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Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020

Amazon has a Fire TV Stick 4k for 49.99 and you can get one for 25 dollars off entering the code 4KFIRETV.

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Originally Posted by dvd-4-life (Post 13805044)

Amazon has a Fire TV Stick 4k for 49.99 and you can get one for 25 dollars off entering the code 4KFIRETV.

That’s what I would call cheap.

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020

Yeah, that is a great deal, same price it normally is on Black Friday. It's a one time use as should be no surprise.

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Oh hell yeah Chappelle Show is now on HBO Max.

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Sweet! I wonder if it’s uncensored.

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What's the deal with Looney Toons?

Before I would watch 2 or 3 in a row and then it would stop playing.

I am watching it now and it's played Looney Toons for over 2.5 hours straight.

What's the most that you can watch in a row without interuption?

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Good, I’m glad they changed it. I hated them stopping after every one.

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HBO Max will autoplay until the last episode of a show:
https://help.hbomax.com/Answer/Detail/49

There was originally an issue with this on Classic Looney Tunes where it'd stop every once in a while. This seems to have been because of missing shorts not on the service breaking up the sequence of "episode" numbers.
https://www.reddit.com/r/HBOMAX/comm...oplay/fsk9ysh/

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So, on the Apple TV app I noticed if the episode numbers are sequential, it will auto play. If there’s a gap, it will drop back to the menu. As they have not included every episode (for multitude reasons) it appears their auto play algorithm depends on the numbering.

HBO Max stated they were working on a fix, so they've apparently fixed it
https://www.reddit.com/r/HBOMAX/comm...oplay/g2jimxv/

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I messaged HBO Max on Twitter and here is their response : Our team has confirmed this is an issue they're working to remedy and we appreciate you sharing your experience with us. We hope to have a resolution in the near future. If you have any other HBO Max questions, please feel free to reach back out. Thanks again!

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020

Peacemaker series from James Gunn's upcoming Suicide Squad movie, starring John Cena:

Gotta admit I'm looking forward to this one.

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Peacemaker series from James Gunn's upcoming Suicide Squad movie, starring John Cena.

So did they just giveaway that the Peacemaker survives, or will this be a prequel, for at least the first season?

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Originally Posted by Jay G. (Post 13810748)

So did they just giveaway that the Peacemaker survives, or will this be a prequel, for at least the first season?

I think it could go either way, so no spoilers (yet).

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Originally Posted by fujishig (Post 13810757)

I think it could go either way, so no spoilers (yet).

Articles are all calling it a prequel series:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...for-hbo-max-dc

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HBO Max has given a straight-to-series order for an eight-episode first season with Gunn writing all eight episodes and directing several, including the first. Cena will reprise his role from the upcoming movie for what will explore the origins of the character.

More:
https://news.avclub.com/james-gunn-h...equ-1845155878
https://news.yahoo.com/john-cena-sta...174300396.html

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I have a code for a free 30 day free trial of HBO Max that I got from DC Universe. I don't need it as I already subscribe to it already. So it's up for grabs.

Here it is:

DCU30FTANKY4BYMDM

Don't hoard it if you don't have the correct device to use it. Remember Roku and Amazon don't have deals with HBO Max yet.

These are the only devices that support HBO MaxThe following TV devices are supported:
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Android TV
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Apple TV
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PlayStation 4
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Samsung TV (2016 models and later)
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Xbox One

That's in addition to web browser, iPhone and iPad.

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020

HBO Max is supposedly pouring $70 million into Snyder's Justice League. A bold gambit for what was a movie that received a lukewarm response at best.

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jesus. that's a lot of dabloons for a shitty movie with a mostly shitty director.

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Drop in the bucket for Warner and it's the rare streaming attraction that has garnered a lot of attention. Compare that money spent to Quibi paying Reese Witherspoon $6M to narrate about an hour of content in a docuseries about elephants. Who do you think got more bang for their buck?

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If you have to compare your spending to Quibi to make yourself look good.... :)

I wonder if this isn't a perfect storm for this release. Not only the attention it gathered, but also the pandemic making it almost impossible to film full movies (I'm sure even the reshoots are much much easier to do in this climate, let alone the special effects).

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Originally Posted by Decker (Post 13811809)

I'm not sure it's the best bang for the buck. Disney+ got a full season of Mandalorian for $100 million, and that was 8 hours of all new content. Snyder's Justice League is only going to be 4 hours long, and was supposedly mostly already shot. At the least, it's going to be retreading a lot of ground from the original theatrical cut, even if that's via new/different footage.

