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Comment by alberth

Will streaming services ever stop over-compressing their content?

I have a top-of-the-line 4K TV and gigabit internet, yet the compression artifacts make everything look like putty.

Honestly, the best picture quality I’ve ever seen was over 20 years ago using simple digital rabbit ears.

You especially notice the compression on gradients and in dark movie scenes.

And yes — my TV is fully calibrated, and I’m paying for the highest-bandwidth streaming tier.

Not my tv, but a visual example: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd....

parent alberth 1 year ago

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