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sramder@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Streaming is a pretty low bar, plus most studios weren’t even doing real 4K transfers for years ;-)

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Emperor@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
And 4k streams really aren’t.

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- sramder@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  How so?
  
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  - Emperor@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It came up in a previous discussion on here but the actual “4k” streaming bitrates are well below that of a 4k disc (they’re more like a Blu-ray) but they can get away the name by using a UHD source file.
    
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    sramder@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Oh yeah… that’s been pretty obvious, Amazon being the worst offender in my book. I thought there were a few smaller services that promised to focus on quality… I saw Vidu is functionally no more, but I thought the criterion collection had a streaming service?
    
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    Emperor@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    It came up in a previous discussion
    
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    Looking at the numbers, 4K Blu-ray offers a higher bit-rate than 4K streaming. A 4K disc can transfer data at 128Mbps, whereas 4K streaming on services such as Netflix and Disney Plus tends to max out at 16-25Mbps.
    
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