HBO GO via the ROKU box

[ekilgus]

I read an article in my local paper a couple of days ago about HBO GO that said it will be available by the end of this month via the ROKU boxes. As before, this will be available only to those that have an existing HBO subscription. The article goes on to say this will enable subscribers to watch HBO GO content on TV’s where there’s no set top receiver and outside the home. HBO will initially provide resolutions up to 720p with the goal of increasing resolution up to 1080p.
As far as I know, currently HBO GO doesn’t provide streaming to the TV and is only available to the PC meaning HBO GO and MAX GO for that matter can’t be accessed through our receivers, necessitating the ROKU box. Am I correct?
Apologies if this has already been discussed in another thread.

 

[pabeader]

HBOGo is on the Revue.

 

[yaz96]

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[Tampa8]

Could be a nice addition if you have a TV in a room without Satellite connection, or in a room using TV2 which is SD on Dish receivers. This would give you HD for HBO programs that are available. (in addition to streaming past shows to your TV in HD)

 

[GaryPen]

I'd like to see HBO Go as a Viera app on Panasonic TV's and BDP's.
I prefer "apps" to the web-based interface they use on GoogleTV. (The same is true for Amazon VOD)

I'd also like to see HBO Go add closed captioning like they have on Netflix and Hulu apps. The Hulu caption method is especially well-designed.