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Originally Posted by fujishig (Post 13811810)

If you have to compare your spending to Quibi to make yourself look good.... :)

:lol:

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I wonder if this isn't a perfect storm for this release. Not only the attention it gathered, but also the pandemic making it almost impossible to film full movies (I'm sure even the reshoots are much much easier to do in this climate, let alone the special effects).

I do wonder if it would've gotten greenlit without the pandemic. A lot of the work for the new cut is post-production work, so there's a lot of work-from-home opportunities for FX houses that otherwise would be running out of newly filmed projects to work on. Reshoots can probably be done on a smaller scale than the original principle photography, and maybe even limiting it to one or two actors on a set at a time, for close-ups and such to fill in gaps in the original footage. HBO Max has all the DC Universe shows now and has greenlit new seasons of most of them, but there's probably questions of delays and when they can start working on those new seasons, so Snyder's Justice League can work as a gap filler for when HBO Max might not have much other new content coming in.

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I think Snyder is getting this money because HBO Max needs something that generates buzz for subscribers. Early reports indicate the service is not selling like gangbusters out of the gate. It's a perfect storm because AT&T needs HBO Max to be a success.

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Well we know why it's not selling like gangbusters. It's because it's not avaliable on the 2 biggest platforms.

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Originally Posted by The Questyen (Post 13811950)

Well we know why it's not selling like gangbusters. It's because it's not avaliable on the 2 biggest platforms.

I suspect it's branding as much as the Roku stuff. Most people with HBO don't know or understand the difference.

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Originally Posted by Decker (Post 13811994)

I suspect it's branding as much as the Roku stuff. Most people with HBO don't know or understand the difference.

Most people with HBO are grandfathered into the service and probably get counted in the numbers, though, right?

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Originally Posted by fujishig (Post 13811998)

Most people with HBO are grandfathered into the service and probably get counted in the numbers, though, right?

Not if they don't sign up or switch over to HBO Max. Tons probably just watch HBO on their TV and if anything have HBO Now on their phone. If they're not tech savvy or up on the latest entertainment news, I bet most don't realize that what they're getting with HBO isn't all there is with HBO Max.

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Originally Posted by fujishig (Post 13811998)

Most people with HBO are grandfathered into the service and probably get counted in the numbers, though, right?

It's not great news when they do.

https://variety.com/2020/digital/new...tt-1234714316/

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AT&T on Thursday touted the “successful” launch of HBO Max — with the new service helping to boost overall HBO and HBO Max customers by a net 1.7 million over the first six months of 2020.

As of June 30, 2020, AT&T’s WarnerMedia reported 36.3 million total U.S. subscribers to HBO Max and HBO, up from 34.6 million at Dec. 31, 2019. That’s an increase of 5% over that time period. However, traditional HBO lost 2.1 million subscribers during the first quarter.

In disclosing AT&T’s second-quarter earnings, CEO John Stankey said there were nearly 3 million new subscribers that purchased HBO Max directly from WarnerMedia via online signups in the quarter since its May 27 launch and 4.1 million total activations of the HBO Max app. That means the great majority of HBO’s existing subscribers have yet to access HBO Max content even though it is free to those who already pay for HBO.

So only 1.1 million existing HBO subscribers signed up for the app be the end of June. They also seem to be bleeding traditional HBO subscribers, although the HBO Max direct subscriptions are making up for it. But an overall 5% growth isn't great.

Part of it is likely because people that wanted HBO either already had it via cable + HBO Go or via HBO Now, so there's not necessarily "pent up demand" for an HBO/WB service like there was for Disney+ . I also don't think WB has ever had as consistent "brand identity" as Disney has, especially with families. It's also pricy for a single streaming service. They tried to leverage the HBO brand, but I think they actually diluted it a bit, since HBO was known for premium adult content primarily, so people may not be thinking of it for Cartoon Network kids content, or Looney Tunes, or Ghibli. The way content comes and goes isn't great either, obviously they didn't play the long game and plan this out far in advance like Disney did.

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I hope they counted the 3 people who signed up from the , as predicted by ME, Now Officially Dead DC Universe.

-Gizmo

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As of today, the HBO channel on our Roku will load part way and then stop. Not sure if there is a technical issue or if this is another thing in the debate between HBO and Roku.

And have already tried all of the troubleshooting steps. Reboot Roku. Check for updates.

{Edit:. Began working again.}

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Delete and re-install?

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Warner Media/AT&T announced they were going to restructure and try to cut costs as much as 20%. This is in addition to the previous rounds of layoffs that decimated DC.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/at...ing-2020-10-08

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Nice to see them add similarities to the movie detail pages, though not some of the older titles.

