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2018? Netflix has been streaming 4K since 2014. I don't disagree that it's generally unneeded[1] but it didn't show up in 2018. [1] 4K does matter for large
by dpark 8y ago
2018? Netflix has been streaming 4K since 2014. I don't disagree that it's generally unneeded[1] but it didn't show up in 2018.
[1] 4K does matter for large projection screens, and is a generally good thing because denser screens spill over to monitors, too.
- coryfklein 8y agoThe bottleneck there is ISPs. 4K streaming requires 25 Mbps minimum which is uncommon in most households and even provided by many ISPs+region combinations. The national average is 18.7 Mbps [1]. As a tech savvy rural resident that pays extra for faster internet, I just barely got fast enough internet last year for a single 4K video stream (assuming nobody else in the house is browsing Facebook or something). Although anecdotally that is changing quickly. My ISP (Comcast) has consistently for the last 24 months been increasing my internet speeds roughly bi-annually by about 30% each time. It's hard to tell if this is due to pressure from nearby Google Fiber, which is not available in my area, or something else entirely. [1] http://fortune.com/2017/06/02/internet-speed-akamai-survey/ http://fortune.com/2017/06/02/internet-speed-akamai-survey/
- distances 8y agoI don't know how to get even 1080p out of Netflix. If you check the video stream properties, it's usually in the range of 560 pixels or something equally low.
- dpark 8y agoI wonder if you have poor connectivity to Netflix. I'm consistently getting HD, as are many (most?) of their subscribers. https://ispspeedindex.netflix.com/ https://ispspeedindex.netflix.com/
- Rebelgecko 8y agoIt's probably your browser. I don't think it's possible to get HD if you use Chrome or Firefox[1]. I think 4k is only supported on Windows using Microsoft's browsers. [1]: there are workarounds that exist