WarGalley Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 I was going to subscribe to HBO this month so I could finally watch the Deadwood movie but this might hold me off. Really want to watch Succession based on what I've heard here.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Does anybody else have problems with disney plus being 'glitchy'? I watch through fire tv stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 2 hours ago, BigFatCoward said: Does anybody else have problems with disney plus being 'glitchy'? I watch through fire tv stick. The only thing I’ve watched on there was S1 of The Mandalorian and I had issues with the sound. Volume was way too low. I was using a Fire HD 8. Netflix and Prime work fine on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Rhinos Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Disney+ has been working fine for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 We watch Disney+ on a current model Roku. No problems at all. Agreed though that the sound on the Mandalorian specifically was unusually low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumHam Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Quibi catches up with the rest of the world, realizes watching TV on your phone is awful Quote With COVID-19 keeping most people indoors, streaming services have unsurprisingly seen a huge uptick in viewers, while Quibi only managed to net 300,000 live downloads on its first day—just seven percent of the downloads accumulated by Disney+ at launch. Ouch. Quote Quibi CEO Meg Whitman said that the company is currently working on implementing a feature that would allow users to cast Quibi content to their TVs But it's kinda hilarious that it didn't launch with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumHam Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 HBO Max will launch May 27th at the same price as HBO Now. They plan to do an ad-supported version next year. I hope they don't get rid of HBOGo anytime soon. It is ridiculous to have three seperate streaming apps though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumHam Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 So today is the last day to get a "pre-order" deal on HBO Max. They have no new content right now though, just all the HBO stuff and Warner's library of TV and movies. I didn't realize a lot of HBO subscribers get it for free though their cable company. If you subscribe to HBO with any of these companies you get it free: Quote AT&T (HBO's parent company) and DirecTV, U-verse, AT&T TV Now, AT&T TV and AT&T wireless users who can add HBO with certain unlimited plans Charter and its Spectrum services YouTube TV or Google Apple Hulu Altice USA and its Optimum and Suddenlink services Verizon and its Fios services Cox Communications The NCTC group of independent cable and broadband companies -- that includes WOW!, Atlantic Broadband, RCN, Grande Communications & Wave, MCTV and others. (Check if your pay-TV provider is an NCTC member.) Comcast is the biggest one missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumHam Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, The Great Unwashed said: Did anyone subscribe to HBOMax and can say if it's worth it? Also, how do you figure out if you're able to subscribe or not? I heard that you couldn't sign up through certain platforms. Roku and Amazon Fire TV don't have an app for it yet because apparently the companies can't come to an agreement. Before you subscribe make sure your cable provider isn't already giving it to you free. I posted a list above. It's not something I'd pay extra for at the moment, but since they're giving it to me with the HBO subscription it's nice to have the extra movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 1 hour ago, The Great Unwashed said: Fuck, the whole reason I cut the cord in the first place was not having to juggle new packages and all that. It's casino rules. The House Always Wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Looking through the HBO MAX app and I see that there’s a ton of old Criterion titles in the TCM section. Including a bunch that I’ve been meaning to see for years. This looks better than I expected... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teng Ai Hui Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 On 4/15/2020 at 5:51 AM, RumHam said: Quibi catches up with the rest of the world, realizes watching TV on your phone is awful I was always slightly curious about Quibi. They had a few things that interested me -- that series with Sophie Turner, a docu-series about Lebron James's Promise School, another docu-series about USA's youngest mayor, and most recently The Fugitive re-boot with Keifer Sutherland. Did anyone watch any of their shows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share Posted August 9, 2020 https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/7/21359128/warnermedia-reorg-bob-greenblatt-kevin-reilly-hbo-max-jason-kilar-streaming?fbclid=IwAR3FiTdTe3hTT7u27tsGt8gC2hK-yshuSdX5umV6MsBbzEf_O-IHFfzXxug Quote HBO Max’s launch hasn’t gone as smoothly as executives at AT&T — and WarnerMedia — may have expected. New AT&T CEO John Stankey told analysts on an earnings call a couple of weeks ago that HBO Max amassed 3 million new subscribers, and an additional million activations came through AT&T platforms (including existing HBO subscribers who upgraded to Max for free). That conversion rate is disappointing; the company already had more than 30 million subscribers it could move over to HBO Max from its linear HBO customer base and HBO Now. Stankey on the call specifically noted it was difficult getting people who subscribed to HBO through cable packages to sign up for HBO Max, adding that it’s an area WarnerMedia wants to improve on in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 Warner's entire 2021 film slate, including Dune and Matrix 4, will debut on HBO Max simultaneously with their in theatre premieres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) I thought they would wait to see how Wonder Woman does, unless there has already been massive increase in HBO Max subscriber. Edited December 3, 2020 by Corvinus85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumHam Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Corvinus85 said: I thought they would wait to see how Wonder Woman does, unless there has already been massive increase in HBO Max subscriber. I don't think they could really tell, as the deal to allow the app on amazon devices happened around the same time they announced wonder woman. Edited December 3, 2020 by RumHam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 I’ve subscribed to Hulu + live TV for the past couple of months in order to have NFL and college football games available, especially while exercising at the weekend. But other than live sports, there doesn’t seem to be anything we want to watch on Hulu. And if we ever do try something, it still has ads even though I paid the premium to remove ads.* *there’s a footnote in fine print that “ad free” does not apply to all content. I’ll definitely drop this very soon. I’m just trying to decide whether this football season is worth another $60 per month to keep watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 5 minutes ago, Iskaral Pust said: I’ve subscribed to Hulu + live TV for the past couple of months in order to have NFL and college football games available, especially while exercising at the weekend. But other than live sports, there doesn’t seem to be anything we want to watch on Hulu. And if we ever do try something, it still has ads even though I paid the premium to remove ads.* *there’s a footnote in fine print that “ad free” does not apply to all content. I’ll definitely drop this very soon. I’m just trying to decide whether this football season is worth another $60 per month to keep watching. Yes, especially since they're increasing the price by $10 this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Rhinos Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 11 hours ago, Iskaral Pust said: I’ve subscribed to Hulu + live TV for the past couple of months in order to have NFL and college football games available, especially while exercising at the weekend. But other than live sports, there doesn’t seem to be anything we want to watch on Hulu. And if we ever do try something, it still has ads even though I paid the premium to remove ads.* *there’s a footnote in fine print that “ad free” does not apply to all content. I’ll definitely drop this very soon. I’m just trying to decide whether this football season is worth another $60 per month to keep watching. Sounds like you're playing stuff from the Live TV part of Hulu, which is a cable replacement and has ads instead of playing things from the streaming side of the site which is almost entirely ad free (assuming you paid for that tier). I personally think Hulu has the strongest TV show streaming library in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbunting Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 3 hours ago, Lord of Rhinos said: Sounds like you're playing stuff from the Live TV part of Hulu, which is a cable replacement and has ads instead of playing things from the streaming side of the site which is almost entirely ad free (assuming you paid for that tier). I personally think Hulu has the strongest TV show streaming library in the US. I have access to Hulu live and the streaming content also has ads. My daughter subscribes so they have access to live sports also. One thing I have noticed is when watching the app on a smart tv there are more ads. When I watch on a computer the ads are there but if you watch a few episodes in a row the ads are minimal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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