How do they not have a Roku or Fire TV app at launch date? HBO has seriously dropped the ball on this rollout.
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That's what I did. It works fine.GinaLinetti said:
And I am also bummed that max content isn't on roku yet. Gotta download the app on the Xbox I guess for now
I would have dropped DTV before now but their call wait times have been atrocious. You can't cancel over chat, unfortunately.TCTTS said:
You and I are in the exact same boat, save for the Xbox charge. But yeah, the same provider, services, and costs, essentially. And will be dropping DTV soon for YouTube TV as well.
nai06 said:
How do they not have a Roku or Fire TV app at launch date? HBO has seriously dropped the ball on this rollout.
Agree 100%. My girlfriend signed up for it yesterday without thinking to check if she had the devices to support it. She has either a Roku or a fire stick on every tv. She's not a happy camper right now.
Edit: To anyone considering YouTube TV, I've been very happy with it for the past year
Thanks and gig'em
Internet.
YouBet said:I'm still going to pay less once I dump DTV:HtownAg92 said:I'm with ATT also. It looks like I will pay more for non-bundled internet, but not have to pay the HBO Max sub, so could even out. I've been with them forever, so I'm going to ask for the intro price for new subs or threaten to bail. It always works when you tell them you will look elsewhere.YouBet said:
Definitely confusing. I just logged into my AT&T account and got the MAX banner via AT&T Internet 1000 which I have. So, I set that up through my AT&T internet account.
I still have my DTV account which I'm cancelling soon (which I've been saying for months now). My DTV account still has the $17.99 HBO charge on there so I guess I'm paying for HBO less than MAX while getting MAX for free until I cancel DTV.
YouTube TV - $54
Netflix - $14
Hulu - $13
Amazon Prime - $10
Xbox Live Gold - $8
Disney+ - $6
So, DTV would have to get to $54/mo for me to keep them because that other stuff isn't going anywhere. Even adding all of the above together ($105/mo) it's still cheaper than what I pay for DTV alone.
AT&T Internet 1000 - $75
I had DTV with the Genies in a total of three rooms. With HBO and Cinemax, it was like $180 or something ruh-tarded, and it was bundled with ATT internet. I have Prime for the shipping, Netflix, and got Disney+ plus free for a year through Verizon. I had ad supported Hulu free with Spotify. When I cancelled DTV, they gave me 5hit about my internet going up and tried to sell my on basic TV packages to keep the bundled pricing. I said if and when that happens I'll just cancel the whole damn tihng.
A week or so later I tried the chat to see what the new internet cost would be. Dingus said they couldn't tell me until "the system" generated the new bill. Waited a couple of days and tried the chat telling them I just wanted to cancel since they couldn't give me a real answer, and because the price went up. Magically they had an offer that was lower than my original price.
You couldn't pay me to go back to DTV. My 'that's it' moment was when I realized what I was paying in order to have, for example, reruns of the Dinah Shore show on Jewish Living Television on channel 355839.
This post is awesome and made me laugh. That is all.
UnderoosAg said:YouBet said:I'm still going to pay less once I dump DTV:HtownAg92 said:I'm with ATT also. It looks like I will pay more for non-bundled internet, but not have to pay the HBO Max sub, so could even out. I've been with them forever, so I'm going to ask for the intro price for new subs or threaten to bail. It always works when you tell them you will look elsewhere.YouBet said:
Definitely confusing. I just logged into my AT&T account and got the MAX banner via AT&T Internet 1000 which I have. So, I set that up through my AT&T internet account.
I still have my DTV account which I'm cancelling soon (which I've been saying for months now). My DTV account still has the $17.99 HBO charge on there so I guess I'm paying for HBO less than MAX while getting MAX for free until I cancel DTV.
YouTube TV - $54
Netflix - $14
Hulu - $13
Amazon Prime - $10
Xbox Live Gold - $8
Disney+ - $6
So, DTV would have to get to $54/mo for me to keep them because that other stuff isn't going anywhere. Even adding all of the above together ($105/mo) it's still cheaper than what I pay for DTV alone.
AT&T Internet 1000 - $75
I had DTV with the Genies in a total of three rooms. With HBO and Cinemax, it was like $180 or something ruh-tarded, and it was bundled with ATT internet. I have Prime for the shipping, Netflix, and got Disney+ plus free for a year through Verizon. I had ad supported Hulu free with Spotify. When I cancelled DTV, they gave me 5hit about my internet going up and tried to sell my on basic TV packages to keep the bundled pricing. I said if and when that happens I'll just cancel the whole damn tihng.
