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[Garysb]

Will Star Trek The Motion Picture The Directer's Cut be the UHD version just released on disk?

 

[Peter McM]

Before I break down and buy the 8-part Irma Vap remake from YouTube--is there any chance we'll see the series on UHD/bluray any time soon?

 

[Todd Erwin]

Before I break down and buy the 8-part Irma Vap remake from YouTube--is there any chance we'll see the series on UHD/bluray any time soon?

Not likely. Most of the HBO Max series have been digital and *maybe* DVD, but no Blu-ray or UHD. The only exceptions are the HBO proper series Westworld and House of the Dragon.

 

[Peter McM]

That's too bad--Assayas deserves better.

 

[jayembee]

Not likely. Most of the HBO Max series have been digital and *maybe* DVD, but no Blu-ray or UHD. The only exceptions are the HBO proper series Westworld and House of the Dragon.

Well, not only those. The DC series -- Titans, Doom Patrol, Peacemaker, Harley Quinn -- have gotten Blu-rays.

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even if it appears to be an MOD.

 

[Doug Pyle]

I have a streaming UHD Atmos quality concern with HBO Max - just noticed yesterday that the sound and image stutters, like the effect old cable used to create when removing a few frames per second to condense a longer video to shorten a film to fit a shorter time slot. But it is a bit different - when music or voice is sustained, it sound like glottal stops are inserted.

This may have been ongoing awhile , I’ve only watched 2 Atmos movies so far on HBO and it doesn’t affect standard HD. But I only noticed it yesterday when watching Fantastic Beasts Secrets of Dumbledore, so it might be new. I also checked Dune and it has the same problem.

I checked other streaming services and my Roku network connection - all good (Roku reports 87 Mbps, Amazon Prime streams 4k Atmos with no prob). So it is just HBO. And BTW makes the movies on HBO unwatchable. I already got the 3d Dune blu ray and now probably will buy the Uhd blu ray to finish Dumbledore. But what’s wrong with HBO?

Anyone else noticing the same problem? Is it a compression issue? Puzzled.

(Edited for typo)

 

[Scott Merryfield]

I have a streaming UHD Atmos quality concern with HBO Max - just noticed yesterday that the sound and image stutters, like the effect old cable used to create when removing a few frames per second to condense a longer video to shorten a film to fit a shorter time slot. But it is a bit different - when music or voice is sustained, it sound like glottal stops are inserted.

This may have been ongoing awhile , I’ve only watched 2 Atmos movies so far on HBO and it doesn’t affect standard HD. But I only noticed it yesterday when watching Fantastic Beasts Secrets of Dumbledore, so it might be new. I also checked Dune and it has the same problem.

I checked other streaming services and my Roku network connection - all good (Roku reports 87 Mbps, Amazon Prime streams 4k Atmos with no prob). So it is just HBO. And BTW makes the movies on HBO unwatchable. I already got the 3d Dune blu ray and now probably will buy the Uhd blu ray to finish Dumbledore. But what’s wrong with HBO?

Anyone else noticing the same problem? Is it a compression issue? Puzzled.

(Edited for typo)

I watched the last Dumbledore film on HBO Max with no playback issues. I was using a 1st Gen Apple TV 4K connected to a Denon X3300W receiver. I did not try it with my Roku Ultra, which is connected to the same AVR.

 

[Garysb]

The combined HBOMAX / Discovery streaming service launch is moving up from Summer 2023 to Spring 2023. No actual date or name of the combined service mentioned yet.

HBO Max & Discovery+ Combo Service Launch Date Moved Up

The combined HBO Max and Discovery+ service is coming sooner than expected. Warner Bros. Discovery President and CEO David Zaslav revealed that the new service will launch in the U.S. in spring 2023. It was previously set to launch in summer 2023. The company added nearly 3M global direct to...

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[Lord Dalek]

Another casualty, the Degrassi reboot is cancelled.

