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It looks like Warner Media and Discovery are in talks to merge. Will HBO Max and Discovery + will combine into one service? https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/16/media...dia/index.html

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Considering how low priced 4K is in general and the fact that 8K is already ramping up, let me tell you now that 3D is dead. Has been dead for a while now, and that’s from me who loves my 3D collection. So my comments about Max having 4K movies is pretty much aimed at the majority of us who have 4K.

I just read about this, but I think they’ll stay separate. Max and Discovery (which has its own umbrella of networks) are different enough to not be put together under one service.

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K. I’m still good though.

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AT&T badly wants to rid themselves of HBO Max and Warner Media. I read they have over 170 billion in debt, which is crippling.

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I guarantee 3D would not be dead if the subscription services had a large number of 3D movies and actually worked with all 3D displays. All the streaming companies that did 3D did it half-assed with awful hardware support- Vudu still has 3D titles but not even the Vudu apps in all 3D displays support it. Discs of course have been priced high and difficult to find, and of course discs are dead anyways.

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They’ve officially announced:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bu...Uux5ngegULtEMo

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It feels like Warner is being passed around like the village bicycle.

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I'd expect it to be more like Disney with Disney+ and Hulu. If they combined them that'd be a pretty expensive streamer. In their case, it'll mostly stay the same.

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Kind of what I was thinking too. Plus Discovery+ just is so extensive. Adding that stuff would practically overtake HBO Max. A bundle deal for the two services would seem better to me.

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I wouldn't be mad if they combined the services.

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Discovery + is kind of the posterboy for a streaming service with no identity at all. The subset of people who like to watch nature documentaries and 90 Day Fiance enough to pay for a monthly streaming service has to be pretty small.

Plus HBO has such a strong identity as a premium service that curates the best of the best content, it does seem kind of incompatible with Discovery+ when you think about it.

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As long as I still get HBO Max for free* and only pay $4.99/mo. on Discovery+, I'm okay. Still, AT&T I'm sure would want to call a mulligan on buying WarnerMedia :lol:

* I'm subscribed to HBO through Comcast so HBO Max is free.

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15+ million subscribers for Discovery+. Seems like there is more of a market than you think.

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That is more than I thought. Plus I think Discovery own all this content so it's not like it's an expensive undertaking the way Netflix was when it was paying everyone for their content.

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Don't forget the endless supply of HGTV and Food Network shows and the whole Chip and Joanna Gaines thing, and nearly as endless supply of murderer documentaries and profiles.

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how many of the 15 million are paid, subscribers? Verizon is giving 1 year free to subscribers...

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https://deadline.com/2021/04/discove...ts-1234745600/

15M paying subscribers

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I subscribe to HBOMax and since it's now my #1 fave streaming service based on it being the place for DC stuff and and I love the TCM content .... I feel it's worth every penny. :up: that said, I can't wrap my head around paying for Discovery +.

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Yeah Discovery still gets paid for the V subs. Just not be full retail amount.

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That article states the following
That is not 15M paying subscribers to Discovery +. It's just more than 7.5M paid subscribers.

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Is Discovery + the one with HGTV stuff? And will this be free with HBO Max?

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is that only for new accounts or high model phones?

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Yes HGTV is owned by Discovery.

Nobody knows yet how this affects the streaming side. Way too early.

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you know I’m a staunch supporter, but even I know 3D is going way of dodo...

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we were going to dump Comcast and move to Verizon and they were giving us one year of Discovery+ for free. We have our wireless with Verizon but in the end, even with bundling discounts, we were losing too much (HBO max, Peacock for free) and they were not giving us HBO for some reason, in the end when we realized that we were paying for Netflix in the price we had from Comcast it made a lot more sense to stay with Comcast as our bill would have gone up when we paid for Netflix and if we added back HBO max.

At first, I was thinking Discovery+ was the Paramount streaming service and I was mildly excited then I realized it was what it was, and would likely never watch it much like Peacock so far. :lol:

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Anyone else having issues with the HBOMax app on Roku? Things like the interface freezing as you go through selections, profile screens skipping, etc...

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For me, that only happens when the app first comes up and I start navigating right then. If I give it a few moments after the main menu loads up, then it works just fine.

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So now it’s official for those who can’t afford the $15 a month for HBO Max. You can get the ad supported tier for a whopping $5 discount




Just don’t buy Starbucks for a week if you’re that cheap :lol:

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Yeah I don't get the logic there. Probably to bundle with Discovery in the future.

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Matt seems to have enjoyed quarantine a lot.

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I was only a casual viewer of Friends, but might check out the reunion show.

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That looks like an epic reunion. I am really looking forward to it.

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Which one? Le Blanc has put on some weight, but Perry looks like he's hit rock bottom (addiction issues again?). There's a People video out there with the cast and Perry's speech is slurred and he appears hungover (if not intoxicated).

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Titans season 3 will premiere sometime in August

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:sad:

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Either the HBO MAX app is being glitchy or they have removed some of the 4K DV / Atmos stuff and downgraded it to HD 5.1. ZS's JL is now in HD and 5.1. :confused:

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Yup, same thing happened to me. What little 4K content they had all downgraded to regular HD. It's affected on my Roku Ultra and my Apple TV 4K

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I have the Apple TV 4K, too. What a buzzkill. The new ATV4K should be here by Tuesday and my UK ZS JL set should be here in a week or two. Hopefully HBO MAX brings back 4K DV / Atmos programming.

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