Netflix stream-quality controversy: Difference between revisions

Line 73:

<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Transformers: Rise of the Beasts |url=https://www.netflix.com/title/81602889 |date=n.d. |website=[[Netflix]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260116061254/https://www.netflix.com/title/81602889 |archive-date=16 Jan 2026}}</ref>

Citation removed as linked page (at least while signed out) shows no evidence of 4K/UHD not being available. I imagine the only way to cite this would be w/ a screenshot while logged into a 4K subbed account; HD-only accounts don't show films as being available in 4K.-->{{Citation needed}} whereas it’s clearly available in UHD on other platforms,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Transformers: Rise of the Beasts |url=https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Rise-Beasts-Anthony-Ramos/dp/B0BX1MWKHY |date=n.d. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250509201425/https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Rise-Beasts-Anthony-Ramos/dp/B0BX1MWKHY |archive-date=2025-05-09 |access-date=2025-07-11 |website=[[Amazon#Amazon_Prime_(2005–Present)|Amazon Prime Video]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref> or Blu-ray.<ref>{{Cite web |title=<nowiki>Transformers: Rise of the Beasts [4K UHD]</nowiki> |url=https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Rise-Beasts-4K-UHD/dp/B0C5P5K55N |date=n.d. |access-date=2025-07-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120130137/https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Rise-Beasts-4K-UHD/dp/B0C5P5K55N |archive-date=2025-01-20 |website=[[Amazon]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

[[File:Netflix not providing 4k even if it exist2.png|thumb]]

[[File:Netflix not providing 4k even if it exist2.png|thumb|Flowchart showing that Netflix doesn't provide full-resolution on perfectly capable devices]]

Another movie is [[wikipedia:Jurassic_World:_Fallen_Kingdom|Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom]]. To the right is a somewhat scribbled flowchart ~~I made~~ that visually demonstrates how Netflix doesn't even return 720p through a paid Netflix 4K premium plan. This is on a device with excellent hardware and a fast, stable internet connection, and a movie which certainly exists in a higher resolution.

Another movie is [[wikipedia:Jurassic_World:_Fallen_Kingdom|Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom]]. To the right is a somewhat scribbled flowchart that visually demonstrates how Netflix doesn't even return 720p through a paid Netflix 4K premium plan. This is on a device with excellent hardware and a fast, stable internet connection, and a movie which certainly exists in a higher resolution.

Source linking from different statements from the picture, and links from within the wikipedia pages (and more).

Line 95:

<blockquote>From a technical side, sure, we can "future proof" the quality by mastering in 4K UHD and releasing in 1080p today only to re-release our films in 4K UHD years later without having to scale the resolution where we lose quality over the image.</blockquote>

An additional take from the same interview which is a bit relevant because Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom uses ~~alot~~ of VFX:

An additional take from the same interview which is a bit relevant because Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom uses a lot of VFX:

<blockquote>In some projects, we're starting to bring in a lot more VFX, so having the added resolution makes a big difference with our VFX team, giving them a larger canvas to work with.</blockquote>

Line 112:

More sources that show/sell high resolution versions of the movie [https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Jurassic-World-Fallen-Kingdom-4K-Blu-ray/206399/][https://ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/60793/jurassicworldfallenkingdom4kultrahdbluray.html]

A "making of the film" video on ~~youtube~~, on a channel owned by Universal Pictures themselves, and they state in the description of the video "Own it on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital Now"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4zXawfBi1o&ab_channel=UniversalPicturesAll-Access]

A "making of the film" video on YouTube, on a channel owned by Universal Pictures themselves, and they state in the description of the video "Own it on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital Now"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4zXawfBi1o&ab_channel=UniversalPicturesAll-Access]

You can rent the video on youtube in 1080p.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ETePG9F6Zk&ab_channel=YouTubeMovies]

[[File:Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom high-res preview at YouTube.png|thumb]]

(I added another picture where I show that the feed on ~~youtube~~ IS in fact 1080p, and it also shows that my connection speed is ~~55004 Kbps or around~~ 55 Mbps, ~~buffring~~ the video to 37.81s took a handful of seconds. This is more proof to show that my connection speed is not part of the issue.)

(I added another picture where I show that the feed on YouTube IS in fact 1080p, and it also shows that my connection speed is 55 Mbps, buffering the video to 37.81s took a handful of seconds. This is more proof to show that my connection speed is not part of the issue.)

