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Originally Posted by memenow

The $40 prime student upgrade doesn't get the video service or the prime lending library. You have to pay the full $79 for borh those

Not true. We have all those. The free trial is only the shipping service but once you pay the $40 you get Prime videos and the lending library.
We watch the videos on our Roku which connects to our TV. You can't however add anyone else to your account like you can with Regular Prime.

From Amazon's Student Prime Help page:

As an Amazon Student member you'll also get six months of FREE Two-Day Shipping with Amazon Prime on eligible purchases, and will automatically continue receiving Amazon Prime benefits at a cost of $39 a year for up to four years with automatic renewal. After you graduate or at the end of your fourth year of Amazon Student $39 Prime benefits, whichever comes first, your subscription will automatically upgrade on its anniversary date into a full paid subscription for Amazon Prime at $79 a year. Your Student Prime benefits can't be shared with another account, but if you continue with a paid membership you'll receive access to thousands of Prime instant videos, and a Kindle book to borrow for free each month from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. Benefits are subject to restrictions, such as geographic limitations, as stated in our Amazon Prime Help pages. If you don't wish to continue with paid Prime benefits you can set them to not automatically upgrade at any time during the free period.

Once the $39 membership is selected, you'll no longer be eligible for the free period even if the paid membership is canceled.

If you'd like to upgrade to the $39 membership before the end of the free period in order to get access to Prime instant videos and Kindle Owners' Lending Library sooner, you can upgrade at any time by visiting www.amazon.com/join-student or www.amazon.com/prime.

If you'd like to share your Amazon Prime benefits with someone else, please cancel your Amazon Student membership and any existing Amazon Prime benefits under your account. You'll then be able to sign up for the $79 a year program and invite others to share your membership. You can cancel your Amazon Student membership by visiting the Manage Student Membership section of Your Account and clicking Cancel Student Membership. You can cancel your current Amazon Prime benefits by going to the Manage Prime Membership page. After these two things are canceled, visit our main Amazon Prime page (www.amazon.com/prime) to enroll at the $79 rate.