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| Topic subject | HBO Max is quietly building the best streaming library. |
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741418, HBO Max is quietly building the best streaming library.
Posted by Sofian_Hadi, Wed Jun-02-21 08:10 AM
Huge movies released (with no lame added fee like Disney+)
And them boys just added the old shows COLD CASE and WITHOUT A TRACE!
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741419, Is it just my old Roku or is HBO Max a really clunk user experience?
Posted by Tiger Woods, Wed Jun-02-21 08:31 AM
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741421, Might be Roku
Posted by Sofian_Hadi, Wed Jun-02-21 09:51 AM
I use the phone app, pc app, or smart tv and it runs smoothly
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741422, I had to wrassle with it on Xbox
Posted by JFrost1117, Wed Jun-02-21 10:43 AM
Maybe one or two updates ago. It’s smooth as eggs now.
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741423, It runs smoothly, but there are some small annoying navigation issues
Posted by soulfunk, Wed Jun-02-21 11:17 AM
for me. For example it you're watching a series, it takes to many separate clicks to get to the next episode if coming back to the app on a different day. Not only too many clicks, but when hitting "down" to get there it often takes you to the wrong place like a different season. I remember Netflix having the same navigation issue years ago, but they fixed it. I use it on a Fire Cube for reference.
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741427, There’s been times I was doing a marathon and it just stopped
Posted by makaveli, Wed Jun-02-21 04:50 PM
going to next episode when one was finished. Also, there are lots of language/subtitles issues which are talked about in the Gomorrah thread. I hope they fix it soon, it’s pretty wack.
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741424, It’s terrible
Posted by makaveli, Wed Jun-02-21 11:54 AM
Surprisingly bad.
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741429, awful on Roku, borderline unusable
Posted by will_5198, Wed Jun-02-21 07:53 PM
the fact "My List" isn't a button on there is egregious
even scrolling, mine will just time out and kick me back to the Roku homescreen
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741432, This is the same exact experience I have.
Posted by Tiger Woods, Thu Jun-03-21 06:42 AM
Thanks everyone for sharing
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741431, Works great on PS4 for me tbh.
Posted by Frank Longo, Wed Jun-02-21 11:55 PM
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741434, it worked fine on my roku tv a few months ago
Posted by Rjcc, Thu Jun-03-21 02:17 PM
I'm reviewing other devices now
and I usually just cast from my phone
www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at
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741433, Its great for the TCM library alone.
Posted by rdhull, Thu Jun-03-21 01:22 PM
>Huge movies released (with no lame added fee like Disney+)
>
>And them boys just added the old shows COLD CASE and WITHOUT A
>TRACE!
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741437, agreed, it's a low-key Criterion Collection replacement for me
Posted by benny, Thu Jun-03-21 05:13 PM
they don't have allll the movies that CC does, but they have plenty, including some obscure stuff. Just wish it was easier to search the catalog, and the Apple TV app didn't crash/buffer as much as it does
Btw they just introduced a $150 yearly plan (basically 2 months for free), I might just give in since I've been using it a lot lately. Just this last month I watched a few Almodovars and Police fucking Story (and Rumble in the Bronx but no one needs to know that haha)
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741471, This is some very useful info.
Posted by Numba_33, Thu Jun-10-21 08:36 AM
>Btw they just introduced a $150 yearly plan (basically 2
>months for free), I might just give in since I've been using
>it a lot lately.
$12.50 a month isn't that bad considering the loads of streaming content on there, plus the fact they'll have some new theatrical releases each month at least til the end of 2021 is another good reason to cop this.
I think I'll look into this when July starts. Thanks for that info.
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741441, Im sitting at home watching The Conjuring 3. That's wild to me.
Posted by Sofian_Hadi, Fri Jun-04-21 08:43 AM
For no extra fee. Everyone shat on WB for staying firm with releasing their movies on HBO Max but its paid off amazingly. Disney + is lame as hell for the $30 thing. I appreciate HBO not charging extra. That gets my loyalty.
