The limits of a small display

You can stream full-length TV shows and movies available through Prime Video, not that you’d want to watch a lengthy film on the Spot given its 2.5-inch display. At least the Show, by contrast, has a 7-inch screen.

The small display poses other constraints: Portions of a movie or TV show that aren’t properly formatted for the display are cut off. The clues in

Jeopardy! on the Spot didn’t fill up the entire screen as they do on the Show, and I also experienced a disconcerting lag between the reading of that clue and what appears on the screen.

The absence of YouTube in particular leaves a major void, the result of an unfortunate feud between Amazon and Google. Netflix and Hulu are also among the missing services.