A week or so later I tried the chat to see what the new internet cost would be. Dingus said they couldn't tell me until "the system" generated the new bill. Waited a couple of days and tried the chat telling them I just wanted to cancel since they couldn't give me a real answer, and because the price went up. Magically they had an offer that was lower than my original price.
You couldn't pay me to go back to DTV. My 'that's it' moment was when I realized what I was paying in order to have, for example, reruns of the Dinah Shore show on Jewish Living Television on channel 355839.
Lol! Go read my post on recent chat experience in the AT&T Fiber thread on The Nerdery. They are a terrible company.
Before AT&T acquired DTV, DTV was a solid company and I was willing to pay a little more at times because they were willing to work with me every time I called with an offer from dish or cable.
The moment they were acquired everything changed. I bailed maybe 2 months later.
The moment they were acquired everything changed. I bailed maybe 2 months later.
I've always wondered what big brain at AT&T didn't see the risk satellite TV was facing when they bought DirecTV in 2015. Sure DirecTV Now launched in 2016, so maybe a big brain at DirecTV convinced AT&T that their new service would grow subscribers without mentioning that the barrier to entry is a lot lower when you don't have to put satellites in space. At one point DirecTV was losing over 3,000 subscribers per day...
Just before the pandemic, there were rumors of AT&T selling DTV. Surely that's an inevitably now...
rynning said:
At one point DirecTV was losing over 3,000 subscribers per day...
"His American name is Jeff" said on the chat I could take the boxes to any FedEx or UPS store to ship back. When I went to the UPS store, I got as far as "I'd like to re.." Sweet old lady nodded and banged it out in no time. She knew what it was, that I didn't need remotes, what number to scan, warned me to save receipts with equipment id numbers and shipping receipt, etc. I said wow, you must have done this before. She said I do these all day every day.
And FTR, there really are Dinah Shore reruns on JLTV.
My HBO NOW magically turned to HBO MAX so yay!
Make Mental Asylums Great Again!
Samsung TV, I search and downloaded the HBOMax app but when I open the app it is actually the HBONow app. Was just going to poke around and see whats it all about. Any idea how to actually get the HBOMax app?
Same thing with my Playstation.Birddog said:
Samsung TV, I search and downloaded the HBOMax app but when I open the app it is actually the HBONow app. Was just going to poke around and see whats it all about. Any idea how to actually get the HBOMax app?
Download it. It's the same app. It worked just fine for me.
Did you previously have HBO Now? If so, log out of your account and log back in.
Never had HBO Now, so unfortunately I cannot log out. I was able to download and view content on my laptop. My television app says HBO Max but once opened, it wants credentials for HBO Now. I entered my Direct/At&t login and password but it was a no-go.hph6203 said:
Did you previously have HBO Now? If so, log out of your account and log back in.
I have a samsung tv, bought in the past 12 months, the HBO Max app was available to download last night.Birddog said:Never had HBO Now, so unfortunately I cannot log out. I was able to download and view content on my laptop. My television app says HBO Max but once opened, it wants credentials for HBO Now. I entered my Direct/At&t login and password but it was a no-go.hph6203 said:
Did you previously have HBO Now? If so, log out of your account and log back in.
Anyone have LG TV find an app yet? I haven't found one yet and did not have HBO go in the past as Suddenlink was not contracted with HBO Go.Archbishop Moto Moto said:I have a samsung tv, bought in the past 12 months, the HBO Max app was available to download last night.Birddog said:Never had HBO Now, so unfortunately I cannot log out. I was able to download and view content on my laptop. My television app says HBO Max but once opened, it wants credentials for HBO Now. I entered my Direct/At&t login and password but it was a no-go.hph6203 said:
Did you previously have HBO Now? If so, log out of your account and log back in.
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Archbishop Moto Moto said:I have a samsung tv, bought in the past 12 months, the HBO Max app was available to download last night.Birddog said:Never had HBO Now, so unfortunately I cannot log out. I was able to download and view content on my laptop. My television app says HBO Max but once opened, it wants credentials for HBO Now. I entered my Direct/At&t login and password but it was a no-go.hph6203 said:
Did you previously have HBO Now? If so, log out of your account and log back in.
I search and the icon says HBO Max So it appears as though the Max app is there, but when you open it it says HBO Now inside the app. Did you actually open and download Max?
Mine did the same thing on Apple TV. I had to log out of my account and after I logged back in it changed all the info to HBO Max.
As far as I could find out online, LG tv's do not have the HBO apps. I've had to use my PS4 for HBO Go and now Max. They also don't support ESPN+.
