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[–] burgersc12@mander.xyz 43 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Torrenting (especially with debrid services) is such a blessing for 4k. Even bluray 1080p looks amazing compared to the "4k" streaming services that gives like half that bitrate.

[–] bali10050@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

Piracy always was, is and will be better then what they sell

[–] TheControlled@lemmy.world 31 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Piracy, piracy, piracy. I have 60TB of Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray movie files. Some are even better than the original disks because the uploading pirate makes a new file using the best video from one disk (like from Japanese release) then the audio from another (say French) and other stuff from other disks getting you a better version than any Blu-ray available to buy in the world!

[–] DestroyMegacorps@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago

And drm free too hell yeah thats a steal right there

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago (2 children)

And for many streaming services, getting true 4K streams costs extra.

Otherwise they just feed you the 4K content but in lower resolution.

[–] Player2@lemm.ee 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or take your money but send you 720p anyway

[–] bali10050@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

Netflix is very kind in this area, when they say it's 4k, it's 3840x2160p 4k, but it also is just a 720p video with linear upscaling applied.

[–] bali10050@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It’s like 5g—it is if you believe it is.

[–] bali10050@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Not in hungary... Here 5G is real, and it has 4G speeds, in exchange, you can get up to 2G speeds with 4G. And it also has 98% coverage, with the 2% following you even in the Telekom building

[–] ShadowCat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

wdym ? how is it like 5g ?

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The g’s in cellular data have long been devoid of any real meaning, and they keep coming out with more g’s that have essentially no improvements.

Much like how Netflix advertises 4k when the quality is no better than 1080p at best.

[–] TaTTe@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What? 4k is literally a resolution, usually 3840x2160 or something around that. 1080p is another resolution, usually 1920x1080. These are never comparable.

The G in 5G stands for generation. This has nothing to do with quality or speed, but it sets an upper limit. You can have 5G that is absolute shit or 5G which is state of the art fastest speed available (until 6G comes out).

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

I know these things. Doesn’t change what I was saying though.

Netflix has been advertising content in 4k and then streaming it at a lower resolution.

Likewise, the advertising for 5g leads you to believe that it is somehow vastly improved from the previous generation when no guarantee of that exists.

But most importantly, all of this is stemming from a one line joke—it was never a serious comment on 5g or 4k definitions. I’m surprised that you took it that way.

[–] Zamundaaa@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago

4k is literally a resolution, usually 3840x2160 or something around that. 1080p is another resolution, usually 1920x1080. These are never comparable.

You would be right if lossy compression wasn't a thing. But it is, and it's getting used a lot.

"4k" can very much be worse than 1080p if it's compressed in a way that erases more details. That's what people are complaining about with streaming services and YouTube - the resolution numbers don't mean shit, and quality at a given "resolution" has been degraded more and more over time.

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[–] bobbyfiend@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] bali10050@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Content with a resolution greater than 1080p