That's far less than you'd get on network TV. During episodes of Friends and The Nanny (both coming in at under 30 minutes), I saw one 15-second ad at the start, and had two more ad breaks for about 30 to 45 seconds each in between. The ad load was lightest with shorter comedies. In my tests, ads were relatively infrequent, but the number varied depending on what I watched. If you're used to watching live TV with commercials, or basic Hulu, the ad breaks on HBO Max with Ads won't be a big deal for you. Read more: HBO Max review: Great TV and theatrical movies, but not the best streaming value I tried out both versions of HBO Max, ads and no ads. Should you pay extra to nix ads on HBO Max? We test it out. But those who want to save a little cash now have another option: HBO Max with Ads, which costs $10 a month and promises only about four minutes of ads per hour.

However, all of these perks come at a high price: $15 a month - more than competitors like Netflix, Hulu and Disney Plus. Kong, Dune and The Matrix 4 the same day they're available in theaters for no extra charge this year. Not to mention that it's the only streaming service to release movies like Godzilla vs. With its streaming service HBO Max, that content has been combined with a huge back catalog of popular shows and movies, including Friends, Rick and Morty, Sesame Street, the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter movies, and almost every Studio Ghibli film. Long before the era of streaming, HBO was considered the premier destination for high-quality original shows.

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