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Amazon Prime Video drops Dolby Vision and Atmos unless you pay extra (www.theverge.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] PatFussy@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Who pays for prime video? Literally the worst selection there is

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 12 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Disagree, prime has a lot of the more niche and interesting shows and movies. Tons of Indy films you can't find elsewhere like Coherence, a great movie I would never have seen if not for Prime suggesting it.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Prime has the best depth of random stuff you'd never see otherwise in Sci-Fi and Horror. Aside from that I think AppleTV is the best service out there, right now. Netflix has become such absolute trash over the last several years.

[–] poppy@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

Prime is how I watched Women Talking and The Lighthouse. I was even going to crack and finally pay to rent The Lighthouse then I saw it was finally free on Prime. They definitely have some niche films.

[–] PatFussy@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I have only ever used prime as a last resort. I don't watch much TV but what's available through prime is usually pretty bad IMHO. I would go as far as to say if someone goes to prime to watch things like rings of power then they probably have bad taste.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Invincible, The Boys, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Good Omens, The Expanse, The Wilds, and Fleabag

All good stuff. Your comment is like me saying HBOmax sucks because Saints of Newark is on it.

[–] PatFussy@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I lmao be honest I only recognized the boys from your list and I thought that show was boring

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Highly recommend Fleabag if you want a good comedy that's also sad and horny. You're also on Lemmy so you should love the expanse.

[–] _number8_@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

it has the worst UX in the world where you search for a film, see they have it, then see you have to subscribe to some other shitty service to watch

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah but the pause screen shows you who the actors on screen are.

[–] Hootz@lemmy.ca -1 points 9 months ago

I bet you could find em on a torrent site or putlocker.

If it's truely indie I bet you could find a way to send em the whole 5 cents they made off your prime view, shit make it a $1

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Had Prime for a decade, never even opened Prime Video

[–] Chakravanti@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So I'm not the only one....is that a Jolly Roger I think I see there in your ship?

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Arr

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

Also ads.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

At least in Canada, it was better than Netflix

No catalogue is worth the prices here though