Inside Netflix’s bet on advanced video encoding - eviltoast
  • mashbooq@infosec.pub
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    5 months ago

    without compromising on visual fidelity

    But it does compromise. Netflix has the worst banding issues in low-light scenes of any of the streaming services I’ve tried. It’s hard not to notice and it’s very annoying.

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      5 months ago

      With any tech that allows the same quality with less data, there will always be someone pushing to cut quality to save even more data.