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HBO's Max Streaming Service to Natively Support Vision Pro at Launch
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Same here. HBO Max is in Apple TV "Up Next". I don't recall for sure, but was there a setting in Apple TV to chose which services integrate with "Up Next"? (Not near my Apple TV right now to check)
It never integrated on my AppleTV Up Next on my laptop but it always integrates on my Up Next on my AppleTV box connected to my TV. I do not understand why these two interfaces that should behave the same, act so differently.
Well I maybe stand corrected then and, if so, apologies to Max! I live in the US as well but don't have cable, so signed up for a regular Max membership via an App Store subscription. When it didn't work with Up Next I requested a refund and deleted the app.
Yep, I went into settings and it wasn't in there.
But ok, sounds like the people have spoken and it apparently does work, so I'm going to redownload it and try again...
Ok, thanks to all the people who told me I was wrong, and apologies to Max - it does work!
This time, when I started playing an episode on Max it asked if I wanted to connect to Apple TV and I selected yes. For whatever reason, that didn't happen the last time I tried Max... so I guess it was just a glitch at that time.
probably because the OS is terrible, the hardware pales in comparison, and yes, to address what you’re implying, Apple likely paid them out the a$$ to make apps for this—and frankly, that’s a good thing for the platform long-term, as consumers(/subscribers) who purchase a cheaper version of this in the future will have access to high-quality content right out of the box.
people really are forgetting the state of smartphones pre-iPhone and the way they revolutionized an entirely new way of interacting with a device. it’s clear that’s what they’re trying to do now with AVP, and will likely have it down to consumer-level access in about 4 generations. (third parties can see the potential as well—recall Disney’s presentation during WWDC. they want to use this device to bring “Disney magic” to the home. I’m not crazy for Disney but it’ll be cool to see what experiences they cook up.)
It will recreate the 1999 living room and a 27” Sony Trinitron in the entertainment center.
I’m sure only if you have the highest tier of Max. I’m just salty my Max (included with AT&T) no longer supports 4K and Dolby atmos. So now I’m stuck with 1080P and I can’t pay the difference to upgrade.
Honestly, all I watch is Crunchyroll these days so as long as vOS has a native version of that, I’ll be good
Because Bob Iger and that guy that everyone hates that runs Warner Media now don’t play golf with Zuckerberg.
Peacock is perhaps the finest example of an app made to the exact specifications of management, to meet business objectives of engagement. Management executives who will never, ever have to use this pile of garbage app. The people working on it probably hate themselves for what they are forced to code.
All of these streaming apps seem to be competing as to who can be the most user hostile while managing to fix the fewest bugs.
Yup. I'm in the same boat. Max with my AT&T plan, but no longer have 4K after HBO changed their tiers. Even if I subscribed to HBO via my DirecTV subscription, the Max app would still be the middle tier without 4K. Only way to get 4K now would be to directly subscribe to HBOMax for $19 a month. However, it's not even worth it. Went to the Max site and searched for 4K. Only about 20 movies in 4K were found--none of which I haven't seen or want to see again. 4K on HBOMax is a joke, not worth spending money on.
Reminds me of Ready Player One, where the fake evil corporation was testing to see how many ads could fit in-frame before a user gets a seizure.
Apple Vision Pro brings TV, 3D movies to a massive, 100-foot-wide screen
Apple's Vision Pro headset looks as though it will deliver an amazing TV and movie watching experience on a virtual screen as large as 100-feet wide.
www.digitaltrends.com
Hey @CharlesShaw, you're such a weisenheimer, riddle me this:
what happened to Tony Soprano at the end??....ah! you don't know do you??
...fugghedaboutit!!!
Apple could have a show or movie on launch day filmed for Vision Pro that’s wildly immersive. I can’t wait to see what Apple can’t wait to show us.
Try paramount plus. After commercials the shows occasionally jump to start from last commercial break. This then happens throughout the rest of the episode.