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For streaming, I have never come across a time where streaming looks as good as disc, and I get up to 70Mb/s.
But some people don't notice the differences, and some just don't care.
For streaming, I have never come across a time where streaming looks as good as disc, and I get up to 70Mb/s.
But some people don't notice the differences, and some just don't care.
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Xbox Series X does not have Dolby Vision on disc playback though. So I am eventually getting a stand-alone player
For streaming, I have never come across a time where streaming looks as good as disc, and I get up to 70Mb/s.
But some people don't notice the differences, and some just don't care.
The difference is the degree and type of compression. Compression optimized for streaming (and also reducing load on the company servers trying to send you the stuff) will use much more "lossy" compression which in many cases is noticeable. Or for example, after a new scene comes up, everything will be a bit "blurry" for a few frames (up to a second or more) and then suddenly "sharpen" as the data "catches up." Any of us who use streaming have seen this I'm sure. Also, discs provide the best audio which is important for some content.
So yes, discs are always preferable, except in convenience and then I have to admit that I sometimes stream things I own on disc, just to avoid the task of finding the disc and switching to the player.
Hypothetically UHD streaming could look just as good (or better) than a 4k disc, but that's never the case. In order to lower the bitrate, streaming services use codecs that compress video beyond what you'd find on a 4k disc. As a result, while 4k discs can run at up to 128Mbps (40 for a standard blu ray disc), most streaming services peak at around 25-30Mbps, with the highest being Apple TV, which still peaks at just 41Mbps.
Granted, there's more to video quality than just the bitrate, but the compression does lead to some loss of quality.
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