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Re:Why can’t I play Ultra HD Blu-ray movies on my new Intel ... by nottorp on Friday January 14, 2022 @08:13AM (#29934027)
Get a blu ray (not even UHD) of Matrix (the 1999 one, there were never any sequels) and compare the lobby explosion scene with any torrent or stream.

Mind, it's not worth it for most movies. However, those flames are a good example of why bandwidth can matter.

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Re:Why can’t I play Ultra HD Blu-ray movies on my new Intel ... by dx034 on Friday January 14, 2022 @08:30AM (#29934203)
But even a 20GB file? Streams are much more compressed, but I found files >20GB or so to be pretty much the same quality.

Which doesn't really matter though, you can also find 40GB files of most movies, they should (if encoded well) definitely match the quality.

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Re:Why can’t I play Ultra HD Blu-ray movies on my new Intel ... by cbg0 on Friday January 14, 2022 @08:45AM (#29934329)
It varies quite a bit, I see a lot of banding in various scenes on my TV with 20GB WEB-DLs compared to an actual 4K BR rip.
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Re:Why can’t I play Ultra HD Blu-ray movies on my new Intel ... by rosndo on Friday January 14, 2022 @09:31AM (#29934830)
In most cases that is to be expected because WEB-DLs tend to be poorly encoded. You should be looking for a remux.
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Re:Why can’t I play Ultra HD Blu-ray movies on my new Intel ... by oauea on Friday January 14, 2022 @10:33AM (#29935686)
High quality torrents exist? I could download this right now: BD66 / m2ts / Blu-ray / 2160p / Scene / Dolby Atmos / Dolby Vision / HDR10. It's a 64GB file.
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Re:Why can’t I play Ultra HD Blu-ray movies on my new Intel ... by dopa42365 on Friday January 14, 2022 @11:07AM (#29936167)
Yep, just search for "FraMeSToR" releases.
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Re:Why can’t I play Ultra HD Blu-ray movies on my new Intel ... by iamacyborg on Friday January 14, 2022 @12:17PM (#29937163)
Yeah, at that point you're basically just downloading a bluray rip.
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