HBO Max To Stream WW84 in 4K UHD – UPDATED 12/8
Update to HBO Max streaming day and date Warner Bros theatrical movie releases.
Unlike the many other streaming services listed below, HBO Max does not currently support 4K streaming. Well, according to Patty Jenkins, a director and screenwriter of Wonder Woman 1984, this will be the first HBO Max movie to be streamed in 4K Ultra HD, HDR 10, Dolby Vision AND Dolby Atmos. Here is her tweet:
“Excited to announce that #WW84 will be the first film on HBO Max available in 4K Ultra HD, HDR 10, Dolby Vision AND Dolby Atmos! Can’t wait. IN THEATERS on Dec. 25th and exclusively streaming in the US on @hbomax. PLEASE find the biggest and highest quality screen you can!!”
For those of you with cable, and of course a subscription to HBO Max, lets hope that all the new HBO Max 2021 releases will be streamed in 4K. Obviously you will still need suitable hardware and a display device to show off these new 4K releases.
HBO Max is currently one of the most expensive HD 1080P streaming services at $14.99 per month not offering any 4K content. Will they increase their monthly subscription for this new premium service? Only time will tell.
Competing streaming services include:
- $6.99 for Disney+ (4K)
- $9.99 for CBS All Access (HD)
- $4.99 for Apple TV+ (4K)
- $8.99 for Amazon Prime Video (4K)
- $11.99 for Hulu (4K)
- $10.99 for Showtime (4K)
- $8.99 for Starz (4K)
- $10 for Peacock (HD)
Remember that the 4K designation only means that some movies are in 4K. In most cases the majority of movies are still in HD.
Only Netflix at $ 17.99 per month provides a 4K streaming platform which has a very large selection of 4K Ultra HD movies but it requires a continuous Internet network connection speed of at least 25Mb/s.
UPDATE 12/8.
It would appear that there is some dissension in the ranks regarding the day and date release philosophy by WB for 2021 new movies on HBO Max.
The following comment by director Christopher Nolan, is a brief extract from an article in The Washington Post:
“Some of our industry’s biggest filmmakers and most important movie stars went to bed the night before thinking they were working for the greatest movie studio and woke up to find out they were working for the worst streaming service,” Nolan told the Hollywood Reporter. “Warner Bros. had an incredible machine for getting a filmmaker’s work out everywhere, both in theaters and in the home, and they are dismantling it as we speak. They don’t even understand what they’re losing. Their decision makes no economic sense, and even the most casual Wall Street investor can see the difference between disruption and dysfunction,” he added.
For more information click on The Washington Post link above. (Maybe behind a paywall)