 

[Garysb]

Price to rise with HBOMAX/Discovery combo.

HBO Max Price Will Head Due “North” When It Combines With Discovery+ Next Spring, Warner Discovery Streaming Czar JB Perrette Says; Ad Load On Cheaper Tier Could Also Double

By the time HBO Max debuts next spring as a fortified offering encompassing Discovery+, it will have gone three years without any adjustments to its price or the ad experience on the cheaper subscr…

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[David Deeb]

It might be unfair to speculate before the new higher price is announced. But it seems having separate subscriptions for HBO Max and Discovery, then also offering a bundle for both, would keep subscribers happy.

I have no interest in Discovery. So why would I want to pay more? And I really don’t even want the hassle of sorting through the Discovery programs. Again, it might be too early to speculate, but just my opinion so far.

 

[Garysb]

December 2022 Coming and Going

What’s coming to HBO Max in December 2022​

December 1

• 3:10 to Yuma
• 10,000 B.C.
• Black Sheep
• Branson, HBO Original Docuseries Premiere
• Burn After Reading
• Can’t Hardly Wait,
• Cheech & Chong’s Nice Dreams
• Cheech & Chong’s The Corsican Brothers
• Cheech & Chong’s Things Are Tough All Over
• The Children Act
• De Palma
• First Reformed
• Friends with Benefits
• Gossip Girl, Max Original Season 2 Premiere
• Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
• The Murdochs: Empire of Influence
• Gone Girl
• Green Room
• Hellraiser III Hell on Earth
• Hellraiser IV: Bloodline
• Hellraiser V: Inferno
• Hellraiser VII: Deader
• Hellraiser: Hellseeker
• Hellraiser: Hellworld
• A Hollywood Christmas
• Hook
• Into the Forest
• Krisha
• The Maze Runner
• My Fellow Americans
• Paradise (Paraíso), Max Original Season 2 Premiere
• The Purge: Anarchy
• Redemption
• Reindeer Games (Director’s Cut)
• The Sea of Trees
• Sesame Street’s The Nutcracker, Max Original Special Premiere
• Small Town Crime
• Sort Of, Max Original Season 2 Premiere
• Step Up All In
• Step Up Revolution
• Stomp the Yard
• Stomp the Yard: Homecoming
• Street Kings
• The Tomorrow Man
• Trumbo
• Two Can Play That Game
• Urban Cowboy
• ¡Viva Maestro!
• Win Win

December 2

• Blippi Wonders, Season 2B
• Hank Zipzer’s Christmas Catastrophe
• Lellobee City Farm, Season 2

December 4

• Under The Stars (aka Sous les étoiles)

December 5

• His Dark Materials, Season 3 Premiere

December 6

• Amsterdam
• Batwheels Holiday Special: Holidays on Ice
• Bugs Bunny Builders Holiday Special: Looneyburg Lights
• Sesame Street Mecha Builders Holiday Special: Yip Yip Tree Tree / The Snowman Scarecrow, Season 1
• Unveiled: Surviving La Luz del Mundo, HBO Original Docuseries Premiere

December 8

• Doom Patrol, Max Original Season 4 Premiere
• South Side, Max Original Season 3 Premiere

December 9

• Silos Baking Competition: Holiday Edition, Special
• Teen Titans Go! To The Movies, 2018

December 10

• Atsuko Okatsuka: The Intruder, HBO Original Premiere

December 12

• Adult Swim Yule Log

December 13

• The Banshees Of Inisherin, 2022
• Meet the Batwheels: The Best Present in the World, Season 1

December 14

• Selling the Hamptons
• Serving the Hamptons
• Queen of Versailles Reigns Again
• Trixie Motel

December 15

• Jugada Peligrosa (ex El Patrón del Balón, Goles Limpios Dinero Sucio), Max Original Premiere

December 16

• Martin: The Reunion Special 2022
• Ranch to Table, Season 3

December 22

• I Hate Suzie, Max Original Season 2 Premiere
• The Head, Max Original Season 2 Premiere

