Disney+ Disney+ Streaming Service (Official Thread) (1 Viewer)

[Cranston37+]

10 years from now (Physical Media IMPOSSIBLE to find; and ILLEGAL to sell used online)

And me? Watching blurays with a smile on my face

You can't have it both ways, my friend. Not if you want to watch new content...

 

[JPCinema]

HBO is notorious for cropping 2.35 widescreen films.......I'm afraid for what they will do to the WB classic library.

 

[Chris Will]

To apply that logic then, which I again agree with, to other services - are we assuming that HBO Max will house the entire Warner library and Peacock Universals at all times?

Entire library? Not sure about that but, we can dream! For the content they do have on the service, I would expect it never to leave as long as it is free of outside licensing agreements.

Rotating content has always frustrated users, but that's the price third party streamers pay for not owning the content. Studios launching direct to consumer services bypass this need. It would only frustrate users more because there is no sensible reason to remove content you own. I mean, what would there reason be, just to be mean? It can't be technical because server space is cheap these days comparatively. There is just no logical reason to rotate content IMO. Doesn't mean they may not tr it, companies do illogical things all the time.

That trailer shows widescreen titles cropped. I hope they won't be.

Obviously I haven't watched everything on Disney+ but so far, the stuff I have watched seems to be OAR. I'm talking about movies and yes I've heard about the Simpsons problem. Movies I have checked out seem to correct so far.

The Black Hole even has the Overture (yes I know, not a AR thing but, still exciting)!

 

[John*Wells]

As you do with Netflix....

yes. However, Netflix has categories

my list, trending etc etc that are easier to navigate to also.

also, I wonder how many of the people who signed up will actually stay beyond the free trial period

 

[Edwin-S]

Anybody who wants to finish The Mandalorian will have to stay past the 7 day trial.

 

[Chris Will]

I'm there for at least 3 years!

Man, The Mandalorian was great and I had my doubts going in. What a well made show and it looked great.

 

[MatthewA]

Based on that, it seems movie theaters are now to Star Wars as newspapers are to Garfield: a formality at this point.

 

[David Deeb]

What these services may do in the short-run (more than effecting Netflix or Prime with their original & other licensed content) is have a big effect on the remaining rental business via VOD and Redbox. And physical media sales.

When Frozen 2 or December's Star Wars movie leaves theaters & makes their way to D+, one could sign up for essentially a single month movie "rental".

I know they will build in a traditional rental window period, but I could see many people just waiting it out and getting D+ for a month, then cancelling. $6.99 month long rental vs. a 2-3 day disc rental, a $25-$30 disc purchase, or a whatever priced VOD rental.

 

[John Sparks]

I joined CBS ACCESS just to binge watch STISCOVERY (year 1 and 2). I already have all I want from Disney, but I have it for one week, just enough to watch the new Star Wars TV show for my son.

Maybe someday I'll re-join when they show SONG OF THE SOUTH...I'll be dead by then if they ever do that...if ever.

 

[DaveF]

As thread starter, I'm thinking of changing the title to a more succinct and accurate "Disney+ Streaming Service (Official Thread)". Any objections?

Or should I leave it alone to not mess up bookmarks and search engines?

@Sam Posten
@Robert Crawford

 

[Robert Crawford]

Change it!

 

[Mark-P]

Ack! Just found my first disappointment with the service: Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin. The first thing you see is a placard "This film has been modified from its original version. It has been edited for content" I wonder how many more movies have this disclaimer? Most of what I've seen so far start with a warning in the upper left corner warning about tobacco smoking or something, but this is the first that I've found to be censored. I guess whatever was in it was so objectionable they felt that they had no choice.

 

[benbess]

As thread starter, I'm thinking of changing the title to a more succinct and accurate "Disney+ Streaming Service (Official Thread)". Any objections?

Or should I leave it alone to not mess up bookmarks and search engines?

@Sam Posten
@Robert Crawford

I think the title is hilarious, but since the launch of this fully operational streaming service was a
sometimes a little bit "maclunkey," I guess I'm ok with a change....

PS And I would love to see Disney+ create new original hand-drawn animated films and shorts. That would be amazing.

 

[John*Wells]

I joined CBS ACCESS just to binge watch STISCOVERY (year 1 and 2). I already have all I want from Disney, but I have it for one week, just enough to watch the new Star Wars TV show for my son.

Maybe someday I'll re-join when they show SONG OF THE SOUTH...I'll be dead by then if they ever do that...if ever.

they aren’t going to add Song of the South. It was never released on physical media either

 

[Cranston37+]

I have it for one week, just enough to watch the new Star Wars TV show for my son.

Just be aware that if you're only going to keep it for 1 week, you'll only get the first 2 episodes...

 

[Cranston37+]

 

[Edwin-S]

I'd change it. It is a streaming service not a force of nature. It has its strengths and weaknesses like any other service.

 

[dpippel]

 

[Neil Middlemiss]

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That might just be my most favorite thing that I have seen all day!

 

[Sam Posten]

As thread starter, I'm thinking of changing the title to a more succinct and accurate "Disney+ Streaming Service (Official Thread)". Any objections?

Or should I leave it alone to not mess up bookmarks and search engines?

@Sam Posten
@Robert Crawford

meeeeh. Boooooring but go for it !