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I noticed that 1080p version of The Sandman streamed at average 3 mbit/s. I would expect that kind of numbers from Youtube, not supposed high-quality stream. Th
by oriolid 4y ago
I noticed that 1080p version of The Sandman streamed at average 3 mbit/s. I would expect that kind of numbers from Youtube, not supposed high-quality stream. The picture is still sharp and doesn't have obvious compression artifacts so there must be something else in play.
- bzzzt 4y ago3 mbit/s is enough - most of the time. You'll see compression artifacts when objects are moving on a background with a complicated pattern (like a fence) in focus. I guess directors are optimizing for compression-friendly scenes nowadays and use larger apertures to blur backgrounds more to prevent artifacts.
- oriolid 4y agoThe thing is that just like it was said in the TFA, The Sandman looks flat and saturated compared to anything on Amazon Prime or Apple TV that coincidentally have much higher bit rates. Maybe it's intentional attempt to make the show look like comic book and the bit rate is a side effect, maybe the other way round.
- bzzzt 4y agoWas that on a 4K Netflix subscription? Image quality on Netflix varies between shows, so I'd guess it was intentional. Possibly the quality gets a little downgraded on a less-than 4K resolution (which also squashes the dynamic range due to lack of HDR).
- oriolid 4y agoStandard subscription. I doubt the dynamic range is because of non-HDR, because it's flat compared to other non-HDR content. Or maybe they compress non-HDR on purpose so that HDR content looks better in comparison?