I have some *arrs on my server. Anything that comes from Netflix is bitstarved to death. If the same show is available on virtually any other streaming service, it will be at the very least twice the size.
No other service does this.
And for some reason, if HDR versions of their 1080p content are even more bitstarved than SDR.
I found a pirate copy of Netflix at 1080p looked a lot better than Netflix at 1080p, presumably because the pirate copy was a remix of the 4K copy and Netflix serves a low bitrate 1080p version.
If you check it will say the resolution is AMAZING.
Despite being a subscriber I pirate their shows to get some pixels.
I have some *arrs on my server. Anything that comes from Netflix is bitstarved to death. If the same show is available on virtually any other streaming service, it will be at the very least twice the size.
No other service does this.
And for some reason, if HDR versions of their 1080p content are even more bitstarved than SDR.
Where do pirates get the shows from? Not from the very platform you're trying to avoid?
I found a pirate copy of Netflix at 1080p looked a lot better than Netflix at 1080p, presumably because the pirate copy was a remix of the 4K copy and Netflix serves a low bitrate 1080p version.
Things can be both high resolution and still low quality due to being overcompressed.
While this is true, looking at it sometimes has quality so bad that I think the displayed resolution is just a complete lie.
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I really wish they had to advertise streams at bitrate and not resolution.
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Which is even worse since darker gradients seem to leave more visible compression artifacts.