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Re:The bottom is dropping out of Netflix by nradov on Friday April 22, 2022 @11:19AM (#31122691)
Right but the visual quality depends more on the actual bit rate than on the nominal resolution.
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Re:The bottom is dropping out of Netflix by colechristensen on Friday April 22, 2022 @11:28AM (#31122819)
But bitrate doesn't matter if they've selected 720p for you.
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Re:The bottom is dropping out of Netflix by mindslight on Friday April 22, 2022 @12:34PM (#31123937)
As is commonly forgotten, 720p is "HD".
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Re:The bottom is dropping out of Netflix by lostlogin on Friday April 22, 2022 @12:17PM (#31123599)
I think I’m missing your point.

What I’ve noticed: a Netflix 1080p is very much worse looking than the 1080p I get off Plex.

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Re:The bottom is dropping out of Netflix by colechristensen on Friday April 22, 2022 @12:35PM (#31123949)
Unbounded bitrate on 720p video will always look rather degraded on a 4k screen.
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