Now Introducing HBO Max Classic

[samsnee]

So what if you’ve already paid for the entire year?

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Discovery was too small a company to have been allowed to absorb Warners from giant AT&T - a peer or a larger company with alternate revenue streams outside of Hollywood like Apple and T-Mobile could do better. That’s true even if Zaslav wasn’t as bad as he is.

CNBC - Warner Bros. Discovery CFO calls company's HBO Max and Discovery+ 'underpriced,' suggesting price hikes may be coming

Pay more. Get less. That's Max.™

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[scarlet-witch]

The Max logo looks so dumb without HBO attached to it.

 

[Iceman]

MaX is just a weird name. Its as weird sounding as Peacock.

Do you have a Peacock? No I have a MaX. Do you have MaX?
What a MaX? Whats on MaX?

Its literally a name of a person, can be a title of a mature film or can be misinterpreted as a Mask.

Just call it WB+ and call it a day.

I think most of the streaming services are named fine, but Peacock totally put me off before I even considered it.

 

[Ninjablade]

The origin of the Peacock name is neat, but it is a strange name for your streaming service.

 

[psylockolussus]

Apparently Universal+ is Peacock's name in Africa.

 

[Pittman4Two]

I have absolutely no problem w this and don't see it being much of a problem

its not like they're gonna stop making HBO shows now

I'm with you. This is not a big deal.

I thought it was confusing anyway with it being called HBO Max. Made it seem like it was a glorified HBO on-demand for its own programming.

 

[squeekness]

Wizarding World: House of the Hupplepuff
Wizarding World: Wands of Power
Wizarding World: The Marauders
Wizarding World: Slytherin
Wizarding World: Ravenclaw
Wizarding World: Potions
Wizarding World: LeStrange New World

Ha!

 

[scarlet-witch]

Peacock is a stupid name for a streaming service, let's be real. I only have it to watch Premier league.

My worry with Max is that they're going to eventually push all of HBO content away in lieu of their crappy Discovery+ shows. That is why for me, kicking HBO out of the title was a big deal. HBO is the only reason I would ever have a max subscription

 

[Slick]

199.99 yearly are you ****ing kidding me. The original yearly was outrageous for 149.99.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

HBO Max was $14.99/month as of last year for 4k/HDR. Then they raised it to $15.99 in January for 4k/HDR. Now they are raising it to $19.99 for that same tier.

That's a 33% price hike just in the past few months.

 

[samsnee]

Was anyone asking for a Harry Potter reboot?

 

[scarlet-witch]

Was anyone asking for a Harry Potter reboot?

Just JK Rowling so she can pretend she was diverse and inclusive the whole time.

 

[Gothamsknight]

Those Harry Potter movies defined my generation. I have zero interest in this. ZERO.

 

[Iceman]

Peacock is a stupid name for a streaming service, let's be real. I only have it to watch Premier league.

My worry with Max is that they're going to eventually push all of HBO content away in lieu of their crappy Discovery+ shows. That is why for me, kicking HBO out of the title was a big deal. HBO is the only reason I would ever have a max subscription

The HBO part is what suggested quality to me. The crappy Zaslav Discovery part is not of much interest to me. Changing the name just dilutes my impression of quality of the overall product.

 

[Iceman]

Apparently Universal+ is Peacock's name in Africa.

That sounds much better to me.

 

[scarlet-witch]

Those Harry Potter movies defined my generation. I have zero interest in this. ZERO.

Same. HP meant the world to me as a teen/young adult. I prefer to just keep those fine memories, and not support anything Rowling does from now on.

 

[psylockolussus]

Geez. I saw the video announcement. Its reallll....

Like why couldn't they do a Wizarding World: House of the Hupplepuff to test the waters, but they went straight to Philosopher's Stone? Like they are gonna recast everyone now?! Good God.

 

[Closerframe]

This is tricky. I understand wanting to drop the “HBO” name from the branding to not confuse new subscribers and lure parents away from Disney+ and Netflix as the only major streamer for kid content. I even understand why MAX makes sense given the large library of content and seeming inclusive to all demographics, but increasing the price of the ad-free 4k tier is ridiculous.

 

[Gothamsknight]

They're really trying to swindle people by using the theme

 

[Nardz937]

Those original Potter films are so iconic and beloved that a reboot is almost unfathomable to me.

Funnily enough they still used the John Williams theme in that little teaser. My point proven lol.

 

[psylockolussus]

I just realized MaX would have been a fitting name if imaX has a streaming service.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Nah, Peacock is probably the worst name any streamer could come up with…especially if you’re trying to target a broad audience.

As opposed to just calling something Max with no reference to any of it's actual content?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Those original Potter films are so iconic and beloved that a reboot is almost unfathomable to me.

Funnily enough they still used the John Williams theme in that little teaser. My point proven lol.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I would like to thank Warner Discovery for coming up with a worse idea then the Ring of Power series, which couldn't even get 40% of their audience to finish their 8 episode first season.