Today in “Pray I don’t alter it any further.”

Amazon Prime Video drops Dolby Vision and Atmos unless you pay extra::Amazon Prime Video has removed Dolby Vision HDR, and Atmos surround sound, unless you pay an extra $2.99 a month for its new ad-free option. The company has confirmed the move.

  • DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    481·
    9 months ago

    Mark my words…Amazon is going to experiment with tiering off Prime programs like cable. Want “The Boys?” or “Invincible?” That’s the extra tier.

    • littleblue✨@lemmy.worldEnglish
      211·
      9 months ago

      Meanwhile, I’m over here, keeping my money and watching whatever TF I want in higher def and no ads — for free. Fuck you, Amazon.

    • johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      9 months ago

      I would prefer this if they made the core shipping product (the only part I actually care about) cheaper. I’ve never liked their bundled approach. But it looks like they’re just going to increase the cost of everything else instead.

      • Overzeetop@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        9 months ago

        I would prefer they brought back the actual shipping part. Not this $169/yr for “best effort 3-10 days depending on our mood” they want me to pay for.

  • Jackthelad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    211·
    9 months ago

    Oh no, I can’t believe I won’t be able to watch the two shows that use Dolby Vision anymore.

    • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      9 months ago

      I got an LG C8 in 2017 because I thought Dolby Vision was gonna be awesome compared to HDR10, pretty much every Dolby Vision thing I’ve watched is too dark and anything white has that stupid yellowish tint to it.

      • Jackthelad@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        I have an LG C2 and I find Dolby Vision content pretty good, but only since they added the IQ setting, which boosts the brightness a little bit.

        Also, I’ve got used to the warm picture settings. So much so that everything else looks too blue to me now.

            • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              9 months ago

              I’ve watched multiple shows and movies with it, I’m one of those people that loves vivid colors, so even when the TV is calibrated (using an online guide) it still didn’t look good to me 🤷‍♂️

    • Kbobabob@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      I just setup the arrs with qbittorrent using Docker on my NAS with overseer. I already had a Plex server setup on an N100 pointed at my NAS but now it is more automated. I was fine with the occasional manual adding of stuff but with how awful all of the services are now I just created my own that works for me.

      • kameecoding@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        took me a while to realize you meant sonarr and radarr by “arrs”

        I have those too, though I am running on unraid.

        previously I wrote my own program for converting, renaming and categorizing movies and tv shows, but now I just use Sonarr and Radarr.

        I will need to setup TDarr soon to start saving on space.

  • gotrandom@lemmy.mlEnglish
    193·
    9 months ago

    First they inject ads unless you pay more, now they reduce quality unless you, again, pay more. Wild that more and more people have reverted to sailing the seas once more, who’d of thought?

  • spittingimage@lemmy.worldEnglish
    151·
    9 months ago

    Is there a word for this? Yanking features from a services so they can be sold to you as an add-on?

  • quafeinum@lemmy.worldEnglish
    141·
    9 months ago

    Oh thanks! That explains why my audio was so horrible that I had to turn on subtitles. Good riddance

    • Kbobabob@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      9 months ago

      Prime video? Did anyone actually pay for prime shipping to get the video subscription?

    • CobblerScholar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      9 months ago

      It was momentum for me, just couldn’t be bothered to take care of it until recently. Glad I did and regret it wasn’t sooner

    • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      9 months ago

      Usenet really is great for piracy, I’m so happy that I found out about it like a decade ago. So much better than torrents.

        • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          Yeah, but it’s worth it. $8/month for automated downloading of pretty much every TV show and most movies, usually within a few days of the official release (if you want release quality). Also it maxes out your downstream bandwidth instantly, unlike torrents. I have a gig pipe and the most I’ve ever seen on a well seeded torrent was about 50-60% of my downstream bandwidth.