So weird to me that a show as expensive as GoT isn't transmitted in 4K.
https://ew.com/article/2013/03/31/hbo-thrones-piracy/I always wondered if game of thrones piracy is what made HBO come up with HBO now because the piracy numbers were off the chain.
Torrenting?!?!HBO now like 10 bucks a month lol.
Torrenting just ain't worth the effort and shitty quality
that's just the number of people seeding"over 120,000"
ehh, I came in here expecting a way higher number. More like over a million
HBO now like 10 bucks a month lol.
Torrenting just ain't worth the effort and shitty quality
I'm paying but I can't really blame people who download it considering how abysmal the picture quality of HBO streaming is. Really questioning what I pay for when you compare to the amazing picture quality on Netflix.
I notice there are two HBO apps. HBO go and HBO now. I feel like this doesnt help much.
It used to be late as well. I remember downloading an episode because I didn't want to spend the day (or days?) dodging social media between the US and UK airdates.GOT is the true treasure for pirates.
I remember when GOT 1st started in the UK and it was exclusive to Sky TV customers. You were expected to pay a hundred'ish bucks a month and be locked into an 18 month contract just for the privilege of getting to watch GOT for a few months a year.
I can't help but feel the rampant piracy that followed from this awesome business decision caused HBO to out pressure on Sky to create their Now TV streaming service and make GOT available at a reasonable price.
The service Game of Thrones is locked to in Australia is $60+ a month, and has far less appealing content then say Netflix for example.
There is a reason why the show is so widely pirated in Australia. Nobody really talks about piracy here at all... Until Game of Thrones rolls around.
Even worse is that with HBO Nordic the picture quality can be so much different depending on the device you view it on. Apple TV, iPad and iPhone looks mediocre but fine, while Samsung Smart TVs is just potato quality that blocks up every time there is motion.
That explains it. I use HBO Nordic on my 75" Samsung TV and it's just a clusterfuck of compression artifacts, especially during dark scenes.
If they pick quality sources for torrent releases it's probably much higher quality than most streaming sites.
I have an Apple TV 4K, will try tomorrow and see if its better. Usually the native Samsung apps are doing everything as good or better (no 4K on Apple TV youtube app...), so I only really use the Apple TV to rent or buy movies now.Get an Apple TV or another player to view it with, the Samsung client is abysmal in terms of video quality, I was shocked at how bad it was.
The Game of Thrones intro looks so good when everything is a blocky mess.
I wish NowTV streamed higher than 720P and with no adverts. But it's essentially Sky Atlantic and it's streaming a broadcast and not really streaming like HBOGo/Netflix free of adverts and such.GOT is the true treasure for pirates.
I remember when GOT 1st started in the UK and it was exclusive to Sky TV customers. You were expected to pay a hundred'ish bucks a month and be locked into an 18 month contract just for the privilege of getting to watch GOT for a few months a year.
I can't help but feel the rampant piracy that followed from this awesome business decision caused HBO to out pressure on Sky to create their Now TV streaming service and make GOT available at a reasonable price.
Sky Atlantic is the go to channel for HBO stuff. You can get Sky's Now TV subscription specifically for "entertainment" and watch it live or restream it later. They are doing a 3 months for ÂŁ17.99 deal for GoT atm. Otherwise it costs ÂŁ7.99 a month. You can also get a 7 day free trial for a new account.Is there anywhere I can get it livestreamed from England? We don't have HBO so I can't watch it live with that.
HBO now like 10 bucks a month lol.
Torrenting just ain't worth the effort and shitty quality
Effort is clicking button, it's super fast and easy to Torrent stuff. Quality can be amazing if you choose a high quality rip too.
It can be relatively easy to get a strike/letter from your ISP if you torrent without a VPN, especially on anything as popular as GoT.
A certain portion of any consumer base has a price of $0 in mind. GoT is just so popular that the numbers in terms of downloads are eye-popping.
Crave is trash, it is knownBell absolutely dropped the ball last night in Canada. Constant buffering, slowdown and speed up, app crashes and a 720p resolution. Its absurd that a corporation that big is so utterly incompetent. Ill buy the bluray when it comes out (as I always do) but i will be cancelling crave and I pursue other measures to watch the show. Sad as it is.
Yeah for sure. HBO is on that shit. I just wish my options in Canada were better, it sucks ass when I pay for something that's a worse experience than if I would pirate it.
I mean, ethically, if you're paying for it and torrent a better copy, what is really any party out of? Doesn't seem much different from using a different .exe to get your legal game copy to run better.
Literally the entire world outside of the US does not have access to HBO Now. In Canada, all HBO content is licensed by Bell Media, who for years did not make current season Game of Thrones available to anyone without a premium cable package. The target audience of cable TV is octogenarians who love throwing $80+/mo in the garbage, but they aren't particularly interested in Game of Thrones. Very peculiar business strategy.Damn yall calm it down. HBO now is only like 15 bucks. Cancel it after the season is over as I'm going to do...until Westworld hits that is.
Doesn't relate to piracy, but HBO streaming services really need to catch up with Netflix.
The image quality is abysmal for such high budget show, especially after coming from Netflix 4K / HDR movies and series.
I think subscribing through amazon video and adding the HBO channel gives you better quality than the HBO GO app. The season opener looked amazing on my 4K tv.I agree, I pay for hbo but man do I wish I could see this in 4k!!