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Record Weekend for Subscriptions for CBS All Access

None of the streaming services release numbers so CBS All Access is not unique in that regard. What is unique is that Discovery is aired in over 180 countries within 24 hours of each other. That has never happened in the history of Star Trek. Yes, CBS All Access subscriptions are important and we don’t have any hard numbers but its performance on Space and Crave in Canada and Netflix everywhere else also matter.

If it were not a success, why would they ever give Kurtzman a deal to develop new Star Trek shows to have Star Trek on all the time?
None of those shows have gotten an actual green light to proceed.
 
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So they replace a box with a cable attached with... a more expensive box, which not only has to be replaced every 3 or 4 years (so divide the price of the computer by number of years you keep it) and needs a lot more software but we needn't go into specifics there as that will spike the proverbial ball, but also has a different cable attached... As with the new type of box, so does the new cable broadband service attached... then on top of all that add in streaming costs. Now add in the number of streaming services people pay for, like that's necessary. There is no cord cutting. Just cord switching.

Well in case you haven’t heard, computers are not the only method of streaming TV shows. I watch DISCOVERY and many other programs on my actual TV.
 
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Well in case you haven’t heard, computers are not the only method of streaming TV shows. I watch DISCOVERY and many other programs on my actual TV.

People have been complaining about the CBSAA app performance, but I've been running it off my XBox One S through a brand new 4k projector, and it looks / streams seamlessly.
 
I’m subscribed to CBS via Amazon, which is probably the best quality with full 1080p and 5.1 sound. The actual CBS app at the time I briefly had it during the first half of the first season was only 720p and 2.0 sound, has it been upgraded since?
 
Here's a little PSA for y'all -

I signed up for CBS all access for the free week. Foolishly, I misjudged when they post episodes of DSC and I was hoping to get at least one more episode drop out of my trial period before cancelling it.

Well, I went to cancel it (thinking I'd re-up for another trial week in a month or so to binge a handful of episodes) and they offered me two free months.

So if you want to watch some DSC for free, give this method a try!
 
I’m subscribed to CBS via Amazon, which is probably the best quality with full 1080p and 5.1 sound. The actual CBS app at the time I briefly had it during the first half of the first season was only 720p and 2.0 sound, has it been upgraded since?

The PS4 app still kinda sucks. It might be 1080p now (I keep going back and forth on whether it seems like it) but the sound is still rough.
 
The PS4 app still kinda sucks. It might be 1080p now (I keep going back and forth on whether it seems like it) but the sound is still rough.
the PS4 app crashed in the late 3rd quarter of the Superbowl for me and came back up a few minutes before the end of the game.

which means I didn't miss anything. but I agree, CBS AA Ps4 app sucks. It's fine on Amazon fire stick.
 
Why is there so much negativity about it from certain quarters? Lets leave aside the quality of the show, haven't all analytics and indications been that, so far, the show is a big success?
 
Why is there so much negativity about it from certain quarters? Lets leave aside the quality of the show, haven't all analytics and indications been that, so far, the show is a big success?
There is a small contingent who want to validate their dislike for the show somehow by it failing, or appearing to fail. It's a slightly odd mentality both because the history of sci-fi on TV will show that what we like and what hits the required performance indicators to survive are two quite different things, and also it is now clear that Discovery is not 'blocking the way' for more Star Trek they might like - if anything, it's success is opening a door which failure might have slammed shut for another decade.
 
There is a small contingent who want to validate their dislike for the show somehow by it failing, or appearing to fail. It's a slightly odd mentality both because the history of sci-fi on TV will show that what we like and what hits the required performance indicators to survive are two quite different things, and also it is now clear that Discovery is not 'blocking the way' for more Star Trek they might like - if anything, it's success is opening a door which failure might have slammed shut for another decade.

You think fans would have learned something after NEMESIS and ENTERPRISE tanked. I understand the fear that if a show you don't like turns out very successful that studios would just want more of the same. On the contrary, we should look back on how Trek's success ASSURED more variety. The TOS films made way for TNG. TNG made way for DS9. nuTrek made way for Discovery, and Discovery made way for the Picard spin-off.
 
You think fans would have learned something after NEMESIS and ENTERPRISE tanked. I understand the fear that if a show you don't like turns out very successful that studios would just want more of the same. On the contrary, we should look back on how Trek's success ASSURED more variety. The TOS films made way for TNG. TNG made way for DS9. nuTrek made way for Discovery, and Discovery made way for the Picard spin-off.

Well, we are talking about CBS. Known for taking a successful mold and beating it to death. So I'll wait and see if Discovery's success leads to something different or more of the same.
 
Well, we are talking about CBS. Known for taking a successful mold and beating it to death. So I'll wait and see if Discovery's success leads to something different or more of the same.

I would hope a Picard show would be a bit of a contrast to DISCOVERY, in that it neither feels like that show or something from Berman era. It would be neat for CBS to explore many different eras with different shows rather than do what the Berman era did by sticking to the 24th century with three different shows.

We’ll see I suppose.
 
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