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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by hacking_again on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @12:02AM (#15281686)
TPB quality is usually very good, 1GB per hour is common and 4GB per hour is possible for high demand stuff. Plus you get a much better library. A fast internet connection makes the inconvenience of downloading vs. streaming go away.
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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by franga2000 on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @05:42AM (#15283079)
Not to mention that you can usually start streaming a decent torrent after the first 10%.
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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by barrkel on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @04:37AM (#15282763)
1GB per hour isn't enough if you have a big screen (I use a 100" screen with projector). Not even Amazon encodes video well, they have particularly poor colour quantization that ends up filling the screen with blotchy seas of uniform colour; Netflix has the best encoding settings IME.
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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by nasredin on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @08:03AM (#15283846)
You are not downloading the right type releases.

WRT movies:

WEBDL is usually 4-5GB

720p Bluray: 6GB

1080p: 8GB and up.

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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by hacking_again on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @03:52PM (#15288192)
Right, so since movies are about 2 hours, divide those numbers by 2 to get GB per hour. It's hard to find that quality for good but unpopular movies or shows. But then again, it's usually hard to find good but unpopular movies or shows at all on Netflix.
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