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Prime Video locks 4K and Atmos behind new, pricier 'Ultra' tier (www.flatpanelshd.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by commander@lemmy.world to c/television@piefed.social

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[-] Bademantel@lemmy.world 74 points 2 months ago

🏴‍☠️

[-] cenariodantesco@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

a fellow one piece enjoyer (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞

[-] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 34 points 2 months ago

[-] Prox@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Where/how are you getting 4k/HDR content on the high seas?

I went looking for Pluribus last weekend and the best I could find was 720p. Help.

[-] Ilandar@lemmy.today 8 points 2 months ago

In case you weren't already doing this, search for "2160p" (not 4K). That's the standard naming convention for releases.

[-] criticon@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

And 10bits for HDR

[-] EliminateJuggle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

try the original pirate site they bay have it

[-] DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Private trackers have lots of 4K/HDR content. Torrent Leech is a good place to start

[-] Delilah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

.nzb

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 64 points 2 months ago

The zero dollars I'm willing to give Amazon is going up zero percent

[-] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

Since you’re not giving it to Amazon, and it’s zero dollars - you may as well go up ∞%!

[-] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

In other news, my media library is still playing at whatever resolution I want it to for 0 dollars.

[-] nucleative@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

Interesting... My 4K Atmos price has been quite stable over the years.

SuperMovie.2025.UHD.BluRay.REMUX.2160p.DV.HDR10.Atmos7.1.DTS‑X.DualAudio.mkv

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 23 points 2 months ago

Oh boy I'm really regretting cancelling my account twp years ago with the price hike...

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 months ago

[-] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 months ago

I’ve locked my money behind a “not paying for a streaming service from Amazon” tier.

[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Cancel por subscription and memberships people. They'll keep cutting features as long as you keep giving them your money.

[-] imjustmsk@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Last time I checked you could give a visit to fmhy.net for free and make use of the tools and everything in there.

[-] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 7 points 2 months ago

The Pirate Bay doesn't care about these things.

[-] TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago

Jokes on them, I don’t even get 4k on my phone and I have no fucking idea what atmos sounds like because it’s already too damn expensive on its own.

[-] mthomson@forum.macaque.social 7 points 2 months ago

Don't have a 4k tv still so I'm not giving Prime more money. But it does seem a bit Black Mirror, with always pushing the boundaries on the plans, and making them a little bit worse so they can monetise some feature for more money. Eventually they'll push too much and people will leave. Lots of services are just taking it too far now.

[-] Ilandar@lemmy.today 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

But it does seem a bit Black Mirror, with always pushing the boundaries on the plans, and making them a little bit worse so they can monetise some feature for more money.

It seems that way because Black Mirror is inspired by reality now. They even did an episode on enshittification last season.

[-] imjustmsk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Black Mirror is just giving out ideas for free for them to play put.

[-] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

It's identical to Black Mirror and so is every other shiddy thing going on ;(

[-] imjustmsk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

The call of the seas had never been louder

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 2 months ago

Prime was the service I cut first. First they decimated the music on the cheap tier (no more albums), and later that same year shoved ads into Prime Video. Now I save on that, and don't order as much shit I don't really need from Amazon.

I now subscribe to Jellyfin Pro and VPN Plus. It's like Kaleidescape, but for poor people.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Jellyfin Pro

Jeez, don't scare me like that! For a second I thought that might've been a real thing and they'd started enshittifying like Plex did.

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

Just a matter of time

[-] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I sure fucking hope not, since the whole point of it was to fork away from that sort of thing!

[-] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

This might matter if there was anything on Prime worth watching. It's a ghost town.

[-] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I need to go back to the high seas, because while they don't have as many good shows as other streaming services, they do have The Boys and Reacher among a few other lesser known shows. They also have a bunch of good movies I've recently added to my queue.