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Netflix $8 + HBO Now $15 + SlingTV $20 = $33/mo
Meh. Not bad.
Meh. Not bad.
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Netflix $8 + HBO Now $15 + SlingTV $20 = $33/mo
Meh. Not bad.
Sorry, that $43/month, plus you forgot the Hulu Plus for $6/month and Amazon Prime for $99/year (8.33/month). With those, we're at $57.33/month, which is still a steal compared to cable TV.
Whoops. Bad math daySorry, that $43/month, plus you forgot the Hulu Plus for $6/month and Amazon Prime for $99/year (8.33/month). With those, we're at $57.33/month, which is still a steal compared to cable TV.
$15 a month is steep. HBO has Game of Thrones and what else? I can get Game of Thrones on Netflix for $30 for the whole season. I'll pass.
Netflix has House of Cards. HBO loses.
The difference being you need cable. This $15 direct price is for cord cutters.
Funny how long people screamed for there to be a direct way to get HBO without cable, now HBO has done it and people still gonna complain. Never fails.
Funny how long people screamed for there to be a direct way to get HBO without cable, now HBO has done it and people still gonna complain. Never fails.
I was thinking the same thing. Everyone expected this was going to come out at 40+ a month to keep cable companies happy. 15 isn't cheap, but it is legit and fair.
Sorry, that $43/month, plus you forgot the Hulu Plus for $6/month and Amazon Prime for $99/year (8.33/month). With those, we're at $57.33/month, which is still a steal compared to cable TV.
The difference being you need cable. This $15 direct price is for cord cutters.
Funny how long people screamed for there to be a direct way to get HBO without cable, now HBO has done it and people still gonna complain. Never fails.
That's about the price point I expected. I'm fine with paying that too. I wont keep a sub going all year.
HBO has always been a premium channel and always been more expensive. And converting a cable HBO subscriber to a streaming one really doesn't help HBO.I'm thinking that HBO probably wanted it to be lower, to compete with netflix and other companies but they most likely had contracts with all the cable companies so HBO couldn't "undercut" them by offering hbo cheaper then what cable companies do.
But it doesn't have the first-run and recent HBO original and licensed content, which is what makes HBO valuable.I was excited about this and would have definitely bit for around 8 bucks a month, but 15 is just oto much.
Especially when you compare it to netflix/amazon which offer FAR FAR more "content" then HBO go.
And it is in line with what sensible people thought ala carte channels would run. Anybody who thought ala carte for cable cutters was going to be cheaper was only interested in 1-2 channels. HBO and ESPN are two of the most valuable cable properties so they can charge the largest ala carte rate. The $15 rate is very competitive for HBO, given their content. It is the niche channels like History, Lifetime, Military, etc that will be in the $5-10 range. Premier channels will always be able to charge a premium rate
You still have to pay someone for your internet service.
I would imagine that would be at least 30-50 dollars a month.
Also, if you are a sports fan, how are you going to watch college sports and the NFL/NHL/NBA?
Most of the games are on broadcast TV and live on ESPN......although I think ESPN is coming to Sling?
I agree with Ducman. I'd pay $1/episode to watch what I want. I am not going to be giving them $15/mo when I'm only interested in one show.
And HBO will continue to ignore you since you're simply not worth their effort to convert to a paying customer.I pay for netflix gladly as its a good value.
HBO... guess I'll continue pirating there shows.
How does that help anybody but Netlix? Why would HBO cannibalize its own highly successful business just so they can try to get cheap-skates who probably will still pirate their content regardless of how low they go.What they should have done is hammer out a deal with Netflix.... where people could add $2-3 a month to there Netflix sub for full access to ALL HBO programming first run.
I'm looking on itunes and it's $4.50 CAD/episode for game of thrones and 3.50 CAD/episode for arrow. Google play is listing them at $3.50 and $2.50. Microsofts video store doesn't seem to have either show, but big bang theory is $3.50/episode
I've never seen tv shows on any service for $1/episode. That would be fantastic, I think the going rate is $2.50-4.50/episode.
Which is pretty ridiculous when you look at how extremely healthy the profit margins are even at $1.I'm looking on itunes and it's $4.50 CAD/episode for game of thrones and 3.50 CAD/episode for arrow. Google play is listing them at $3.50 and $2.50. Microsofts video store doesn't seem to have either show, but big bang theory is $3.50/episode
I've never seen tv shows on any service for $1/episode. That would be fantastic, I think the going rate is $2.50-4.50/episode.
How does that help anybody but Netlix? Why would HBO cannibalize its own highly successful business just so they can try to get cheap-skates who probably will still pirate their content regardless of how low they go.
Holy crap do you suck at math.
There are ten episodes of Game of Thrones per season. Season 5 will air starting on April 12th and engine June 21st. That means you would have to purchase 4 months of HBO Now at $15 a month.
Ten episodes at $1 an episode is $10.
4 Months @ $15 a month is $60.
$1, which again I think is still way too high and 50 cents is plenty, would cost you 1/6th the amount to watch a season of Game of Thrones, if you're not interested in the other HBO series running between mid April and late June.
I posted my math. Set aside the fact they can still sell BluRay 1080p and then later BluRay 4K and eventually TV rights for extra income, but with a very conservative 50 million viewers worldwide over the lifetime of the product (remember, there are 7 billion on the planet) at $1 a pop, we're talking about $50 million dollars per episode.How do you figure? The first season of Game of Thrones cost 60 million to produce. The second season was nearly 70 million. 50 cents an episode? Get real.
How do you figure? The first season of Game of Thrones cost 60 million to produce. The second season was nearly 70 million. 50 cents an episode? Get real. If you want to watch ala carte, here you go:
http://www.amazon.com/Game-of-Thrones-Season-3/dp/B00HV2BQCQ/
A bunch of cheapskates in here. HBO has a lot of other quality content, and if it's the same offerings as HBO Go then it includes the back catalog of all of it's shows and rotation of movies.
I've seen some complaints about the stream quality, but streaming through chromecast I've found the quality to be really good. I've heard the HBO Go website is hard to navigate and maybe the web browser streaming is not as good, but I'm very happy with the chromecast set up. All that is moot since this is a new platform anyway.
You can sign me up.