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whotony 08-12-21 07:24 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service
 

Originally Posted by OldBoy (Post 13969899)
Sorry if I asked this before but can a friend use my HBO Max without giving them my credentials or anything?

how else could they.

OldBoy 08-12-21 07:25 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service
 

Originally Posted by fujishig (Post 13969900)
? How would they log into your account?

I thought I could just activate their device as if it were mine, just obviously different location?

OldBoy 08-12-21 07:28 PM

re: Max — Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service
 
Like they get code and I get this screen and put it in and activate…

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk...89eea7203.jpeg

OldBoy 08-12-21 07:29 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service
 

Originally Posted by whotony (Post 13969910)
how else could they.

I don’t know thus why I’m asking…

Jay G. 08-12-21 10:29 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service
 

Originally Posted by OldBoy (Post 13969913)
Like they get code and I get this screen and put it in and activate…

Yes, that should work:
https://activate.hbomax.com/

DJariya 08-13-21 03:58 PM

re: Max — Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service
 
Apparently HBO Max will do a big update to their app in the next few months due to many complaints about glitches

https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/hbo-...s/?source=home


I follow HBO Max's Twitter feed and I always see them responding to a bombardment of complaints.

Giantrobo 08-13-21 04:07 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service
 

Originally Posted by OldBoy (Post 13969899)
Sorry if I asked this before but can a friend use my HBO Max without giving them my credentials or anything?

Paging DJariya...


:lol:

davidh777 08-13-21 04:15 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service
 

Originally Posted by DJariya (Post 13970309)
Apparently HBO Max will do a big update to their app in the next few months due to many complaints about glitches

https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/hbo-...s/?source=home


I follow HBO Max's Twitter feed and I always see them responding to a bombardment of complaints.

Good. In addition to the play failures, sometimes I open the app on PS4 Pro, and it randomly starts scrolling down the page.

Deftones 08-13-21 06:56 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service
 
Next few months for Roku and Playstation. Other platforms will be next year.

OldBoy 08-13-21 08:18 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service
 
I’ve never ever had problem on Android tv. Never stops and starts. Nothing, ever. Second fav user interface behind Vudu. This really glitches for people?

lwhy? 08-13-21 08:35 PM

re: Max — Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service
 
It constantly crashes on my PS4. It works ok for me on Roku. I’ve had a few crashes and not able to play episodes of certain shows for a few days. The Roku app is way better than the PS4 though.

E Unit 08-14-21 02:17 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service
 

Originally Posted by OldBoy (Post 13970432)
I’ve never ever had problem on Android tv. Never stops and starts. Nothing, ever. Second fav user interface behind Vudu. This really glitches for people?

It has the worst interface out of any streaming service, by a mile. I hope they redesign it from top to bottom. And to make the profiles easier to use. With make an actual children’s account or none at all.

OldBoy 08-14-21 02:47 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service
 

Originally Posted by E Unit (Post 13970647)
It has the worst interface out of any streaming service, by a mile. I hope they redesign it from top to bottom. And to make the profiles easier to use. With make an actual children’s account or none at all.

iyo.

E Unit 08-14-21 05:24 PM

re: Max — Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service
 
No, general consensus, or they wouldn’t be responding by redesigning it.

dex14 08-14-21 05:49 PM

re: Max — Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service
 
I think the design is a bit clunky, but I don't have that many problems using it. Though I'm not really a scroll-through type of user, where I imagine, people could run into issues.
It's nowhere near as bad as Paramount+.

OldBoy 08-14-21 08:13 PM

re: Max — Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service
 
I just find, click, play with no issues. Always easy as pie. It’ll never be Vudu, but it’s pretty good. AP is great with character names and real names, song info at bottom if you hit remote. Love that.

RichC2 08-14-21 11:37 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service
 
It's slow on my end but otherwise it gets the job done.

TheMovieman 08-15-21 09:56 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service
 

Originally Posted by OldBoy (Post 13970432)
I’ve never ever had problem on Android tv. Never stops and starts. Nothing, ever. Second fav user interface behind Vudu. This really glitches for people?

It's glitched for me before using my Android TV. One time was while watching ZS Justice League. Had to watch the rest of the movie through my Comcast box...

whotony 08-20-21 01:45 AM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service
 

Originally Posted by DJariya (Post 13960754)
https://comicbook.com/dc/news/lois-c..._content=Image

Lois and Clark, the 1990s ABC Superman series, is coming August 3rd.


The article doesn’t mention it but it looks like this had to be remastered to HD.
This looks amazing.

DJariya 08-20-21 02:31 AM

re: Max — Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service
 
Godzilla vs Kong is back on HBO Max for those who missed it or haven't bought it.


b2net 08-20-21 06:15 AM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service
 
[QUOTE=whotony;13972968]

Originally Posted by whotony (Post 13972968)

Originally Posted by DJariya (Post 13960754)
[https://comicbook.com/dc/news/lois-c..._content=Image Lois and Clark, the 1990s ABC Superman series, is coming August 3rd.

The article doesn’t mention it but it looks like this had to be remastered to HD.This looks amazing.

That's good news. When it was in DCU, it was listed as HD yet was definitely an upconvert at best. Very soft and in some ways blurry. I was hesitant thinking maybe it was that same crappy encode. We will have to give this a watch.

Deftones 08-21-21 01:51 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service
 
I have a code for a 30 day trial of HBO Max I got from Cyberpunk 2077. I can't guarantee it works because it says game has to have been purchased last year at release and there were limited codes. If any non-lurker wants to give it a go, let me know, and I can PM the code.

Edit: claimed

mhg83 08-22-21 12:39 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service
 
After getting a 4k TV recently I was excited at being able to watch HBO shows in 4k. I was shocked to see none of their originals are in 4k! :(

I can see them ignoring older shows but recent ones there should be no excuse. He'll they even have Game Of Thrones and Westworld on 4K physical.

My giess is that they are working on putting their content in 4K and plan on rolling out a a higher Tier

Deftones 08-22-21 01:07 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service
 
Yeah the only thing in 4k is usually new movies. It is sort of annoying that we pay as much for this as Netflix, but they don't provide same quality. Hopefully that changes in near future, maybe with the app upgrades..

Mike86 08-22-21 01:43 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service
 
Mostly I don’t have a problem when using the HBO Max app, but every once in a while on the Roku at my girlfriend’s place it takes time to load up, and once in a while I need to close out and restart the app.


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