The first episode of House of the Dragon is now available on HBO Max. With improved streaming quality, HBO is trying to avoid the quality issues that plagued GoT.
HBO's year long issues with poor streaming quality culminated in the 8th season of Game of Thrones when episode The Long Night sparked widespread complaints due to heavy compression artefacts.
The service has since been relaunched as HBO Max with improved streaming quality (4K HDR in HEVC compression) for movies. House of the Dragon is the first new series to debut on HBO Max in 4K Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos sound. As a prelude, GoT was recently rereleased on HBO Max in 4K HDR, too.
House of the Dragon on HBO Max n 4K Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. Photo: Flatpanels
In original 24fps, too
In addition, HBO Max in Europe has finally stopped converting its series from 24 to 25 frames per second with 4% speedup. Both GoT and House of the Dragon are now available on HBO Max in the original 24fps format in Europe.
House of the Dragon is set 200 years before the events of GoT and tells the story of House Targaryen.
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To stream in 4K HDR10 or Dolby Vision on HBO Max your need Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV 4K, Google TV, recent LG 4K TV, Roku, recent Samsung 4K TV or Vizio 4K TV. Dolby Atmos is supported only on select devices.
