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• stonedemoman@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That is misinformation. The quality disparity you’re both pointing out is from streaming services compressing their media to much lower bitrates to ease bandwidth stress on their servers/clients and has nothing to do with a physical or digital medium.

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  • beefcat@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    lower bitrate == lower quality when using the same compression algorithms.

    most streaming services are using h.265, same as 4k blu ray, but at substantially lower bitrates

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    • stonedemoman@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Doubling down on the misinformation, I see. H.265 is a high-efficiency codec, or in other words a better compression standard. Not a static compression level. This is why when you convert media there’s an input for quality, even when using HEVC. And you can absolutely stream the same Dolby Vision profile as a Blu-ray with single track double layer.

      You’re still conflating digital medium with streaming services.

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      • beefcat@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        i am more than well aware of all of this. nothing i said is misinformation. same algorithm, different settings. the primary means by which you reduce bitrate with h.265 is by reducing the quality setting. there is no magical way to cut your bitrate by 75% using the same compression algorithm without sacrificing quality.

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