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It's mind boggling that this service has been live for about 5 months and still has no deal with Roku and Amazon.

Peacock at least decided to play hard ball and threaten to pull the plug on other NBC streaming services so that forced Roku to cave.

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Some good news for those waiting on DC Universe content

Young Justice and Titans will be available November 1st

Stargirl will be available December 1st.

These were posted in the DC section of the HBO Max app and website.

and Cats is now on HBO Max for those who want to scare themselves this Halloween.

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020

They are already dumping the WarnerMax label on films. It will just be under the Warner Bros. Pictures.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...ilm-production

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New releases and what's leaving HBO Max in November.

The Dark Knight comes back for 29 days!!!

Aquaman is leaving. It's probably going to be moving to basic cable like TNT for awhile. That's typical with how movies are licensed.

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HBO Max’s Arrivals for November 2020

Exact Dates TBD

12 Dates Of Christmas, HBO Max Original Series Premiere
Colin Quinn & Friends: A Parking Lot Comedy Show, HBO Max Original Special Premiere
Crazy, Not Insane, Documentary Premiere (HBO)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion Special, HBO Max Original Special Premiere
Full Bloom, HBO Max Original Series Premiere
I Hate Suzie, HBO Max Original Series Premiere
The Mystery Of DB Cooper, Documentary Premiere (HBO)
Sesame Street, Season 51 2020
Valley Of Tears, HBO Max Original Series Premiere
Veneno, HBO Max Original Series Premiere

