HBO programming available on Amazon Prime

[endersshadow]

Wow. While it's not the latest and greatest shows that are on Prime, that's an impressive collection they've put up.

I'm both a subscriber of HBO and of Prime, and I'll actually be using this. You see, I have a Roku, and Comcast won't allow HBOGO over Roku, but they do allow Prime Instant Video. So, woohoo for that!

I'm wondering if Amazon ran into these limitations with their new Roku-killer and decided to end-around them by brining HBO series into the fold.

[cmelbye]

> Comcast won't allow HBOGO over Roku

Wait, what? Do they seriously do that?

Can Comcast please die any more quickly?

[balls187]

Actually, The Wire is the greatest show HBO has ever made.

Latest, no. Greatest, YES.

Comcast also doesn't allow their Comcast iOS app to stream via Airplay.

[moskie]

> I'm both a subscriber of HBO and of Prime, and I'll actually be using this. You see, I have a Roku...

I'm in a similar situation, but I use a Chromecast instead of a Roku. Why oh why Amazon doesn't implement Chromecast support baffles me so much. I would spend a good amount of money on their streaming content that way. Instead, my money goes into the Google Play store.

[ultimoo]

How is HBOGO different from Xfinity On Demand? If you subscribe to HBO, all content is anyway available OD, so there is no real need for a separate 'client' for watching it.

[nostromo]

Putting Amazon Instant on the main shopping website is such a befuddling experience.

I'm on Amazon Instant. I see they have some HBO stuff, so I search for Game of Thrones. The auto-suggest immediately directs me to the books, ignoring my context. So, I skip auto-suggest and search just in HBO, and I'm prompted to buy Season 1 for $40. Huh? Meanwhile I'm always being distracted by recommendations to buy those solar panels I searched for a month ago.

I think it was a bad idea to conflate the contexts of "shopping" and "looking for entertainment" so throughly. I don't think Netflix has anything to worry about.

[erikpukinskis]

I often wonder how amazon has gotten so far with such little focus on usability. I wonder if they don't actually WANT you to get lost in layer upon later of stores. Like how the mall makes it hard to pop in for a quick purchase.

[dublinben]

This was announced almost a month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7634133

[mrjatx]

Yeah I'm a little baffled, and deja-vu ridden.

[tunap]

I looked at the offerings & they seem pretty expansive. Sounds great and all but I could not locate a principal factor that is important to the equation: PRICE! I clicked help, get started and even searched...

I do not want a free trial, I do not want to sign up & I do not want any more spam UNTIL I have deemed the terms agreeable. I am sick of this obfuscation bullshit. Terms are terms, games are for suckers & marks.

TLDR: No price, no sale.

[sgarman]

It's $99 a year. I agree it could be more clear but it was also not impossible to find. https://www.amazon.com/gp/prime/pipeline/prime_gifting_landi...

[libraryatnight]

amazon.com's homepage has a letter outlining this change/new content and ends with: Amazon Prime is the best deal going at just $99/year.

This HN entry links directly to the 'Learn More' or 'Start your free month' link provided in that letter (button is variable depending on if you're a member), which is an index of content.

Also, if I go to a amazon.com/prime from a browser that doesn't have me signed in automatically to my Prime account (otherwise it gives me a 'give the gift of prime option since it sees I'm already a member), it shows me a 30 day free trial button and says directly under the button: "After your free trial, Amazon Prime is just $99/year. You can cancel anytime. "

I don't feel the price is obfuscated. It's not perfect, but I don't get the impression there's bullshit afoot.

[spicyj]

I believe it's included in Amazon Prime for $99/yr.

[clamprecht]

"We have detected that you are not located within the US. Due to licensing restrictions, Amazon Instant Video customers must be located in the United States when viewing videos online."

Oh well, back to kickass torrents for now. (I'm a US citizen currently in Argentina).

[DonGateley]

HD with Amazon Prime is only available on these devices:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/video/ontv/devices/ref=atv_dp_hd_de...

which does not include a PC. Trial cancelled.

They make it so that the only way to find that out is to subscribe first and try it. I consider that false advertising.

[cmapes]

This is a nice step in the right direction, but I'd be willing to pay $/mo extra to get the latest episodes of Game of Thrones.

[wil421]

Can you even subscribe to HBO with out paying for a TV subscription from a provider?

The only thing thats keeping me from pulling the plug is access to new shows/episodes and seeing shows as they air (for the first time).

[3rd3]

Is it available world-wide?

[clamprecht]

Nope - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7780325

[xutopia]

Not in Canada and it does not include Game of Thrones or other recent shows I'd pay to watch.

[touristtam]

not in the uk it seems.

[plunchete]

All of them seem being available for free if you have Amazon Prime (I do). It's pretty awesome!

[Semaphor]

Boardwalk Empire! Only S1 is on Prime but better than nothing :)

[PaulKeeble]

Doesn't seem to apply in the UK, can't seem to do anything other than pay a quite high sum of money for a season (£26). Is this a deal only in the USA?

[wj]

Oh man. I need to forget this happened. I can see myself going on a Deadwood marathon.

[leanthonyrn]

Watch Deadwood for the first time and the Wire for the second.

[whacker]

Band of Brothers! Yay!

[squigs25]

Really cool! But why is this on Hacker News?

[squigs25]

If people had a problem with this comment: 1. This was removed from the homepage shortly after I posted this comment. 2. An answer explaining to me why this is appropriate would have probably been more helpful.

[brokentone]

The Netflix country expansion is here as well. Seems interesting on a technology and media level.