When I returned some AT&T routers last week, the UPS guy asked me to peek my head behind desk and he had STACKS of DTV returns waiting to be processed.UnderoosAg said:rynning said:
At one point DirecTV was losing over 3,000 subscribers per day...
"His American name is Jeff" said on the chat I could take the boxes to any FedEx or UPS store to ship back. When I went to the UPS store, I got as far as "I'd like to re.." Sweet old lady nodded and banged it out in no time. She knew what it was, that I didn't need remotes, what number to scan, warned me to save receipts with equipment id numbers and shipping receipt, etc. I said wow, you must have done this before. She said I do these all day every day.
I called and told directv I was moving to YouTube tv and you could tell they get that request frequently. They even had a "save" plan that would match the price for a year ready to go.
Thanks Bill, I'll just stick to Chromecast for now, works well as long as I turn off my VPN on the phone first.GiveEmHellBill said:
As far as I could find out online, LG tv's do not have the HBO apps. I've had to use my PS4 for HBO Go and now Max. They also don't support ESPN+.
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for those with a firestick who are at all tech savvy, it's pretty easy to sideload the Android TV version of HBO Max.
Instruction below:
https://www.reddit.com/r/fireTV/comments/gr6c7z/sideload_hbo_max_android_tv_app_on_fire_tv/
Instruction below:
https://www.reddit.com/r/fireTV/comments/gr6c7z/sideload_hbo_max_android_tv_app_on_fire_tv/
I did. I have all three hbo apps through the Samsung app service on my tv.Birddog said:Archbishop Moto Moto said:I have a samsung tv, bought in the past 12 months, the HBO Max app was available to download last night.Birddog said:Never had HBO Now, so unfortunately I cannot log out. I was able to download and view content on my laptop. My television app says HBO Max but once opened, it wants credentials for HBO Now. I entered my Direct/At&t login and password but it was a no-go.hph6203 said:
Did you previously have HBO Now? If so, log out of your account and log back in.
I search and the icon says HBO Max So it appears as though the Max app is there, but when you open it it says HBO Now inside the app. Did you actually open and download Max?
When I open the max up, its the max interface.
We are Amazon fire device users for streaming and cant wait for it to come out on that.
Pleasantly surprised to stumble across all episodes of Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown.
Archbishop Moto Moto said:I did. I have all three hbo apps through the Samsung app service on my tv.Birddog said:Archbishop Moto Moto said:I have a samsung tv, bought in the past 12 months, the HBO Max app was available to download last night.Birddog said:Never had HBO Now, so unfortunately I cannot log out. I was able to download and view content on my laptop. My television app says HBO Max but once opened, it wants credentials for HBO Now. I entered my Direct/At&t login and password but it was a no-go.hph6203 said:
Did you previously have HBO Now? If so, log out of your account and log back in.
I search and the icon says HBO Max So it appears as though the Max app is there, but when you open it it says HBO Now inside the app. Did you actually open and download Max?
When I open the max up, its the max interface.
We are Amazon fire device users for streaming and cant wait for it to come out on that.
My Samsung app was doing the same. I had to delete the hbo now app on my Samsung and download the hbo Max app.
I apparently get this for free for being on AT&T. It showed up on my apple tv too
I just cancelled DTV, finally. Been talking about it for over a year.
Was easy once I got a hold of someone. For some reason, I was in their "old" system so he wasn't able to offer me any promos which was fine because I was going to cancel no matter what. Anyway, feels good to get that weight off my shoulders and all of the HW out of my stacks.
Was easy once I got a hold of someone. For some reason, I was in their "old" system so he wasn't able to offer me any promos which was fine because I was going to cancel no matter what. Anyway, feels good to get that weight off my shoulders and all of the HW out of my stacks.
I'm a bit confused. I currently have Uverse and pay for HBO. But I'm about to upgrade to the 1000 MB internet plan. And then I plan to drop Uverse and go with a streaming package (probably Youtube TV plus some others). So does that mean I can drop my HBO subscription, and get it free because I"m getting 1000 MB internet? Is the free HBO a permanent thing, or just for like 3 months or something?
Yes, I was paying for HBO through DTV and if I hadn't cancelled DTV altogether I would have at least removed HBO from my package since I'm now getting it free through 1000 internet.MSFC Aggie said:
I'm a bit confused. I currently have Uverse and pay for HBO. But I'm about to upgrade to the 1000 MB internet plan. And then I plan to drop Uverse and go with a streaming package (probably Youtube TV plus some others). So does that mean I can drop my HBO subscription, and get it free because I"m getting 1000 MB internet? Is the free HBO a permanent thing, or just for like 3 months or something?
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