==References==

@@ Line 73: / Line 73: @@
 <ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Transformers: Rise of the Beasts |url=https://www.netflix.com/title/81602889 |date=n.d. |website=[[Netflix]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260116061254/https://www.netflix.com/title/81602889 |archive-date=16 Jan 2026}}</ref>
 Citation removed as linked page (at least while signed out) shows no evidence of 4K/UHD not being available. I imagine the only way to cite this would be w/ a screenshot while logged into a 4K subbed account; HD-only accounts don't show films as being available in 4K.-->{{Citation needed}} whereas it’s clearly available in UHD on other platforms,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Transformers: Rise of the Beasts |url=https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Rise-Beasts-Anthony-Ramos/dp/B0BX1MWKHY |date=n.d. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250509201425/https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Rise-Beasts-Anthony-Ramos/dp/B0BX1MWKHY |archive-date=2025-05-09 |access-date=2025-07-11 |website=[[Amazon#Amazon_Prime_(2005–Present)|Amazon Prime Video]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref> or Blu-ray.<ref>{{Cite web |title=<nowiki>Transformers: Rise of the Beasts [4K UHD]</nowiki> |url=https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Rise-Beasts-4K-UHD/dp/B0C5P5K55N |date=n.d. |access-date=2025-07-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120130137/https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Rise-Beasts-4K-UHD/dp/B0C5P5K55N |archive-date=2025-01-20 |website=[[Amazon]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
-[[File:Netflix not providing 4k even if it exist2.png|thumb]]
+[[File:Netflix not providing 4k even if it exist2.png|thumb|Flowchart showing that Netflix doesn't provide full-resolution on perfectly capable devices]]
-Another movie is [[wikipedia:Jurassic_World:_Fallen_Kingdom|Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom]]. To the right is a somewhat scribbled flowchart I made that visually demonstrates how Netflix doesn't even return 720p through a paid Netflix 4K premium plan. This is on a device with excellent hardware and a fast, stable internet connection, and a movie which certainly exists in a higher resolution.
+Another movie is [[wikipedia:Jurassic_World:_Fallen_Kingdom|Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom]]. To the right is a somewhat scribbled flowchart that visually demonstrates how Netflix doesn't even return 720p through a paid Netflix 4K premium plan. This is on a device with excellent hardware and a fast, stable internet connection, and a movie which certainly exists in a higher resolution.
 Source linking from different statements from the picture, and links from within the wikipedia pages (and more).
@@ Line 95: / Line 95: @@
 <blockquote>From a technical side, sure, we can "future proof" the quality by mastering in 4K UHD and releasing in 1080p today only to re-release our films in 4K UHD years later without having to scale the resolution where we lose quality over the image.</blockquote>
-An additional take from the same interview which is a bit relevant because Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom uses alot of VFX:
+An additional take from the same interview which is a bit relevant because Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom uses a lot of VFX:
 <blockquote>In some projects, we're starting to bring in a lot more VFX, so having the added resolution makes a big difference with our VFX team, giving them a larger canvas to work with.</blockquote>
@@ Line 112: / Line 112: @@
 More sources that show/sell high resolution versions of the movie [https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Jurassic-World-Fallen-Kingdom-4K-Blu-ray/206399/][https://ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/60793/jurassicworldfallenkingdom4kultrahdbluray.html]
-A "making of the film" video on youtube, on a channel owned by Universal Pictures themselves, and they state in the description of the video "Own it on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital Now"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4zXawfBi1o&ab_channel=UniversalPicturesAll-Access]
+A "making of the film" video on YouTube, on a channel owned by Universal Pictures themselves, and they state in the description of the video "Own it on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital Now"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4zXawfBi1o&ab_channel=UniversalPicturesAll-Access]
 You can rent the video on youtube in 1080p.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ETePG9F6Zk&ab_channel=YouTubeMovies]
 [[File:Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom high-res preview at YouTube.png|thumb]]
-(I added another picture where I show that the feed on youtube IS in fact 1080p, and it also shows that my connection speed is 55004 Kbps or around 55 Mbps, buffring the video to 37.81s took a handful of seconds. This is more proof to show that my connection speed is not part of the issue.)<!-- Feel free to add more sources of the movie after "More sources that show/sell high resolution versions of the movie" -->
+(I added another picture where I show that the feed on YouTube IS in fact 1080p, and it also shows that my connection speed is 55 Mbps, buffering the video to 37.81s took a handful of seconds. This is more proof to show that my connection speed is not part of the issue.)<!-- Feel free to add more sources of the movie after "More sources that show/sell high resolution versions of the movie" -->
 ==References==