lgans316
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Bad move. If Apple does this then I might go back to discs.
Source: Netflix cuts 4K bitrate in half, promises same quality 4K video
Source: Netflix cuts 4K bitrate in half, promises same quality 4K video
Watched an HD film on Netflix last night. When I checked I was getting 5.49mbit, but the oicture was really grainy. Could have been the source material, perhaps.
Streaming has always been a compressed, compromised mess. We shouldn’t be that surprised. Very disappointing though. Physical media will certainly look much better, just at the time when disc players are slowly being killed off ...
Video codecs are notoriously difficult and people who can design and implement are often on the Asperger spectrum so don't underestimate this.I have done re-encoding using Handbrake. Its okay if you have smaller screens but on big ones its artifact galore. Unless Netflix is using a way superior codec I don't fully trust this would work.
Never trust digital. You don’t own it, you have no control for it. That’s the second main issue, the first being of course.... Quality. Why someone who is into AV would compromise on this aspect is really not relatable to me. The average consumer yes but an AV enthusiast?!
P.S before anyone says the quality is comparable please... My Blu-ray Discs look better on my 65/77 OLED’s than anything 4K streamed. And thats just video, even bigger difference on the audio end...