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741446, Agreed
Posted by Mgmt, Sun Jun-06-21 07:19 AM
Prime has a lot of sneaky goods too
>Huge movies released (with no lame added fee like Disney+)
>
>And them boys just added the old shows COLD CASE and WITHOUT A
>TRACE!
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741450, Mare of Easttown
Posted by JayTeeDee, Sun Jun-06-21 03:13 PM
WATCH IT!!!
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741455, ^^^^^
Posted by Sofian_Hadi, Mon Jun-07-21 09:29 AM
HBO Series are also better than Netflix, now that Netflix cancels everything after a year and only goes three years at the most.
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741454, Hacks
Posted by JiggysMyDayJob, Mon Jun-07-21 09:16 AM
People need to watch it. Jean Smart is amazing!
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741468, just binged
Posted by rdhull, Wed Jun-09-21 09:22 PM
>People need to watch it. Jean Smart is amazing!
the whole crew is good
last ep tomorrow I think
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741469, You're right the whole cast is good
Posted by JiggysMyDayJob, Wed Jun-09-21 10:23 PM
>>People need to watch it. Jean Smart is amazing!
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>the whole crew is good
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>last ep tomorrow I think
Tomorrow is the last ep and I'm already seeing the FYC adds going around. I just hope people are watching cause it's truly a great show.
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741456, Apple TV user. Somehow I can't rewind anymore
Posted by Ryan M, Mon Jun-07-21 06:10 PM
And it's driving me insane.
That said - Hacks is so damn good.
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741460, The devs for the HBO app decided to not use the built in API for media playback
Posted by Mafamaticks, Tue Jun-08-21 12:30 PM
and instead use their own. The app has been shitty every since.
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741461, yeah that just started happening to me too
Posted by Mynoriti, Tue Jun-08-21 03:26 PM
but on fire.
it will rewind but will go way too far or treat me like my remote isn't working where I have to hit it 4 times, then it'll crash.
i usually assume it's batteries or a remote issue but no other app is doing this.
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741462, Same thing with the latest update on FireTV
Posted by pretentious username, Tue Jun-08-21 11:49 PM
It sucks so bad. It's one of the most basic things you have to get right with an app and it was already fine!
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741475, RE: Apple TV user. Somehow I can't rewind anymore
Posted by Mgmt, Thu Jun-10-21 11:40 PM
>And it's driving me insane.
>
>That said - Hacks is so damn good.
I know what you’re going through. You can. You just have to hit the “back”/“left” button on your device’s controller.
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741457, i use fire but it's easily the most buggy streaming service i have
Posted by Mynoriti, Mon Jun-07-21 07:24 PM
clunky is a good word for it. it's something i'd expect from from one of those off brand tubi type apps
pretty annoying.
solid content though.
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741459, Check out the works of Pedro Almodovar
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Tue Jun-08-21 08:19 AM
Don't even have to start at the beginning with him.
Watch :
Matador
About My Mother
Volver
Bad Education
I love this dudes work and now everyone can easily see them.
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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"
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741477, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown!
Posted by benny, Fri Jun-11-21 10:17 PM
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741467, Too bad the app is garbage.
Posted by WarriorPoet415, Wed Jun-09-21 04:30 PM
Constantly crashes and sputters and ffw on my android tablet is a fucking ordeal.
I have it on my smart tv, my xbox, my tablet and phone. Largely garbage and unstable at times on all of them.
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"To Each His Reach"
but.....
Fuck aliens.
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741480, We spent 30 minutes trying to watch In the Heights last night.
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Mon Jun-14-21 09:09 AM
My wife was complaining about my wifi set up but I was certain it was th app (other apps fine on tv).
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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"
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741486, isn't it kinda weird how bad it is?
Posted by makaveli, Tue Jun-15-21 02:36 PM
i mean, it's hbo, you'd think they'd have their shit together.
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