Podcast Home Theater United Episode 38 - Streaming Frustrations 2022 with Todd Erwin (1 Viewer)

[Sam Posten]

Episode 38 - Streaming Frustrations 22 with Todd Erwin | Home Theater United Podcast

Home Theater United Episode 38 July 11, 2022 7:30 PM EST Streaming Frustrations 2022 with Todd Erwin Reconnection (5m or less): Amazon Prime day tonight at 12 midnight. Does Todd think the $120 Apple TV is a good deal or the best deal of all time? Pretty Awesome! - Best Buy is price...

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Home Theater United

Episode 38 July 11, 2022 7:30 PM EST
Streaming Frustrations 2022 with Todd Erwin

Reconnection (5m or less):

• Amazon Prime day tonight at 12 midnight. Does Todd think the $120 Apple TV is a good deal or the best deal of all time? Pretty Awesome! - Best Buy is price matching that, 64Gb is $140, Roku Ultra $80, StreamStick 4K $30 (both are Roku sales, not Prime Day)
• The adventures of Terrific Man!

Streaming Frustrations 2022 (Target time about 1h):

• Playstation removing content from paid customers lockers?!?!
• Lionsgate supports iTunes with unbearable weight. One off from a specific licensee or part of a long term shift?
• Why hasn’t movies anywhere expanded?
• Doctor stranger’s picture quality thread.
• Vudu/FandangoNow library merger
• Paramount+ (and HBO Max) HDR issue on Roku (both are now resolved)
• Disney+ and Netflix to add new lower cost ad-supported tiers
• Sony's inconsistency on HDR and Atmos across digital retailers
• Sony's content deal with both Netflix and Disney+/Hulu
• Content reverting back to studio-owned streaming after this year
• Best Streaming devices

Quick Good Bad and Ugly:
Sam - RRR
Todd - Cinderella (2021)

Cinderella (2021) Blu-ray Review

Home Theater Forum • Kay Cannon’s jukebox musical "Cinderella" arrives on Blu-ray from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

www.hometheaterforum.com

 

[Sam Posten]

Reserved

 

[DaveF]

FWIW, last week I unstickied the original thread and stickied the newer thread on the topic. Seemed overdue to promote the shift in discussion.

 

[Sam Posten]

I unstick the last episode and restock every new episode. What did I miss @DaveF ???

Has anyone tried Truebill?

 

[Todd Erwin]

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[Todd Erwin]

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment acquires Redbox – TechCrunch

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, an ad-supported video-on-demand streaming company, acquired Redbox Entertainment, operator of 38,000 DVD rental kiosks

techcrunch.com

 

[Todd Erwin]

Netflix and Sony Pictures Entertainment Sign Pay-One U.S. Licensing Deal for Feature Films | Sony Pictures Entertainment

Hollywood, Calif., April 8, 2021 -- Netflix and Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) have today announced a multiyear, exclusive first pay window licensing deal in the U.S. for theatrically released SPE feature films, beginning with their 2022 film slate. This new agreement builds upon Netflix’s...

www.sonypictures.com

Disney and Sony Pictures Entertainment Announce Unprecedented Post-Pay 1 Content Licensing Agreement | Sony Pictures Entertainment

BURBANK, Calif., April 21, 2021 – The Walt Disney Company (DIS) and Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) today announced a multi-year content licensing agreement for U.S. streaming and TV rights to Sony Pictures’ new theatrical releases across Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution’s vast...

www.sonypictures.com

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

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Hmmm... those don't actually require Prime membership... and looks like Amazon dropped the ATV4K by another $10 to beat the PMs at BB and Target...

Tempting...

_Man_

 

[Sam Posten]

$110 for an ATV is crazy good

 

[DaveF]

I unstick the last episode and restock every new episode. What did I miss @DaveF ???

I meant the streaming frustrations threads

 

[Todd Erwin]

We should do a Streaming Frustrations Music Services Edition episode....

I just gave Amazon Music Unlimited HD another try, and it STILL can't do Dolby Atmos on their own FireStick devices!!

 

[JohnRice]

$110 for an ATV is crazy good

Holy smokes. That’s the truth.

 

[Todd Erwin]

 

[JohnRice]

FWIW, I ended up enjoying the absurdity of the 2021 Cinderella. I know I’m in the minority and I was probably just in the right frame of mind.

 

[Todd Erwin]

Not to kick a service when it's in a slump, but...

Netflix's Slump Now Extends to Emmy Nominations

After dominating the awards with 160 noms just two years ago, the top SVOD service only received 105 on Tuesday

www.nexttv.com

 

[Todd Erwin]

$110 for an ATV is crazy good

Holy smokes. That’s the truth.

ATV 4K 32Gb just dropped another buck this morning on Amazon. The downside is that delivery is now 8/1.

Best Buy still has plenty in stock @ $119.99, sale ends at 9pm local time tonight.

 

[Sam Posten]

So can anyone explain why No way home is still near MSRP when a new cut of it is about to hit theaters and disk?

 

[Todd Erwin]

So can anyone explain why No way home is still near MSRP when a new cut of it is about to hit theaters and disk?

MSRP is $45.99. Amazon has it for $25.04, $22.83 if you are willing to go with Amazon Warehouse.

 

[Sam Posten]

MSRP is $45.99. Amazon has it for $25.04, $22.83 if you are willing to go with Amazon Warehouse.

Got it. So the dumb msrp is the problem

 

[Sam Posten]

And has anyone tried Truebill? It sounds both useful and super scammy