Coming November 1

10,000 BC, 2008
13 Going On 30, 2004
2 Fast 2 Furious, 2003 (HBO)
Above The Rim, 1994
All Is Bright, 2013
America, America, 1964
Anchors Aweigh, 1945
Another Cinderella Story, 2008
The Arrangement, 1969
Austin Powers In Goldmember, 2002
Autumn In New York, 2000 (HBO)
Baby Doll, 1956
Battleship, 2012 (HBO)
Beasts Of The Southern Wild, 2012 (HBO)
Billy Madison, 1995 (HBO)
Blast From The Past, 1999
Blood Work, 2002
The Bridge Of San Luis Rey, 2005 (HBO)
Broadway Danny Rose, 1984 (HBO)
The Bucket List, 2007
The Children, 2009
A Christmas Carol, 1938
Chronicle, 2012 (Director’s Cut) (HBO)
City Island, 2010 (HBO)
City Slickers, 1991 (HBO)
Clash Of The Titans, 2010
Critical Care, 1997
Cruel Intentions, 1999 (HBO)
The Dancer Upstairs, 2003 (HBO)
The Dark Knight, 2008
David Copperfield, 1935
Dead Man Walking, 1995 (HBO)
Desperately Seeking Susan, 1985 (HBO)
The Devil’s Advocate, 1997
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, 2003 (HBO)
Dolphin Tale, 2011
Dumb And Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, 2003
The Eagle, 2011 (HBO)
East Of Eden, 1955
Eight Legged Freaks, 2002
Elf Pets: Santa’s Saint Bernard’s Save Christmas, 2018
The Enforcer, 1976
A Face In The Crowd, 1957
The Fast And The Furious, 2001 (HBO)
Femme Fatale, 2002
The Five-Year Engagement, 2012 (Extended Version) (HBO)
A Flintstone Christmas, 1977
A Flintstone Family Christmas, 1993
Free Willy, 1993
Friday The 13th, 2009
G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra, 2009
The Gauntlet, 1977
Genius, 2016 (HBO)
Get Santa, 2014
Girl In Progress, 2012
Grumpier Old Men, 1995
Grumpy Old Men, 1993
Guys And Dolls, 1955
Hacksaw Ridge, 2016 (HBO)
Happy Gilmore, 1996 (HBO)
Heidi, 2006
High Fidelity, 2000 (HBO)
High Society, 1956
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, 2012
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, 2014
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, 2013
Hollidaysburg, 2014
House On Haunted Hill, 1999
Ice Age: Continental Drift, 2012 (HBO)
Impractical Jokers: Inside Jokes
The Iron Giant, 1999
J. Edgar, 2011
Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday, 1993
Jason X, 2002
King Kong, 1976 (HBO)
The Last King Of Scotland, 2006 (HBO)
The Lego Batman Movie, 2017
The Lego Movie, 2014
The Lego Ninjago Movie, 2014
License To Wed, 2007
Life Stinks, 1991
Linda And The Mockingbirds, 2020 (HBO)
Little Man Tate, 1991 (HBO)
Looney Tunes: Back In Action, 2003
The Losers, 2010
Lowriders, 2017 (HBO)
Made, 2001 (HBO)
The Madness Of King George, 1994 (HBO)
Magic Mike, 2012
The Magical Wand Chase: A Sesame Street Special, 2017
Magnum Force, 1973
Malibu’s Most Wanted, 2003
The Man With The Golden Arm, 1955
The Mask, 1994
Menace II Society, 1993
Miss Julie, 2014 (HBO)
Money Talks, 1997
Mr. Nanny, 1993
Music And Lyrics, 2007
Must Love Dogs, 2005
Mystic River, 2003
National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1, 1993
Needful Things, 1993
The Neverending Story, 1984
The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter, 1991
New York Minute, 2004
Nights In Rodanthe, 2008
Nothing Like The Holidays, 2008
Now And Then, 1995
Ocean’s 11, 1960
Old School, 2003
On The Town, 1949
Once Upon A Sesame Street Christmas, Special Premiere
A Perfect World, 1993
Pleasantville, 1998
The Pledge, 2001
Popstar, 2005
Practical Magic, 1998
The Prophecy, 1995 (HBO)
The Prophecy 2, 1998 (HBO)
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent, 2000 (HBO)
Prophecy 4: The Uprising, 2005 (HBO)
Prophecy 5: The Forsaken, 2005 (HBO)
Radio Days, 1987
Red Tails, 2012 (HBO)
Rick And Morty, Season Four PremiereThe Right Stuff, 1983
Rock Star, 2001
Rosewood, 1997
Rumor Has It, 2005
Salvador, 1986 (HBO)
Scoop, 2006 (HBO)
The Sea Of Grass, 1947
The Secret Garden, 1993
Sesame Street, 1969
Sesame Street: Elmo’s Playdate, Special Premiere
Sesame Street’s 50th Anniversary Celebration, Special Premiere
Sinbad Of The Seven Seas, 1989 (HBO)
The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants, 2005
The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2, 2008
Smurfs Christmas Special, 1982
Some Came Running, 1958
Space Cowboys, 2000
Splendor In The Grass, 1961
Sudden Impact, 1983
Summer Catch, 2001
Swingers, 1996 (HBO)
Swordfish, 2001
A Tale Of Two Cities, 1935
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines, 2003
Terminator Salvation, 2009
Terms Of Endearment, 1983
Thief, 1981 (HBO)
Thirteen Ghosts, 2001
Tightrope, 1984
The Time Traveler’s Wife, 2009
Tis The Season To Be Smurfy, 1987
Titans, Seasons 1 & 2
Torque, 2004
Tower Heist, 2011 (HBO)
The Town That Santa Forgot, 1993
Troll, 1986 (HBO)
Troll 2, 1990 (HBO)
True Crime, 1999
Tweety’s High-Flying Adventures, 2000
Twilight Zone: The Movie, 1983 (HBO)
Una Semana (HBO)
Unaccompanied Minors, 2006
Untamed Heart, 1993 (HBO)
Veronica Mars, 2014
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, 2011 (Extended Version) (HBO)
We Bought A Zoo, 2011 (HBO)
When You Wish Upon A Pickle: A Sesame Street Special, 2018
Wild Wild West, 1999
Win A Date With Tad Hamilton!, 2004 (HBO)
Witches Of Eastwick, The, 1987
The Wood, 1999
Wyatt Earp, 1994
Yogi Bear’s All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper, 1982
Yogi’s First Christmas, 1980
Young Justice, Seasons 1-3
Zoo Animals (HBO)

Coming November 2

Quadrophenia, 1979
We Are Who We Are, Season Finale (HBO)
A Woman Under The Influence, 1974

Coming November 4

Looney Tunes, 1930 – 1969

Coming November 6

Pecado Original (Aka Original Sin) (HBO)

Coming November 7

The Dead Don’t Die, 2019 (HBO)
The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2020 Inductions (HBO)

Coming November 9

Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma, Season 5 (Subtitled) (Crunchyroll Collection)
Industry, Series Premiere (HBO)

Coming November 11

Patria, Season Finale (HBO)

Coming November 12

My Sesame Street Friends, 2020

Coming November 13

De Lo Mio (HBO)
Entre Nos: LA Meets NY (HBO)

Coming November 14

Dolittle, 2020 (HBO)

Coming November 15

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Season Finale (HBO)
Murder On Middle Beach, Docuseries Premiere (HBO)

