I still watch most streaming like YouTube and twitch on 720p because I really don’t see nor care about the difference to 1080p.
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thehatfox@lemmy.world 17 hours agoFor a lot of people most of their content isn’t even 1080p. Plenty of people watching DVDs and many TV channels only broadcast in SD.
Display technology has long outpaced content delivery.
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
iLStrix@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
It’s crazy how different people experience things. I find it annoying and less pleasant to watch YouTube at 1080p since they downgraded the bitrate and locked it behind premium. I actually almost always watch at 4k or 1440p60 even on a phone screen just because of the bitrate.
DaGeek247@fedia.io 5 hours ago
It really is always crazy to see the different perspectives. I've actually unsubscribed from a channel for the bad quality youtube put on all their 1080p videos. I'm also still eagerly awaiting the slomo guys bluray release of their greatest hits.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
I watch YouTube on a HP pavilion CRT, weirdly enough it almost requires me to watch with the improved bitrate due to weird artifacting. But I have premium regardless due to shitty work reasons, I drive for work so yeah.
khannie@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Yeah, surprisingly DVD is still heavily outselling 4K bluray. Seems weird to my but I guess the players are ubiquitous.
DaGeek247@fedia.io 9 hours ago
New blurays are 30-50 each. New DVDs are 5 or less, each. Libraries usually have bigger dvd collections than bluray collections. People use what they can afford, not what is best.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
Also there’s nearly 30 years worth of DVD content available, it’s basically for the same reason why VHS still has a present following.
DaGeek247@fedia.io 9 hours ago
Well, that, and vhs is one of those things that is fun to play with. It's never going to be perfect, and that's enough to keep people like me coming back to see what new improvements I can make to my vhs setup this time.
b34k@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Amazon has 3 for $33 sales a couple times a year. I just got Wicked (2024), F1 and Sinners in 4k for $11 each.
b34k@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
When 4K players cost $500 to get something considered “good but not great”… yeah no wonder no ones buying
khannie@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
That… Is not what they cost. Mine was 180 euro.
b34k@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
HDR, or Dolby Vision? From my research, anything less than the Panasonic UB820 either has missing features, or longevity issues.
Even still, 180 euro is well above the under $40 you can lots of DVD and even Standard Blu Ray
Personally, I grabbed a MakeMKV compatible UHD optical drive from eBay for $150, and just remux my discs to Plex… and then use CoreELEC on the Ugoos AM6B+ to ensure proper Dolby Vision and Lossless Audio support…. but I know that’s not exactly a mainstream option.