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HBO is betting on their content to be superior right now, but there are some obvious areas where the streaming experience isn't on par with Netflix. No 4K/HDR,
by romanovtexas 6y ago
HBO is betting on their content to be superior right now, but there are some obvious areas where the streaming experience isn't on par with Netflix. No 4K/HDR, one plan costing a premium that limits simultaneous streaming to only 3 screens, etc.
Hope that they catch up eventually else it's gonna be hard to compete solely based on content.
- jtreminio 6y agoNetflix, Disney+, and Apple TV+ have also realized that adding more language tracks to their content is a _must_. My family's viewership of Amazon Prime Video is severely limited because they refuse to add Spanish audio to their content. They have a few Spanish-language shows and movies but it's slim pickings. HBO has no excuse on this, imho. I _know_ they have Spanish audio for every single one of their shows and movies - when we had cable TV we could switch language track in seconds, and this is not counting their Spanish-language channel that played in Spanish by default.
- telesilla 6y agoHBO's Spanish options are fantastic, I watch in a Spanish-speaking country and it's been a great service with good quality dubs and subtitles. We've run out of content though, I don't think we get all what the US gets.
- smabie 6y agoWhy not just use subtitles? I can't stand dubbed live action content (anime is a little better though), so I stick with subs exclusively.
- jtreminio 6y agoI enjoy subtitles, my wife doesn't. I don't think I would enjoy subtitles when we're late-night binging until 2 or 3am. Regardless, do Netflix, Apple and Disney have better engineers than HBO (and Amazon)? Do the latter two not care about offering Spanish (or non-English)? Do they have some contractual obligations to not offer the options online? Turns out I don't care what the reason is. They don't offer extra language options, so I don't subscribe.
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