HBO Max is Now Included in Most TV Packages!

[Mr+Ripley]

  Okay, that was pretty easy going, I now have HBO Max with ads set up, only took 2 - 3 minutes doing it via my Sky Q box. 

One question. When I clicked on the film One Battle After Another, it says " Get Access ". What is that about? I don't want to click buttons on the screen only to be charged for something. 

[Maniatore2006]

Not for me... i can´t enter andy Data... when i Scan the QR Code on my TV, with my Phone, i have to login to my SKY Account, and than the Message.. 

We can't do that at the moment - We hope to have everything back to normal soon. Please try again later".

[PI8]

have activated HBO Max via my sky and my account shows I have it but when I click on the app via my TV it asks me to go to sky I'm and activate which I have already done ?

[Mr+Ripley]

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@Maniatore2006 wrote:

Not for me... i can´t enter andy Data... when i Scan the QR Code on my TV, with my Phone, i have to login to my SKY Account, and than the Message.. 

We can't do that at the moment - We hope to have everything back to normal soon. Please try again later".

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  @Maniatore2006  I didn't need to scan any QR codes. I didn't need to log in to my Sky account. I did the whole thing with my Sky remote.

[Dph69]

Hi just tried activating the hbo account but apparently my email address is connected to someone called Sebastian in Spain and won't let me connect as apparently I'm not in the correct region

[Mr+Ripley]

  I've had a browse around the HBO Max pages. Whilst I do admit there is a lot of great content available, unfortunately, I have seen most of it already. I have a few things in My Stuff: two films, one series, a Mel Brooks documentary & some stand-up from HBO Comedy Half-Hour. I was a bit disappointed there wasn't more in the stand-up comedy section. When HBO first started out, they had a lot of great comedy shows on their network, but they don't seem to be available on this platform.

  The browsing setup of titles & genres is okay & it's all fairly easy to use. I like the way I add shows/films to My Stuff. 

  In conclusion, it looks good, there's plenty of good content, but personally, I'm not sure I will be using it much.

[DaveDrizen]

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@Mr+Ripley wrote:

  Okay, that was pretty easy going, I now have HBO Max with ads set up, only took 2 - 3 minutes doing it via my Sky Q box. 

One question. When I clicked on the film One Battle After Another, it says " Get Access ". What is that about? I don't want to click buttons on the screen only to be charged for something. 

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It tells you that in not in your present package ie entertainment with ads you have  to upgrade your package, probably  the moves package,  to watch it. But don't worry if clicked on you won't automatically get charged it will just come up with a print to take you to you to another screen, in your case if you have just get free with ads package though sky it will tell to get in touch with sky to upgrade and sort out the payment details.

[Fireball+XL-5]

@Mr+Ripley 

Regarding the "get access" films I wondered the same as you. Apparently if you upgrade to the standard (£5) extra per month or the premium (£10) extra per month then those films are included for us. However, if you have Sky cinema those films are already available to watch through Sky cinema. If you accidentally click on one of those films in HBO max app don't worry. You can't upgrade or get charged for the film through the app.

[DaveDrizen]

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@Dph69 wrote:

Hi just tried activating the hbo account but apparently my email address is connected to someone called Sebastian in Spain and won't let me connect as apparently I'm not in the correct region

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Sound like you need to sort that out with Sky 

[mikehill58]

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@Mr+Ripley wrote:

  Okay, that was pretty easy going, I now have HBO Max with ads set up, only took 2 - 3 minutes doing it via my Sky Q box. 

One question. When I clicked on the film One Battle After Another, it says " Get Access ". What is that about? I don't want to click buttons on the screen only to be charged for something. 

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Basic with ads does not give you access to all the movies. You need to upgrade to Standard of Premium for that then the "Get Access" no longer appears. One Battle After Another is available in any event to download on Sky from today if you have a Sky Cinema sub. Sinners was already available via that route.

[DaveDrizen]

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@PI8 wrote:

have activated HBO Max via my sky and my account shows I have it but when I click on the app via my TV it asks me to go to sky I'm and activate which I have already done ?

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Can you actully watch a program on it on the app on your sky box?

[nigea99]

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@PI8 wrote:

have activated HBO Max via my sky and my account shows I have it but when I click on the app via my TV it asks me to go to sky I'm and activate which I have already done ?

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hi @PI8 

If you are getting a code each time I think it may be due to not finalising the account on another device to set a password

I think that once you have,  then the activation should only be needed once

[Dph69]

lol if you can actually phone a real person 

[Mr+Ripley]

  I find it a bit odd that on my Sky Q box, when I scroll down to the Apps section, I then have to scroll across 10 tiles before I see the one for HBO Max. You'd have thought Sky would make it the first tile available, especially today, launch day.

[reckless]

So this 'upgrade' means that the programmes I once watched in uhd and hdr ( Kinght of the 7 Kimgdoms etc) and with the ability to ff through adverts, I can no longer do so unless I pay another £10 a month. I've just tried to watch an episode and it's in HD.

this is not an improvement  and I feel a little ripped off here.