I had a trial subscription of Prime couple of years ago and I hated that they showed skippable ads about other Prime content at the beginning. That was enough for me to never join Prime.
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
#92Having less features on a cheaper tier is entirely normal.
Should Amazon have been more up-front about it? I guess. But most people don't even care. If you have the money and space for a full Atmos-enabled surround-sound setup at home and/or true mega-bright HDR screen and regularly watch Prime Video, you're probably already paying the extra $3/mo. for no ads anyways.
It's not like any of those features matter if you're watching on an iPad or a regular TV or even regular surround sound speakers.
Of all of the corporate outrages to upvote here on HN, this one feels like the absolute tiniest.
Re: Prime Video cuts Dolby Vision, Atmos support from ad tier–and didn't tell subs
#93I have genuinely no clue what Dolby Atmos is even for. I assume it's for some specific sound setup? And I also assume I don't have that.
Yeah, it adds speakers above you. It sounds dumb, but even crappy speakers really did make our sound more immersive.
That said, we moved the TV to another room and decided against installing Atmos speakers there... So I guess it's not compelling enough to really care. A good 5.1 setup is enough.
Re: Prime Video cuts Dolby Vision, Atmos support from ad tier–and didn't tell subs
#94Technical question, a typical 2 hour movie represents how many bytes of stereo audio signal, how many bytes if atmos. How many streams served with stereo, how many with 5.1/atmos/whatever. Are they actually saving any real money here or is it just a pain point to milk the whales? I'd be willing to bet that 80%+ of households don't even have equipment that can properly render atmos or even 5.1.
It wouldn’t surprise me if it’s a licensing issue more than a data one. Atmos support for my Xbox headset, for example, has a monthly subscription cost.
Atmos and DTS:X for home theatre setups don’t have any additional licensing fees however.
Re: Prime Video cuts Dolby Vision, Atmos support from ad tier–and didn't tell subs
#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
My guess is a lot of people with bigger TVs are getting soundbars. They are easy to setup and doesn't require wires. I won't switch from 5.1 setup but if I ever move I would give it a try. Built-in speakers I've used in hotels/airbnbs are not great.
Soundbar marketing has a lot of snake oil about bouncing soundwaves around a room to simulate 13 discrete speakers or something. I've got no science, but I do have some serious doubt whether the bouncing stuff works at all. In my imagination, soundbars are basically stereo, or maybe 2.1
I've always considered them the "Bose" of our generation (built on shitty engineering) - they sound better and bassy and so they sound "good enough".
Re: Prime Video cuts Dolby Vision, Atmos support from ad tier–and didn't tell subs
#96Having less features on a cheaper tier is entirely normal. Should Amazon have been more up-front about it? I guess. But most people don't even care. If you have the money and space for a full Atmos-enabled surround-sound setup at home and/or true mega-bright HDR screen and regularly watch Prime Video, you're probably already paying the extra $3/mo. for no ads anyways. It's not like any of those features matter if you…
The cheaper tier was the normal tier. They they downgraded the normal tier when the added ads and you had to pay extra to remove them. This is just adding insult to injury.
Re: Prime Video cuts Dolby Vision, Atmos support from ad tier–and didn't tell subs
#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is the real problem with Prime Video. The first party content is terrible .
They’ve had a few. Marvelous Mrs. Maisel was fantastic. So was Sneaky Pete with Giovanni Ribisi. Unfortunately that doesn’t seem to be well-known. I don’t really know much else they’ve done, besides the man in the high castle. I just don’t hear about them much, and the fact that I find their app rather obnoxious means I don’t go looking in there very often. As soon as they announced they were adding ads I deleted the…
My two favorite hidden gems are Patriot and ZeroZeroZero. They also did Outer Range, A Hero (movie), Red Oaks, Good Omens, and Mozart in the Jungle.
The Boys and Invincible are both excellent, but more “mainstream” shows.
Re: Prime Video cuts Dolby Vision, Atmos support from ad tier–and didn't tell subs
#98Having less features on a cheaper tier is entirely normal. Should Amazon have been more up-front about it? I guess. But most people don't even care. If you have the money and space for a full Atmos-enabled surround-sound setup at home and/or true mega-bright HDR screen and regularly watch Prime Video, you're probably already paying the extra $3/mo. for no ads anyways. It's not like any of those features matter if you…
> Atmos-enabled surround-sound setup
Headphones. You dont need a full setup to enjoy this feature.
Re: Prime Video cuts Dolby Vision, Atmos support from ad tier–and didn't tell subs
#99I'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…
Prime Video wasn't a loss leader in order to jack up prices later, it was a loss leader for Bezos to date actresses.
Do we know which studio investments of the 20th century weren't of that kind?
Re: Prime Video cuts Dolby Vision, Atmos support from ad tier–and didn't tell subs
#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
Jack Ryan and Reacher are pretty good.
"Reacher" is simply right-wing violence-porn. Its moral turpitude is only exceeded by the risible "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" that somehow wants me to like protagonists who kill and hurt strangers without any justification. I've loved everything Donald Glover was in, until now. Meanwhile, "Rings of Power" is left-wing girl-boss porn that utterly disrespects everything Tolkien made. Above all, Amazon's blatant anti-labor pra…
> "Reacher" is simply right-wing violence-porn.
> Meanwhile, "Rings of Power" is left-wing girl-boss porn
You are aware not everything needs to be political, right? Sometimes bad television is just bad television...