December 23

• Family Dinner, Season 3

December 27

• The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

December 30

• The Established Home, Season 2
• This Place Rules, Original

What’s leaving HBO Max in December 2022​

December 8​

• Mortal Kombat, 2021

December 13

• Spark: A Space Tail

December 29

• Those Who Wish Me Dead

December 31

• 12 Rounds, 2009 (Unrated)
• 12 Rounds 2 Reloaded
• 2 Guns
• Africa
• A Kind Of Murder
• A Perfect Planet
• A Simple Plan
• Against The Ropes
• Arbitrage
• Babylon A.D.
• Baggage Claim
• Bend It Like Beckham
• Blue Planet II
• Blue Planet: Seas of Life
• Bringing Out The Dead
• Chaplin
• Collision Course
• Damien Omen II
• Damsel
• Down Periscope
• Down With Love
• Dr. Dolittle: Tail To The Chief
• Dynasties
• Extraction
• Frozen Planet
• Fast & Furious 6
• Harlem Nights
• Head Office
• Highlander
• Joyful Noise
• Life
• Life Story
• Little Monsters
• Losing Isaiah
• Monster’s Ball
• Nature’s Great Events
• Odd Jobs
• Omen IV: The Awakening
• Ouija
• Planet Earth
• Planet Earth II
• Real Steel
• Ricochet
• Rocket Science
• Romancing The Stone
• Sabotage
• Serengeti
• Serengeti II
• Seven Worlds, One Planet
• Space Chimps
• Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back
• Starter For 10
• Sweet Dreams
• Switch
• That Awkward Moment
• The Chosen
• The Clearing
• The Counselor
• The Final Conflict
• The Flight Of The Phoenix
• The Hitcher
• The Hunt
• The Jewel Of The Nile
• The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen
• The Mating Game
• The Omen, 2006
• The Order, 2003
• The World’s End
• The X-Files: I Want To Believe, 2008 (Director’s Cut)
• Thor: Tales Of Asgard
• Thoroughbreds
• Voyagers

 

[Robert Crawford]

Warner announced that Black Adam will start streaming on HBO Max on December 16th, which is ahead of its physical media release date of January 3rd.

 

[Todd Erwin]

Warner announced that Black Adam will start streaming on HBO Max on December 16th, which is ahead of its physical media release date of January 3rd.

Not surprised. Although it did well, it did not meet or exceed the studio’s expectations.

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

HBO Max on the Apple TV has just started doing a pop-up thing at the very beginning of the end credits of movies. I know it's a long shot, but is there any way to turn that off?

 

[Robert Crawford]

HBO Max on the Apple TV has just started doing a pop-up thing at the very beginning of the end credits of movies. I know it's a long shot, but is there any way to turn that off?

I just click on the back button on the AppletV remote and it disappears. I haven't found any other way to turn it off.

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

Thanks, I figured as much. The last feature I watched it literally popped up on the fadeout of the last scene before the "The End." Very annoying.

 

[Jesse Skeen]

I use Kodi for that very reason. Full end credits, no Skip Intro buttons and no ratings banners.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

In the wake of a series of cancellations for previously renewed series, HBO Max has announced that more HBO originals are coming off of the service, including "Westworld" and "The Nevers".

Yet, somehow, our subscription price doesn't come down...

 

[uncledougie]

I got email notice today that our AT&T cellular plan will no longer include HBO MAX as part of the plan, but we’ll still receive it through the U-Verse plan that includes HBO. I guess this is due to the recent change of ownership sale to Warner/Discovery. But I’m not sure I’d be able to justify paying additional for the service, or it would at least call for reevaluation vis-a-vis the other services. The churn of film titles and limited series, documentaries and such is frustratingly difficult to keep up with; titles on the watchlist drop off suddenly and it would be helpful if the service providers would put an end date somewhere on the graphics so it might avoid missing something worthwhile,