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Re:Netflix to Raise Price from $11 to $13 a Month by oflannabhra on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @04:03PM (#18915227)
The big advantage of the DVD plan is selection. That is inherent in the media, and the license structure of it.

Another big change is BluRay, which I've found has far and away higher quality than streaming of any type.

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Re:Netflix to Raise Price from $11 to $13 a Month by dragonwriter on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @05:16PM (#18916053)
> Another big change is BluRay, which I've found has far and away higher quality than streaming of any type.

Standard Blu-ray (As opposed to UHD Blu-ray) doesn't have, to me, subjectively better (or even as good) quality than either 4K and/or HDR content available from YouTube, with the particular data connection I have at home, and with the screen I use. (I'm not currently paying for the 4K service from Netflix.)

I haven't actually compared UHD BluRay to 4K/HDR streaming. But a lot of this is going to vary by streaming provider, codec, data connection, and display hardware.

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Re:Netflix to Raise Price from $11 to $13 a Month by cheeze on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @04:33PM (#18915582)
> far and away higher quality than streaming of any type

Absolutely. Blu-Ray usually have ~18-25GB of raw video for a standard 2 hour 1080p film.

It's usually actually more because of the container format but the actual video itself is usually about that size.

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