HBO/Crave

[csnarpy]

Originally Posted by FormerPresJamesTaylor

The Crave app is the slowest least responsive app in the world.

never once felt that. weird. I use on my phone, ipad and apple tv

[Fuzz]

I still get the "skip intro" button appearing on my tv, not the phone app. This makes it entirely useless. Am I the only one who has this issue? I figure they would have fixed it by now.

I don't find the app slow though.

[Fuzz]

https://www.crave.ca/en

LOL, the drawback with an infinitely scrolling webpage is you can never access the bottom bar where the "help/contact" links are. Well played, Crave.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

On the plus side 5.1 audio works again using firestick. That #### was broken for like a year.

They also have some “4K” titles now which look way better than the usual quality they stream in.

[woob]

Originally Posted by FormerPresJamesTaylor

The Crave app is the slowest least responsive app in the world.

It's a shining beacon of light compared to the Sportsnet app.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by bigtmac19

Highly recommend four part documentary on Crave called Thunder Bay. Based on a Canadaland podcast about Huge numbers of Indigenous deaths in Thunder Bay that have gone uninvestigated by Thunder Bay police due to systemic racism rampant in the force. Absolutely sickening and gutting.

Well crap, this is much more heartbreaking than I thought it would be. But thank you. It's extremely well done.

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by FormerPresJamesTaylor

The Crave app is the slowest least responsive app in the world.

100%. I very rarely have issues with any other apps (well, other than the Discovery+ app) on my SmartOS TV, but Crave makes it feel like I'm running a smart TV from 2013 with a single core processor every single time, and crashes or fails to load about 30% of the time.

It's ridiculously unoptimized.

[Erick Estrada]

Crave works fine on my Apple TV's but I find it offers the worst resolution of all the streaming services.

[Wormius]

The iOS apps do seem pretty good. I wonder if they just ported that over to Android without refinements or are using that app to bring up the mobile version of the website.

[Jiggy]

I watched Your Honor during the pandemic. Season 2 started over a month ago and I'm enjoying it. If anyone is looking for a good series to get into on Crave this should be high on your list

[ajr4013]

Looks like back to stereo sound on the Roku app just as Dolby 5.1 was finally working again.

[jayswin]

So why does Apple TV look stunning with their 4k content and surround sound, while HBO with amazing shows continues to feel like you downloaded some ****ty illegal stream of the show you're watching?

Like **** this.

[jayswin]

Is this a Crave Canada issue, or is the American HBO app this bad as well? I mean I didn't even mention the constant buggy log in issues.

[ajr4013]

The login issues are bloody annoying. Subpar picture and off/on Dolby 5.1 is the icing on the crap cake. Not to mention completely crashing when a greatly anticipated show comes on.

[Fuzz]

What are you using? I cast from my Android phone to an older Chromecast and never have any login issues, and quality is better than Prime Video. 5.1 seems to work fine for me as well.

[Wormius]

No login issues with AppleTV either.

[ajr4013]

I've had login issues with the Crave iOS app and the Roku app. It's possible this is maybe a Telus issue though since I login in through them (shared account).

Picture quality can really vary (Succession looks like crap and Barry looks decent) but the sound seems to drop to stereo way too often. I've read people speculate this is to avoid overloading things when popular shows are on but who knows.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Some shows say they stream in “4K” now and look great. Everything else looks subpar. Like not even 720p. Using firestick.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Some shows say they stream in “4K” now and look great. Everything else looks subpar. Like not even 720p. Using firestick.

We only get 70% of the resolution after the exchange rate.

[woob]

Started watching Love & Death. Big fan of Olsen and Plemons. Good watch so far. Feels odd to say, considering the subject matter of the series, but the sound track is great.