HBO Max has switched over to Max

[Edd]

…and there’s a problem. I’ve still got the $15.99 a month ad free plan but I’ve lost 4K, unless I cough up $19.99 a month. Fuck you Warner.

 

[Eric]

…and there’s a problem. I’ve still got the $15.99 a month ad free plan but I’ve lost 4K, unless I cough up $19.99 a month. Fuck you Warner.

I had to update the app on my Roku and it has a brand new interface. I didn't know that about losing 4K and TBH I have no idea what's really changed. They've done a poor job of rolling this out.

 

[Colstan]

…and there’s a problem. I’ve still got the $15.99 a month ad free plan but I’ve lost 4K, unless I cough up $19.99 a month. Fuck you Warner.

Try canceling the service, before you verify, they may offer you a deal. I got in on the $1.99 Black Friday deal for two months so that I could burn through House of the Dragon and The Last of Us. They offered me another three months for $4.99 each. I didn't accept, because I had already watched everything I cared about. (I'm not a big television watcher; I spend more time here on TechBoards than on television.)

Also, the new branding is idiotic. Tossing away the most valuable name for quality content is foolish. I'm assuming the iconic HBO intro is going away. The Game of Thrones series theme won't sound right without it.

 

[Edd]

Try canceling the service, before you verify, they may offer you a deal. I got in on the $1.99 Black Friday deal for two months so that I could burn through House of the Dragon and The Last of Us. They offered me another three months for $4.99 each. I didn't accept, because I had already watched everything I cared about. (I'm not a big television watcher; I spend more time here on TechBoards than on television.)

Also, the new branding is idiotic. Tossing away the most valuable name for quality content is foolish. I'm assuming the iconic HBO intro is going away. The Game of Thrones series theme won't sound right without it.

I cancelled. They tried to fend it off with a new ad-lite tier for $4 less than I’m paying, but never offered 4K. I’ve still got access until Jun 5th so I’ll see if they offer it somehow. Guessing they won’t.

 

[Cmaier]

Stupid new app doesn’t work with “Up Next” in the apple tv.app, and doesn’t use the normal video player on Apple TV (so various scrub functionality doesn’t work)

 

[Alli]

Stupid new app doesn’t work with “Up Next” in the apple tv.app, and doesn’t use the normal video player on Apple TV (so various scrub functionality doesn’t work)

Great. Hopefully it will work on a FireTV, since that’s what’s on the main TV in the living room.

 

[fooferdoggie]

The problem with all of the streaming services they run out of new subscribers so they can't keep growing like capitalism requires. so the services have to charge more or have and and such. so much competition now but there are less subscribers.

 

[Cmaier]

They just released an update that connects the app to the tv.app so at least now stuff shows up in Up Next

 

[Herdfan]

Looks like I lost 4K as part of my "free" subscription to Max for being a DirecTV Premier sub. And according to the /DirecTV reddit, there is no way to pay the extra $4 to get it.

 

[Eric]

I guess I never paid attention whether or not the content I watch was in 4K or not.

 

[Herdfan]

I guess I never paid attention whether or not the content I watch was in 4K or not.

I didn't either until recently. Maybe because when I built our Home Theater, I went with a cheap 1080p projector figuring the price of 4K's would come way down. They really never did, so I didn't upgrade.

But I ended up with mom's 85" 4K TV which we took to AZ so I now have a 4K display so I have watched some things in 4K and while it is not the same difference as SD>HD, you can see it. I was a little nervous when 4K displays first started coming out as all the demo content looked like a telenovela. It was just too saturated and looked fake. But we watched several of The Mandalorian episodes and they looked pretty good.

 

[Cmaier]

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

…and there’s a problem. I’ve still got the $15.99 a month ad free plan but I’ve lost 4K, unless I cough up $19.99 a month. Fuck you Warner.

I still have a 1080P TV. But it’s 3D too. Going to be valuable on 2032 hipster market.

 

[Edd]

I still have a 1080P TV. But it’s 3D too. Going to be valuable on 2032 hipster market.

We had an early 4K 3D Sony TV. The 3D was actually legit for a living room experience. Content was an issue. We didn’t use physical media so depended on Comcast On Demand for 3D. Smallest list of films ever. Notable good ones were Edge of Tomorrow and How to Train Your Dragon.

I still enjoy the occasional IMAX 3D experience, like the recent Avatar film. But the public just doesn’t care, even James Cameron can’t really sway them in the end.