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Watching HBO Max
HBO Max launched late May 2020, offering content from all the properties owned by parent company AT&T. These properties include Cartoon Network, CNN, The CW, DC Comics, HBO, New Line Cinema, Turner Classic Movies (TCM), and the Warner Bros. film studio. Despite the HBO name, HBO Max is designed to be a full-service streaming service, much like Netflix, with a mix of existing and original programming.
What’s Playing?
HBO Max programming includes everything from TCM’s classic movies to The CW’s popular superhero TV shows, with a whole lot in between—including children’s programming from Sesame Workshop. Content includes superhero movies such as Aquaman, Joker, Zach Snyder’s Justice League, and all the many Batman and Superman movies; all the movies in the Lord of the Rings and Matrix series; and TV series like Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and The West Wing. HBO Max also offers classic films such as Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Singin’ in the Rain, and The Wizard of Oz, as well as newer films like Crazy Rich Asians and A Star is Born. You can also find new and classic animated programming from Cartoon Network, Hanna-Barbera, and Warner Bros. (Looney Tunes).
Original programming on HBO Max includes all prior HBO originals, such as Barry, Game of Thrones, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Veep, Watchmen, and Westworld. You’ll also find a slew of planned new programs, including Dune: The Sisterhood, a remake of Gossip Girl, Green Lantern, Love Life (with Anna Kendrick), Strange Adventures, and Tokyo Vice.
In addition, HBO Max paid some big bucks to get exclusive streaming rights to the uber-popular shows Big Bang Theory and Friends. (The latter is the most-watched show of all time on streaming video.) The service also has the rights to Sesame Street and more than 700 hours of programming from the BBC (including the new Doctor Who).
What It Costs
An HBO Max monthly subscription runs $14.99 USD, although you may get a discount if you also subscribe to HBO through your cable provider. You can stream HBO Max on up to three devices at the same time.
Tech Specs
HBO Max streams in 1080p HD with Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround sound. It has plans to add 4K, HDR, and Dolby Vision, but none of these options were available as of summer 2020.
WATCHING HBO MAX
In addition to the traditional streaming home page, HBO Max organizes its wide variety of content into easily navigable hubs—Adult Swim Collection, Cartoon Network Collection, Crunchyroll Collection, DC, HBO, Looney Tunes, Sesame Workshop, Studio Ghibli, and Classic Curated by TCM.
On the home page, scroll through suggested programming.
Click the Browse icon to browse through programming by genre.
Click the Search icon to search for specific programming. Or…
Scroll down to the HBO Max Hubs section and select a hub.
Select the item you want to watch.
If you selected a series, select the season and episode you want to watch.
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