Are you less likely to buy HBO BDs now that they're streaming on Amazon Prime?

[Jar Jar Stinks]

Beginning May 21, Amazon Prime members will have unlimited streaming access to:

• All seasons of revered classics such as The Sopranos, The Wire, Deadwood, Rome and Six Feet Under, and of recent favorites such as Eastbound & Down, Enlightened and Flight of the Conchords
• Epic miniseries, including Angels in America, Band of Brothers, John Adams, The Pacific and Parade’s End
• Select seasons of current series such as Boardwalk Empire, Treme and True Blood
• Hit original movies like Game Change, Too Big To Fail and You Don’t Know Jack
• Pedigreed documentaries including the Autopsy and Iceman series, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib and When the Levees Broke
• Hilarious original comedy specials from Lewis Black, Ellen DeGeneres, Louis CK and Bill Maher

The multi-year deal will bring additional seasons of the current series

I had been waiting for a good deal on Deadwood and The Wire. Now I'm not. How about you?

[wormraper]

ummmmm, no, of course not. netflix and amazon prime are good for a one time watch if you want to see something you haven't seen, but never a substitute for the joy of ownership (and the quality)...I didn't spend $10k on a home theater setup to feed it McDonalds

[Chiefy]

I buy "must own" movies/tv shows regardless if they're available on streaming for the superior quality. I'm glad these will be made available, so I can watch the one's I haven't yet. If I like them, I will eventually own them.

[Joeker]

No but it might get me to drop HBO from my cable lineup depending how new their content is.

[mport5150]

I have Prime and I will still buy the HBO series that I want to own

[warrian]

I've pretty much stopped buying TV series altogether. I just don't get back to them very much as there's always something new I want to see instead. I collect Game of Thrones from HBO on Blu but that's about it. I love lots of other shows of theirs, but I just can't see sitting though The Wire, Rome or Deadwood again in their entirety and I pretty much consider them all near perfect shows. As an HBO subscriber, with Comcast on demand, I can pretty much watch any of their shows in 1080i for free and I still don't find the time for repeats.

[legendAA93]

I can already view every show on HBO go and Ondemand. But I still plan on getting all the GOT seasons eventually. I'll also buy Sopranos complete series if they ever release it.

[Chiefy]

Originally Posted by legendaa93

i'll also buy sopranos complete series if they ever release it.

+1

[bookcase]

I've cut way back on buying TV series except for my absolute favorites. Currently, I get HBO GO, so that has excised the need to buy most of their series. I'm cutting back to basic cable in October (when my cable bill will swell to well over $200), so having these shows available on Amazon Prime is great.

[Dex Robinson]

The availability of something on streaming doesn't affect my blu-ray buying decision.

Ultimately, it comes down to this: I simply do not trust anyone else to guarantee long term access to the shows I want to see.

For me, guaranteed access to my favorite shows means taking MY blu-ray off the shelf and putting it in MY player when I want.

Their are too many variables over the long term for me to feel comfortable trusting various segments of a delivery network. Will amazon prime ALWAYS have access to the HBO library? What if I don't like the cost of amazon prime in three years? What if some actor sues because streaming profits weren't in his contract and the show gets tangled in legal limbo? What if my ISP decides they deserve a cut for all that bandwidth? My ISP once did a system "upgrade" overnight that rendered my wireless router inoperable.

Maybe none of those things will ever happen.

Nevertheless, when I hold that disc in my hand, I feel no concerns.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by wormraper

ummmmm, no, of course not. netflix and amazon prime are good for a one time watch if you want to see something you haven't seen, but never a substitute for the joy of ownership (and the quality)...I didn't spend $10k on a home theater setup to feed it McDonalds

My sentiments are identical in every way!

I remember that I said the exact same thing once in one of these "streaming vs Blu-ray" threads. From my very simple and straight forward post, someone actually only read me as bragging about how much money that I have "wasted" on my home theatre setup. They also went on to tell me that having spent that much on my home theatre, I [to paraphrase] "should be using it to its full potential and not limiting my content choices by restricting the medium by which I watched stuff." HAHAHA!!! Talk about missing the point entirely!

[Braktastic]

Originally Posted by warrian

I've pretty much stopped buying TV series altogether. I just don't get back to them very much as there's always something new I want to see instead.

This.

[Risahawkeye]

Originally Posted by wormraper

ummmmm, no, of course not. netflix and amazon prime are good for a one time watch if you want to see something you haven't seen, but never a substitute for the joy of ownership (and the quality)

Completely agree.

[Optimus]

Originally Posted by Risahawkeye

Completely agree.

Same, same.

[mredman]

Originally Posted by wormraper

ummmmm, no, of course not. netflix and amazon prime are good for a one time watch if you want to see something you haven't seen, but never a substitute for the joy of ownership (and the quality)...I didn't spend $10k on a home theater setup to feed it McDonalds

THIS

No. I buy all the shows i want on blu ray from HBO the technical presentation is amazing on them. So now its Boardwalk, True Blood they are done this season both of them. Then i buy Game of Thrones, True Detective as welll

[BaerGriggs]

For older shows like The Wire and some of the Sopranos, streaming could be just as good or even better than the DVD releases. I think the HD stream of the Sopranos was better than the DVDs looked, obviously not better than the Season 6 Blurays. And I'd much rather stream in HD the first time I'm watching a show than make a blind buy, even if I'm nearly positive that I'll like the show. I'm definitely planning on streaming Rome and Deadwood over the summer.

[kryptonite1970]

I won't be buying TV episodes as they have low chances of me ever watching em again.

[Todd Tomorrow]

Originally Posted by kryptonite1970

I won't be buying TV episodes as they have low chances of me ever watching em again.

Same here. Now matter how great they were, I don't have the time of working my way through several seasons of a show I've already seen. There is always plenty of great new stuff to discover. I have bought some favourite shows and they all sit there watched or have been resold.

[Scarface32]

I don't have Amazon Prime, I find it a waste of money. Plus I could just use HBO Go, so why would I want to watch it on Prime even if I had it.

[dadaluholla]

If a show is available via a streaming service (which is basically ALL tv shows these days) I don't see a point in owning it on Blu-ray anymore. It just sits there on your shelf collecting dust.

Even with movies, I'm headed towards going almost all streaming. The novelty of collecting is losing it's luster.