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Is this why Criterion streaming quality is so poor? It’s completely unacceptable for a service that is supposed to pride itself on loving movies and preserving

Is this why Criterion streaming quality is so poor? It’s completely unacceptable for a service that is supposed to pride itself on loving movies and preserving them. Sometimes the scene will be dark and I will descend into some sort of weird 8 bit pixel world.

MangoToupe 1y ago
Is there any streaming option with non dogshit quality?
- walletdrainer 1y ago
  For streaming movies and TV at reasonable prices? No, but you can DIY with Plex and get Blu-ray quality
  - mystraline 1y ago
    Dont do Plex! Closed source that leaks what you upload to Plex. And they're owned by big media - so only time they start suing users for files they know they have. Instead, check out FLOSS server Jellyfin!
    - rewsiffer 1y ago
      That’s alarming. Do you have any sources where I can learn more about this?
    - delecti 1y ago
      What does "uploading" have to do with using Plex? As far as I was aware, My media is sitting less than a meter from me right now. Does Plex upload my content to a server without asking or something?
    - red-iron-pine 1y ago
      Plex has a lot of dubious partnerships with companies like Lionsgate and Kliener Perkins but is not owned by Big Media
- bookofjoe 1y ago
  Many — but you have fork over a significant chunk of change to view them.
- Mistletoe 1y ago
  Criterion is an extra layer below dogshit. Kanopy, which is free with your library card, blows it out of the water.
  - devilbunny 1y ago
    > free with your library card Maybe with yours. My local library's offerings are abysmal.
- lukeschlather 1y ago
  With Netflix, there are never visible artifacts, play/pause always works within a second. I am sure I'm not always getting HD but I wouldn't call it dogshit. All the other streaming services though, random hiccups are common, and the UI is slow enough that it's not just play/pause, it often takes 30 seconds just to resume what I was previously watching if I closed the browser tab.
  - tpxl 1y ago
    > With Netflix, there are never visible artifacts Uwotm8. Any sufficiently dark scene will have artifacts out the wazoo. Not to mention other stuff like subtitles mentioning the wrong spoken language (ie. the character is speaking French, but the subtitle say they're speaking English), the UI unloads after some time, and the only action you can take is to start the video (you can't go back), the button for info when hovering over a card doesn't work half time time, video controls disappear at the end of an episode while transitioning to the next (the 'next episode' button is present and animating, but you can't pause the video at the credits in that moment), etc... In short, the UI is shit and so is the video quality.
- dbbk 1y ago
  Vimeo isn't dogshit. In fact it's one of the only quality ones I've found which also support HDR / Dolby Vision.
BryantD 1y ago
Yes, yes it is. And there was some sort of bug that pushed the top quality down to 720p last month.

MangoToupe 1y ago

Is there any streaming option with non dogshit quality?

walletdrainer 1y ago
For streaming movies and TV at reasonable prices? No, but you can DIY with Plex and get Blu-ray quality
- mystraline 1y ago
  Dont do Plex! Closed source that leaks what you upload to Plex. And they're owned by big media - so only time they start suing users for files they know they have. Instead, check out FLOSS server Jellyfin!
  - rewsiffer 1y ago
    That’s alarming. Do you have any sources where I can learn more about this?
  - delecti 1y ago
    What does "uploading" have to do with using Plex? As far as I was aware, My media is sitting less than a meter from me right now. Does Plex upload my content to a server without asking or something?
  - red-iron-pine 1y ago
    Plex has a lot of dubious partnerships with companies like Lionsgate and Kliener Perkins but is not owned by Big Media
bookofjoe 1y ago
Many — but you have fork over a significant chunk of change to view them.
Mistletoe 1y ago
Criterion is an extra layer below dogshit. Kanopy, which is free with your library card, blows it out of the water.
- devilbunny 1y ago
  > free with your library card Maybe with yours. My local library's offerings are abysmal.
lukeschlather 1y ago
With Netflix, there are never visible artifacts, play/pause always works within a second. I am sure I'm not always getting HD but I wouldn't call it dogshit. All the other streaming services though, random hiccups are common, and the UI is slow enough that it's not just play/pause, it often takes 30 seconds just to resume what I was previously watching if I closed the browser tab.
- tpxl 1y ago
  > With Netflix, there are never visible artifacts Uwotm8. Any sufficiently dark scene will have artifacts out the wazoo. Not to mention other stuff like subtitles mentioning the wrong spoken language (ie. the character is speaking French, but the subtitle say they're speaking English), the UI unloads after some time, and the only action you can take is to start the video (you can't go back), the button for info when hovering over a card doesn't work half time time, video controls disappear at the end of an episode while transitioning to the next (the 'next episode' button is present and animating, but you can't pause the video at the credits in that moment), etc... In short, the UI is shit and so is the video quality.
dbbk 1y ago
Vimeo isn't dogshit. In fact it's one of the only quality ones I've found which also support HDR / Dolby Vision.

BryantD 1y ago

Yes, yes it is. And there was some sort of bug that pushed the top quality down to 720p last month.