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Re:Bouncing DVD Logo by chungy on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @07:23PM (#22884333)
Blu-ray has been around for a good while now.
Re:Bouncing DVD Logo by mattnewton on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @07:34PM (#22884424)
And broadband adoption. I think streaming actually killed it, not a higher resolution format.
Re:Bouncing DVD Logo by frosted-flakes on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @11:16PM (#22885686)
Doesn't Blu-ray still have better quality than most streaming services?
Re:Bouncing DVD Logo by function_seven on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @11:25PM (#22885730)
It does. I’m sure most people don’t think the quality difference is worth the hassle of storing physical discs and paying for them. Compressed 1080 is good enough.
Re:Bouncing DVD Logo by hunter2_ on Thursday April 16, 2020 @12:37AM (#22886109)
A decent number of streaming services have very good 4K and all you need is a Chromecast Ultra with a $200 TV to make it all work.
Re:Bouncing DVD Logo by Fnoord on Friday April 17, 2020 @06:38AM (#22897818)
True, except now in EU, the bitrate of 4k streaming is low because the EC asked companies to reduce it. This because of the COVID-19 pandemic leading to everyone [who can] being required to work from home.
Re:Bouncing DVD Logo by mattnewton on Thursday April 16, 2020 @12:56PM (#22891302)
Yeah, if you buy a new TV and sit close to it you can tell the difference. But I think for most people 1080p at a distance was acceptable where a fullscreen VHS picture would have been illegible, and the convenience became the next biggest factor. The leap from VHS to DVD was a lot larger than the leap from DVD to Blu-ray, in terms of the perceived quality IMO.
Re:Bouncing DVD Logo by matheusmoreira on Saturday April 18, 2020 @12:05PM (#22908617)
Yes. Streaming services provide 1080p or 4k resolution images but it doesn't matter because they apply heavy compression in order to save bandwidth. In my experience, even 100% black frames have artifacts. No wonder people turn to copyright infringement.
Re:Bouncing DVD Logo by qlm on Thursday April 16, 2020 @04:44AM (#22887392)
My local supermarket has 2-3 times more DVDs than Blu-Rays.
Re:Bouncing DVD Logo by sitkack on Thursday April 16, 2020 @11:04AM (#22890102)
The population of devices in the field is heavily dominated by DVD. Old people and immigrants use a whole lot more DVDs because the video they watch is not available online. Fidelity matters way less than the message.
Re:Bouncing DVD Logo by Fnoord on Friday April 17, 2020 @06:39AM (#22897825)
DVD might also be "good enough".