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Blu-Ray came out 16 years ago and streaming services still haven't really caught up in image quality. Physical media still has some life left in it.

Wowfunhappy 4y ago
Well, the 4K ones didn't come out 16 years ago. Would you take a 1080p BluRay over 4K Netflix stream? I'm legitimately curious. I feel like we sometimes prioritize higher resolutions over overall detail.
- klodolph 4y ago
  I generally take a Blu-Ray 1080p over any streaming option. Note that plenty of movies, in the theater, were never done in 4K to begin with. 4K is great for selling TVs, but cinematographers and directors seem to be more lukewarm on using 4K. I think most movies are still done at 2K. Your UHD Blu-ray Disc might just be an upscale.
  - ugjka 4y ago
    Most mastering is still done in 2K and, yes, everything out there is an upscale
    - babypuncher 4y ago
      This was still true 5 years ago but lots of big budget films are mastered in 4k now that storage and raw compute power have caught up. Disney notably dragged their feet, but starting this year all their new MCU movies are finally being mastered with a 4k intermediate.
  - babypuncher 4y ago
    The real benefits to a 4K Blu-Rays are HDR and the much higher chroma resolution.
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- lm28469 4y ago
  > Would you take a 1080p BluRay over 4K Netflix stream? I'm legitimately curious. oof, every single day > I feel like we sometimes prioritize higher resolutions over overall detail. Yes, resolution over detail (/bitrate). Netflix 4k has half the bitrate or blueray 1080p Netflix 4k is <20mbps, blueray 1080 is up to 40mbps, bluray 4k is up to 128mbps
- babypuncher 4y ago
  It really depends on the content.
sodality2 4y ago
They really can't - the bandwidth costs would be insane not to mention most people don't have constant 45Mbps+ speed on their TV's or phones (or the hardware wouldn't be able to support it).
- rodgerd 4y ago
  > most people don't have constant 45Mbps+ speed on their TV's Gloats in New Zealand.
- dataangel 4y ago
  People said he bandwidth for internet video would be insane. Give it time.
- babypuncher 4y ago
  I know America isn't the rest of the world, but the state with the lowest average household internet speed is Alaska at 58.6 mbps. Obviously a streaming service can't expect all their customers to have this kind of high-speed internet, but dynamically changing video quality on the fly to meet bandwidth limitations is a problem they all solved a very long time ago. It is not unreasonable for Netflix to offer such high bitrate streams to customers with the bandwidth for it. As for hardware, pretty much any hardware h.264 decoder made in the last decade should have no problem with blu-ray spec AVC streams.

Wowfunhappy 4y ago

Well, the 4K ones didn't come out 16 years ago. Would you take a 1080p BluRay over 4K Netflix stream? I'm legitimately curious. I feel like we sometimes prioritize higher resolutions over overall detail.

klodolph 4y ago
I generally take a Blu-Ray 1080p over any streaming option. Note that plenty of movies, in the theater, were never done in 4K to begin with. 4K is great for selling TVs, but cinematographers and directors seem to be more lukewarm on using 4K. I think most movies are still done at 2K. Your UHD Blu-ray Disc might just be an upscale.
- ugjka 4y ago
  Most mastering is still done in 2K and, yes, everything out there is an upscale
  - babypuncher 4y ago
    This was still true 5 years ago but lots of big budget films are mastered in 4k now that storage and raw compute power have caught up. Disney notably dragged their feet, but starting this year all their new MCU movies are finally being mastered with a 4k intermediate.
- babypuncher 4y ago
  The real benefits to a 4K Blu-Rays are HDR and the much higher chroma resolution.
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lm28469 4y ago
> Would you take a 1080p BluRay over 4K Netflix stream? I'm legitimately curious. oof, every single day > I feel like we sometimes prioritize higher resolutions over overall detail. Yes, resolution over detail (/bitrate). Netflix 4k has half the bitrate or blueray 1080p Netflix 4k is <20mbps, blueray 1080 is up to 40mbps, bluray 4k is up to 128mbps
babypuncher 4y ago
It really depends on the content.

sodality2 4y ago

They really can't - the bandwidth costs would be insane not to mention most people don't have constant 45Mbps+ speed on their TV's or phones (or the hardware wouldn't be able to support it).

rodgerd 4y ago
> most people don't have constant 45Mbps+ speed on their TV's Gloats in New Zealand.
dataangel 4y ago
People said he bandwidth for internet video would be insane. Give it time.
babypuncher 4y ago
I know America isn't the rest of the world, but the state with the lowest average household internet speed is Alaska at 58.6 mbps. Obviously a streaming service can't expect all their customers to have this kind of high-speed internet, but dynamically changing video quality on the fly to meet bandwidth limitations is a problem they all solved a very long time ago. It is not unreasonable for Netflix to offer such high bitrate streams to customers with the bandwidth for it. As for hardware, pretty much any hardware h.264 decoder made in the last decade should have no problem with blu-ray spec AVC streams.