I wonder if this means DC Universe is going to stick around for a while, since they have most of if not all of the animated Batman series.

https://variety.com/2020/digital/new...ia-1234617114/

Comcast officially signed on.

I was just going to post that. I just signed on with my X1 account. I'd prefer it on Roku, but I have an android TV.

Come on Roku. Just had to teach my wife how to watch the app using the PS4

The iOS app just updated again today.

If you're still confused, here's CNET's walk through that attempts to explain it all.



Bob Greenblatt, who is in charge of HBO Max, said today that eventually Go and Now will merge and become only HBO Max.

Thanks, I appreciate you looking!

Can't you watch HBOMax on Amazon Fire TV with their internet app?

I doubt it (though I haven't tried). On ios it redirects to the app when you go through a browser, and if you force it it won't play anyway. I can't imagine chrome/silk on fire tv will work.

Sepinwall and David Fear compiled a list of 50 movies to watch on HBOMax.

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/...o-max-1003967/

Note: I've been on an Altman kick while I've been in quarantine. I think they erroneously included the Long Goodbye on their list. I didn't see it out there.

I haven't read anything yet about it, but I'm guessing all content will be 1080p and not 4K (where available)?

Just checked my 2016 Samsung smart TV and indeed the app is there and I installed it.

And yeah it doesn't look like there is any 4K content yet.

Supposedly it is in the works for the future.

https://www.cnet.com/news/you-cant-w...thats-a-shame/

Still, like with other things, why not have it ready to go at the launch.

I watched the Roku Channel on the Amazon Silk web browser.

But I guess HBO Max won't work.

Still can't DL to my Xbox One X.

I thought it was just me. Is the app just not available because all I got this morning was an error.

Here's the link

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/hbo-max/9pjj1k9dzmrs?rtc=1&activetab=pivotverviewtab

Nothing to do with finding it. Errors abound. Their support Twitter has been tweeting about it, saying it is fixed, but it is not.

Yeah, it's been saying this all day, "Something happened on our end. Waiting a bit might help."

And of course....I tried again and it installed. Little glitchy on the sign in, but I got in. Now they need to iron out the Roku issue so we can really get going.

Kind of bullshit there is no 4k or HDR. What is this, 2017?

So this is interesting factoid:
"Wondering how big of a deal this is? In 2019, market research firm Parks Associates said that Roku has 39% of the installed base of streaming media players in the United States, with Amazon Fire TV trailing behind at 30%. That means that somewhere around 69% of streaming media devices in households around the US do not have access to HBO Max."
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/hbo-m...whats-going-on
I wonder what's included in "streaming media players". I assume not a PC, laptop, or tablet, and maybe not a gaming console either. Probably just things like Roke, FireTV, AppleTV. What else is there? I really wouldn't call a Chromecast a "streaming media player" because to my understanding, it doesn't really "stream" anything. So not as meaningful a stat as it could be.

The parental controls kind of suck.

When you set up a kid profile, you put their date of birth and the service will restrict what they can watch. However, it doesn't seem to mask all of the titles. For instance, for my youngest, she's too young to watch PG-13, but the tiles still show up for PG-13 movies, it just tells her it's restricted. It would be better I think to just remove them from her profile.

Also you can put a passcode on a kids profile so if they want to change profiles they have to enter it. Pretty good. Except when you enter it it doesn't mask the numbers on the screen so the first time you do it and the kid's there, it's plain to see.

Smooth sailing on the Apple TV.