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I watch Disney content sometimes and it constantly drops or freezes, you can see the difference in quality compared to Netflix.

by jwmoz 4y ago

nicce 4y ago
You can’t make such conclusions from your own experience. It is one form of bias. There are many variables. For me it is the opposite, for example.
bmurphy1976 4y ago
Yeah, you can totally see the difference. Netflix encoding looks like shit. I've done a lot of video processing professionally (the server side stuff, exactly what Netflix does) and Netflix is by far the worst of all the streaming providers. They absolutely sacrifice the quality of the video to save bandwidth costs in aggregate and it shows (or more accurately it doesn't show, all the fidelity is lost).
- bmurphy1976 4y ago
  For anybody looking at this after-the-fact, I'm not making it up. Netflix really does look like shit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32553958 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32553958
- mkmk 4y ago
  Do you think it's worth it to pay the extra $5-10/month for premium quality? https://help.netflix.com/en/node/24926 https://help.netflix.com/en/node/24926
  - bradstewart 4y ago
    Even the Premium 4k streams have surprisingly low bitrates and, occasionally, framerates. I dug out the blu-ray player the other day and was absolutely shocked how good things looked and, even more so, sounded--the audio quality from Netflix (and most streaming services, really) is simply atrocious.
    - LtdJorge 4y ago
      Of course, but you can't expect 100GB movies for 4K HDR from an online provider.
      - Mindwipe 4y ago
        The Sony Bravia Core service isn't far off that to be honest.
- bagels 4y ago
  Your isp may be throttling bandwidth for Netflix, leading to lower quality encodings being served to you. Comcast does this, for instance.
- jedberg 4y ago
  Are you getting the best Netflix encodings? You might be getting worse quality because your ISP throttles Netflix.

I watch Disney content sometimes and it constantly drops or freezes, you can see the difference in quality compared to Netflix.

by jwmoz 4y ago

I watch Disney content sometimes and it constantly drops or freezes, you can see the difference in quality compared to Netflix.

nicce 4y ago

You can’t make such conclusions from your own experience. It is one form of bias. There are many variables. For me it is the opposite, for example.

bmurphy1976 4y ago

Yeah, you can totally see the difference. Netflix encoding looks like shit. I've done a lot of video processing professionally (the server side stuff, exactly what Netflix does) and Netflix is by far the worst of all the streaming providers. They absolutely sacrifice the quality of the video to save bandwidth costs in aggregate and it shows (or more accurately it doesn't show, all the fidelity is lost).

bmurphy1976 4y ago
For anybody looking at this after-the-fact, I'm not making it up. Netflix really does look like shit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32553958 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32553958
mkmk 4y ago
Do you think it's worth it to pay the extra $5-10/month for premium quality? https://help.netflix.com/en/node/24926 https://help.netflix.com/en/node/24926
- bradstewart 4y ago
  Even the Premium 4k streams have surprisingly low bitrates and, occasionally, framerates. I dug out the blu-ray player the other day and was absolutely shocked how good things looked and, even more so, sounded--the audio quality from Netflix (and most streaming services, really) is simply atrocious.
  - LtdJorge 4y ago
    Of course, but you can't expect 100GB movies for 4K HDR from an online provider.
    - Mindwipe 4y ago
      The Sony Bravia Core service isn't far off that to be honest.
bagels 4y ago
Your isp may be throttling bandwidth for Netflix, leading to lower quality encodings being served to you. Comcast does this, for instance.
jedberg 4y ago
Are you getting the best Netflix encodings? You might be getting worse quality because your ISP throttles Netflix.