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PC's are intentionally gimped to prevent trivial copyright infringement. Netflix forces you to use Edge on Windows or Safari on Firefox to stream in 4k because
by wilsonnb3 4y ago
PC's are intentionally gimped to prevent trivial copyright infringement.
Netflix forces you to use Edge on Windows or Safari on Firefox to stream in 4k because they integrate with the OS's DRM.
HBO Max doesn't allow 4k at all on PC's but I think will at least do 1080p if you use an approved browser.
I don't think Hulu will stream anything higher than 720p regardless of which browser you use. Disney+ is the same.
Good luck getting anything over 720p running Linux and Firefox.
- spywaregorilla 4y agoI think a pleasant user experience in 1080p is a great deal personally.
- asdff 4y agoI also think 4k is oversold. From the couch 10 feet away, a 4k tv and 1080p tv will look the same.
- spywaregorilla 4y agohigher resolution also makes CGI looks worse, plausibly from being passable to just distracting.
- asdff 4y agoAlso makes it annoying for gaming because suddenly you need a lot more horsepower to do the same thing. E.g. you need to shell out for the Xbox one series X (not the xbox one X, confusing as it is) if you want "proper" 4k to play the same exact games as the almost 10 year old xbox one can play on 1080p. For PC gamers, you will probably need to upgrade your graphics card if you want to have the same framerate you expect from 1080p gaming, certainly not a cheap prospect these days with crypto people buying up GPUs.
- lots2learn 4y agoYou can get the native windows apps of the streaming services to get 4k without using Edge