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Depends on the content - HDR 4K content on both Netflix and Amazon is encoded in horribly low bitrate - about 12-15Mbit/s which makes it barely look any better than 1080p content (for comparison - 4K BluRay discs are about 60-100Mbit/s and look infinitely better).



This is probably not an accident.

A good broadband connection is limited to a sustained rate around 13-18 Mbps.


in US maybe, Im getting my advertised Mbps 24/7 as long as the source is able to keep up.


Really? I find that their 4K content looks a lot better than their 1080p content, not necessarily because of resolution but because of H.265.


It looks better, but it's not even remotely close to how BR looks (and how 4K actually should look when bringing full resolution to the table) - even with H.265/VP9 it's quite bit starved at that bitrate.




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