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Prime Video cuts Dolby Vision, Atmos support from ad tier–and didn't tell subs

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Re: Prime Video cuts Dolby Vision, Atmos support from ad tier–and didn't tell subs

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Post by stuaxo »

bombcar wrote: post #6
1970-01-01 wrote: post #2

5.1 audio channels is all you really need.

I would be interested to know the actual audio setup of most video watching ... I suspect that even if you ignore whatever (probably huge?) percentage is on mobile, that much of it comes out of whatever TV speakers are being used. Even my 7.1 receiver is down to a single laughable channel, because I've not been arsed to fully set it up and a wire is loose.

Bought a receiver years back, only ever bought two speakers - whole thing isn't plugged in since I moved two years ago, just the little speaker in the TV with no bass.

Re: Prime Video cuts Dolby Vision, Atmos support from ad tier–and didn't tell subs

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Post by threeseed »

echelon wrote: post #3

I'd really like for regulators to look at Apple and Amazon and their interest in the film business. Both of these are propped up on the profits of unrelated business units and offered below cost to viewers. This behavior has led to existing film studios folding and getting bought out by these giants. Now they're jacking up prices to healthy levels. They literally just ate an entire unrelated industry because of their…

> Both of these are propped up on the profits of unrelated business units and offered below cost to viewers

Do you have evidence of this ?

Apple has historically chosen not to use the loss-leader approach.

Re: Prime Video cuts Dolby Vision, Atmos support from ad tier–and didn't tell subs

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Post by commandlinefan »

It looks like these streaming services have been hemorrhaging cash for years now and they just can't hide it any more. They're going to have to take drastic steps to try to become profitable - remains to be seen whether customers will bite. OTOH, we don't have the infrastructure to go back to the days of DVD rentals.

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Post by sleepybrett »

thelastparadise wrote: post #15
jeffbee wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is the real problem with Prime Video. The first party content is terrible .

Turns out gobbling up IP and hitting the print button isn't such a great business model. Also see: Disney.

See also every television/cable network ever. Every season a few shows would rise to the top and a few would get put out of the misery, you just move on and hope the good bets make more money than the bad bets burn.

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Post by manquer »

sleepybrett wrote: post #18
dualboot wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is not even remotely true. Patriot is amazing.

Also 'The Boys' is quite popular, 'Bosch' and 'Reacher' are very popular.. there are a few others that do well. If you are old enough think back to the haydays of the network television evening programming. There were hits, there were misses, there was tons of stuff in between. For every 'Friends' there is a 'Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place'.

For every “Friends” there are thousands of ‘Two guys a girl and a pizza’

Re: Prime Video cuts Dolby Vision, Atmos support from ad tier–and didn't tell subs

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Post by fabian2k »

I canceled Prime after they added ads. I might have canceled it anyway at some point, but this was a very clear and significant reduction in value.

They never really competed all that well, but there were some interesting original shows on there that kept me interested enough to keep a subscription. But they were really bad about having the original language audio, and they rotate content out pretty fast, my watchlist is always half-gone.

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Post by gentleman11 »

This is called segmentation.

People with home theatres are more likely to be willing to pay extra, so they’re squeezing those users for more money. Likewise, other people are more price sensitive and are more likely to be willing to watch ads to save money, so they’re squeezing them in a different way. With ai and mass surveillance in the future, companies will be able to segment at an individual level.

What would they squeeze you or your kids for one day?

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Post by bigstrat2003 »

jeffbee wrote: post #10
zelos wrote: post #7

> The Rings of Power... now in HDR10+ for ad-tier users. I'm not sure even the power of Dolby Vision could make Rings of Power worth watching, though.

This is the real problem with Prime Video. The first party content is terrible .

Clarkson's Farm is legitimately good. It's worth checking out.

Re: Prime Video cuts Dolby Vision, Atmos support from ad tier–and didn't tell subs

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Post by TigeriusKirk »

fabian2k wrote: post #26

I canceled Prime after they added ads. I might have canceled it anyway at some point, but this was a very clear and significant reduction in value. They never really competed all that well, but there were some interesting original shows on there that kept me interested enough to keep a subscription. But they were really bad about having the original language audio, and they rotate content out pretty fast, my watchlis…

I did the same. I know it won't matter to them, but I feel better not paying for a product they're actively and intentionally making worse.

It does also mean I'll be doing much less frequent business with their store.

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