried with Safari 13.1.2 and got HD for a Star Trek movie.

What sort of network bandwidth do you have?

Amazon Prime isn't particularly network-friendly as streaming goes.

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Answer 2

Thank you,

i have not installed Safari 13 yet, it should function also on earlier edition or other Browsers?

It would function on your MacBookPro because it has an "internal" Display,

but it seems the Amazon HD Streaming is more "restricted" on other Macs.

So i am wondering, if someone is able to achieve Amazon Prime Video HD on a Mac with a Monitor attached, like a MacMini 2018 or so.

My Model is from 2012 but should be perfectly hardware-capable of doing so.

EDIT: my network is VDSL2, around 100to150Mbps+-

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