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Netflix uses a tiered system for HD video. The lowest price is no HD, the next is HD, and the highest is Ultra HD. You may also need to tweak your Netflix sett
by maldusiecle 10y ago
Netflix uses a tiered system for HD video. The lowest price is no HD, the next is HD, and the highest is Ultra HD.
You may also need to tweak your Netflix settings, since the default quality level is "Auto," rather than "High."
It may be surprising, but many people don't much notice the difference.
- YSFEJ4SWJUVU6 10y agoIndeed it does, and I'm not in the lowest tier. The quality of video is very fine indeed when watching with, say, a Netflix app on a Sony TV, but I prefer to watch stuff on my desktop in a comfy chair, and for that, Netflix leaves wanting with video bitrate not always even above 1000 kbps. (Right now, for the movie “Collateral”, the highest bitrate offered is 870 kbps when watching in a browser. I'm almost certain it is way above that on more restricted devices, as that has been the case with other titles in the past.)
- kevindqc 10y agoSadly, you need to use Internet Explorer (or Safari) for the best quality, unless that changed.
- YSFEJ4SWJUVU6 10y agoYeah, 1080p is reserved for those only. You can get pretty good quality in other browsers as well (mostly for Netflix original content, though, like I described before).