In what we have been calling so far "the streaming war" a new element is about to join, Disney +. The Disney + video on demand platform is proving a success in countries like the United States of America and will soon make its landing in Spain and Mexico, therefore, it is a good time for us to take a look at everything you have to offer us and consider whether your hiring is really worth it. We tell you everything you need to know about Disney + before its launch, such as the catalog, prices and all the necessary information.
Release date and prices
As we have said, Disney + is a streaming content platform that has been operating for some time in countries such as the United States of America, however, its definitive deployment in Spain and Mexico will be soon, more specifically next March 24, 2020. Disney has not really specified if at 00:01 on that same day it will already be functional or if they will wait at a specific time of day to open the system. However, everything indicates that it will effectively start running without problems during the first minutes of the day, so there will be many users waiting.
Disney + It has a fairly simple pricing system, we find only two basic rates for all users:
- Fair monthly 6,99 euros
- Fair annual of 69,99 euros (about 5,83 euros per month)
Notably Users who register will have a free trial week of the service.
Image quality and simultaneous devices
One of the first assets of Disney + with its new system is that it will allow access to its contents at levels of image and sound quality that until now were not present on any other platform. Companies such as Movistar + that have a large amount of Disney content to distribute in Spain remains in an average HD resolution on their streaming network, something that came to an end with Disney + since we can enjoy the content in 4K resolution and compatible in turn with HDR standards such as Dolby Vision and HDR10, the same will happen with the sound quality, compatible with Dolby Atmos.
However, it is important to know how many simultaneous connections we are going to have available with a single account, both to be able to share it with more users and for the same members of a single household, and it is a platform that has a large amount of children's content . In this case Disney + with its rate will allow us up to four simultaneous connections at maximum image and sound quality with a single subscription. In this regard, it is ahead of platforms such as Netflix and HBO in relation to price.
Supported devices and settings
It is important for a platform of these characteristics to be compatible with the maximum possible number of devices and operating systems, that has been taken into account since its launch, in addition to the fact that Disney already has numerous applications on many different platforms. In this case, we will be able to enjoy Disney + through: Roku, Amazon Fire and Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, iOS, iPadOS, Android, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, LG WebOS, Samsung Smart TV, Android TV (Sony) and web browsers like Google Chrome, Safari, Opera and Mozilla Firefox among others.
In principle, all the aforementioned systems will allow us to enjoy the maximum image quality, although we may find limitations at the hardware and software level, as happens with Safari for both iOS and macOS. In addition, we can stream our Disney + content both through AirPlay 2 and through the SmartCast by Vizio. To configure both the available users we will simply have to access the Official website and enter the configuration section provided for our profile. In this regard, Disney + is extremely similar to the rest of the streaming content platforms on the market to date.
Disney + Catalog
Disney service It has licenses from some of the main producers in the market:
- ESPN
- ABC
- Hulu
- Pixar
- Marvel Studios
- National Geographic
- Lucasfilm (Star Wars and Indiana Jones)
- 20th CenturyFOX
- Searchlight Pictures
- Blue sky studios
- The Teleñecos
Therefore, we will have available the entire catalog already published of all these companies, especially Disney and Pixar. The list is endless so we are going to recommend the most exclusive content:
- Disney Original Series +
- Encore!
- High School Musical: The Musical (The Series)
- Forky Asks a Question
- The Imagineering Story
- The Mandalorian
- Marvel's Hero Project
- SparkShorts
- The World According to Jeff Goldblum
- Disney Original Movies +
- The Lady and the Tramp
- Noelle
- The entire catalog of Star Wars
- The entire catalog of Pixar from 1995 to 2017
- The entire catalog of Marvel from 1979 to 2019
- All animated Disney movies
- All the movies Disney Live-Action until 2019
- Disney Channel Movies
- 20th Century FOX content
- Home Alone (trilogy)
- Avatar
- Much of the National Geographic catalog
Comparison with the main competitors
Now it's time to compare directly to Disney + versus its competitors, Let's take a look at how streaming is in Spain with its arrival on March 24:
- Prices:
- Disney +: € 6,99 / month (€ 4,99 / month if you take advantage of the introductory offer)
- Netflix: Between € 7,99 and € 15,99 / month
- HBO: € 8,99 / month
- AppleTV: € 4,99 / month
- Movistar Lite: € 8 / month
- Amazon Prime Video: € 3 / month (with more services)
- Simultaneous quality and devices:
- Disney +: 4K HDR quality with 4 simultaneous devices
- Netflix: From 1 HD device to 4 in 4K HDR
- HBO: FullHD quality with 2 simultaneous devices
- AppleTV: 4K HDR quality with 4 simultaneous devices
- Movistar Lite: HD quality a simultaneous device
- Amazon Prime Video: 4K HDR quality with four simultaneous devices
And this is everything you need to know about Disney + so you can consider whether or not it is definitely worth hiring, especially considering the peculiar launch offer and the fact that the annual subscription is cheaper.