Unfortunately, those aren’t slated to be available until sometime in May, at which point the company will have already missed several Game of Thrones episodes - possibly the entire rest of the season. Image: HBOĪpple has also promised best-in-class video presentation for its upcoming Apple TV Channels, which will include HBO. HBO Now and HBO Go aren’t cut out for scenes like this. But there’s a consensus among cord-cutting nerds on Reddit that Amazon is tops right now. I’ve asked both companies for specifics around their Game of Thrones presentation. Amazon’s version of Game of Thrones is less likely to show distracting pixelation or macro-blocking. That difference might seem small, but it’s significant. I’ve seen reports that Amazon, which sells HBO service for $15 per month through Prime Video, tends to stream Game of Thrones at around 10Mbps, while HBO Now and HBO Go output the show at closer to 5Mbps. No cable or streaming box will be able to fix up a noisy, pixelated video stream if that's the source material it’s given from the start. You want the show delivered to your device at the highest-possible quality. Video bandwidth is king when finding the best stream or download of a TV show. Here are some ways you can try addressing the problem: How is this even possible- Tom Warren April 16, 2019

It's insane that it's 2019 and I pay monthly for Sky TV to watch Game of Thrones, but a 1080p torrent is still better bitrate quality and audio than what I pay for.

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