Coming November 16

His Dark Materials, Season Two Premiere (HBO)
Linda and the Mockingbirds, 2020 (HBO)

Coming November 20

Porno Para Principiantes (Aka Porno For Newbies) (HBO)

Coming November 21

Between The World And Me, Special Event Premiere (HBO)
Real Time with Bill Maher, Season Finale (HBO)
Underwater, 2020 (HBO)

Coming November 24

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
Smurfs, Season 4, 1981

Coming November 26

Craftopia: Craft the Halls, HBO Max Special Premiere
Craftopia: Merry Craftmas!, HBO Max Special Premiere
The Flight Attendant, HBO Max Original Series Premiere
Superintelligence, HBO Max Original Film Premiere

Coming November 27

Chateau Vato (HBO)
How To With John Wilson, Season Finale (HBO)

Coming November 28

The Call Of The Wild, 2019 (HBO)

Coming November 29

The Undoing, Season Finale (HBO)

Leaving HBO Max in November

Once again, many notable titles are being cycled out of HBO Max in November. Fans can revisit Aquaman, The Dark Knight, and Batman Begins before they leave. The Conversation and Dog Day Afternoon are must-see classics that every moviegoer should take the time to see. Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead is another gem that needs more love. And to much demise, a slew of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle films are also saying goodbye for now. Everything leaving HBO Max in November can be found below.

Leaving November 4

Aquaman, 2018 (HBO)

Leaving November 5

Rolling Stone: Stories From The Edge, 2017 (HBO)
Signs, 2002 (HBO)

Leaving November 25

Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill, 2016 (HBO)

Leaving November 26

All Def Comedy, 2017 (HBO)

Leaving November 30

24/7: Kelly Slater, 2019 (HBO)
All The President’s Men, 1976
Anastasia, 1997 (HBO)
Badlands, 1973
Batman Begins, 2005
Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead, 2007 (HBO)
Blinded By The Light, 2019 (HBO)
The Bodyguard, 1992
Bridesmaids, 2011 (Unrated Version) (HBO)
Bridget Jones’s Baby, 2016
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, 1958
Charlotte’s Web, 1973
Cheech & Chong’s Up In Smoke, 1978
Chicago, 2002
Child’s Play 2, 1990 (HBO)
Child’s Play 3, 1991 (HBO)
Commando, 1985 (Director’s Cut) (HBO)
The Conversation, 1974
The Dark Knight, 2008
Dave, 1993
Deliverance, 1972
Dog Day Afternoon, 1975
Election, 1999
Ella Enchanted, 2004
Father Of The Bride, 1950
Going The Distance, 2010
Good Boys, 2019 (HBO)
The Haunting, 1999
JFK, 1991
The Kitchen, 2019 (HBO)
Little Shop Of Horrors, 1986 (Director’s Cut) (HBO)
Malcolm X, 1992
The Mask, 1994
Marathon Man, 1976
Pearl Harbor, 2001 (Director’s Cut) (HBO)
The Pelican Brief, 1993
Roger & Me, 1989
Sky High, 2005 (HBO)
Son Of The Mask, 2005
Stuber, 2019 (HBO)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, 1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3, 1993
TMNT, 2007
Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, 1966

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020

Looking forward for this to be on Roku and Amazon devices.

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Originally Posted by GabeMCrawford13 (Post 13830785)

Looking forward for this to be on Roku and Amazon devices.

Seriously. They wait long enough, it might not matter. I know HBO is a huge name, but they're burning some momentum here.
I'm one of those stats because I did activate but I've watched a total of 4 hours of content. It was hassle enough activating, without the hassle of considering getting a new piece of hardware to add or replace my current infrastructure.

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020

Sideload it on an Amazon Fire Stick and it work's fine.

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Yeah, but....I just don't care that much. I'm not going to buy another device (actually 2 more, for 2 tvs) and sideload software because two companies are in a pissing contest. While I would like to access it, especially since prior to its release they hyped up "AT&T customers get discounts on it!" before saying "but can't use it on the 2 biggest platforms [at the time]", I don't want to work that hard at it. There's enough other streaming services, I can live just fine without it.
Rather than activations, they should also have to disclaim hours viewed monthly per account or number of 'active accounts' or something, because it would be interesting (to me, and possibly to content providers) to see how many 'inactive' accounts they have.

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Originally Posted by tonyc3742 (Post 13830873)

I paid 25 bucks for the one fire stick when is was on sale. It still might be on sale .

I mostly watch Peacock TV and HBO Max(both sideloaded) on my fire TV and fire stick.

You will always need to buy new devices at some time because Roku won't update their older units.