Couple of questions that have nothing to do with attacks of any kind on anyone, so hopefully won't be marked off-topic.
It appears when watching HBO live via my Amazon Prime sub I can't pause or rewind? Is that just the way it is? Been a LONG time since I watched any TV that I could not pause for a bathroom or snack break.
Related: Does anyone know if GOT is available streaming at the same time it goes live when watching it via HBO on Amazon Prime? If so, we'd rather watch it on streaming if it's on the same time as live just for the above mentioned desire to be able to pause and rewind ("what did he just say???")
FWIW, I can't remember the last time I watched a movie on HBO, their selection is old and out of date. However, we watch a LOT of HBO original series and documentaries. I missed Band of Brothers and the Pacific version when it came out, so watching now. Same for Deadwood. We love GOT, and we really enjoy Barry. James Franco is pretty amazing in The Deuce. We are watching The Wire for the first time, as well as Treme. HBO original series are so much richer and more complex than anything on standard network or cable, and also much less predictable. You KNOW on a network or cable TV show, when you're supposed to be worried because a lead character is in danger, eh, they aren't going to kill off the lead character. No assurance at all of that on an HBO series; we've had multiple WHAT????? moments on HBO original series.
I only subbed to HBO on Dish when I got a deal, and we may drop our HBO channel on Amazon Prime when GOT is over; OTOH, we enjoy HBO original series much more than most shows on cable and network channels. Put me in the category of one of those who's ideal programming setup would be the streaming services (Hulu, Netflx, Amazon Prime) plus about 20 selected channels plus sports channels on Dish.