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I imagine their compression looking like complete trash compared to the competition helps with cost saving. Seriously, I find it funny when youtubers talk about
by maximus-decimus 4y ago
I imagine their compression looking like complete trash compared to the competition helps with cost saving. Seriously, I find it funny when youtubers talk about youtube 4k looks like trash compared to the real thing, because it looks orders magnitude better than Netflix. Seriously, 720p on Google Play looks better than 4k on Netflix.
Note: this mostly applies to dark scenes. bright scenes are not nearly as bad, but still don't look as good as youtube.
- Scaevolus 4y agoHere's a theory that it's all because they're using a deeply flawed quality metric (VMAF) to evaluate how much bitrate is needed. https://twitter.com/jonsneyers/status/1573371624132419585 https://twitter.com/jonsneyers/status/1573371624132419585 The VMAF-approved banding seems particularly telling!
- VirusNewbie 4y agoI find Netflix 4k looks way better on my new TV compared to Amazon and HBO. Haven't compared to youtube, I'll have to check it out.
- javier2 4y agovp9 on youtube actually looks very good, especially at lower bitrates.
- maximus-decimus 4y agoOh I agree it looks great, at least to me. I imagine those content producers like LTT and SavageGeese hate it only because they're seeing the original files in something like uncompressed 8k on color accurate monitors. But stuff like this intro just look incredibly good to me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yeh4rsXhsUg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yeh4rsXhsUg