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New 'Max' Streaming Service Launches, Replacing HBO Max
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so many revamps who wants to take bets how long ‘MAX’ will last before another refresh?
After 75 minutes with Max customer service... I still cannot log in using my AT&T credentials at all. It accepts the password and then tells me I have no subscription. They said that I have to check an obscure Help page to find out if they fixed it "sometime in the near future."
I logged in through my ATT account and it opened all the shows and preferences of HBO. No additional content other than HBO.
To protect the fragile egos of the guys on the Discovery side of the Board of Directors table.
So we've finally arrived full circle where streaming services are now more expensive than cable TV. It's not en vogue to be a cord cutter anymore, now you have to cut your streaming services and go back to cable TV.
Weird. I just started the HBO Max app on my Apple TV, it linked me to the App Store to download the Max app, then I opened that, and it said, "Welcome, Carl, your profiles, watch history, and My List have a new home", with a "Start streaming" button. Looks like the history came over just fine, and I can see HBO stuff and Discovery stuff.
I didn't have to give any login credentials, it just transferred over. Maybe it has to do with keeping/having both apps on the device at the same time?
Still waiting to see what AT&T has to say about the account (I have been receiving HBOMax "for free" because of my subscription to AT&T's fiber internet).
Ok when was the last time hbo max increased their prices? my pont (which I should have articulated better, or at all ) is that if the pre merger price had reminded static for a year or 2 we where due a price increses anyway die to inflation ( we can't expect hbo ir whoever to take a real term price cut) un,ess tgere has been an increase in competition, and due to consolidation ( mergers) and fragmentation (ip holders starting theit own services insted of just lisencing their ip to agrigatots like netflix etcall) there us now in reality less of that
This is my question too. I would like to upgrade to the Ultimate for 4K and 4 streams. I’m willing to pay the difference. Crickets from MAX and AT&T on phone calls to both.
EDIT: Just looked at my TV info, and MAX is playing in 4K. My plan is the “free” HBO Max from AT&T Fiber Internet. So color me shocked!!
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This. I don't care about multiple streams or downloads. Just give me 1 stream at 4k with Atmos. Making your service look worse, on purpose, on anything but the highest tier, says a lot about you having poor standards.
I mostly hate the fact that they lump it with other things like streams and sound quality. We only want one stream stereo 4K. Have a base price and extra for what else you want.
I think it’s slowly rolling out. Now I can see bunch of discovery and food network stuff.
Are you sure you're even sitting close enough to see 4k? Most people don't. Or is it the HDR that you're concerned about?
Don't forget that a LOT of content is 1080p upscaled anyway (especially effects heavy movies like Marvel makes... they aren't rendering Kang or Thanos in 4k) and most people sit too far away from small 4k screens to see any benefit. The only reason I care about 4k is that it is bundled with HDR. I'm all in on HDR... replaced every TV and screen I own with OLED or MiniLED because I'm so in love with it.
I got logged in through my ATT fiber, and it shows "add free" no 4K
I logged in using the web and it shows "add free" tier with the ATT fiber
Are you sure? My TV indicates a resolution of 2160p when watching “4K” titles in the MAX library.
That’s weird. I turned on “Shazam, Fury of the Gods” and when looking at my TV info, it showed as Dolby Vision.
Lots of people still don’t have 4k TVs. Only 1 of 4 in my house is 4k and we watch it least since it’s in the office and not the living room.
Same for me. It says ad free plan and it's playing in 4k. So it seems AT&T users get the Ultimate plan. On Apple TV the Max app doesn't play in 4k but on my fire stick and native tv app it does.