Streaming Has Reached Its Sad, Predictable Fate | What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it?::<em>What should I watch? </em>is now a much easier question than <em>How do I watch it?</em>

  • halcyondays@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    Curious as someone who’s never watched an actual physical blu ray, but finding myself with a player (ps5) and a decent home theater setup for the first time - is there a noticeable increase in quality watching a real disc compared to streaming or your average plundered h265 rip? I was thinking about picking up hard copies a few of my all time favorites, but if it doesn’t offer a noticeable benefit I’d probably end up playing them from Jellyfin anyway just because it’s more convenient.

    • Parabola@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Depends on the quality of the rip. As far as streaming goes, yes the Blu-ray will always look and sound better due to the huge bitrate difference. Netflix says “oh it’s 4k!” Okay great, but resolution has little to do with quality. It’s all how much information is available per second (bitrate).

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      1 year ago

      If you paid $500~ for your TV, no probably not. If you’ve got a $2k OLED yes (4k Bluray though)