Why is Netflix HDR content so poor compared to other sources?

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Originally Posted by mx77

I always thought that Netflix has encoded their 4k catalog in very questionable quality, but during the weekend I watched The Vast of Night and The Sixth Sense (Amazon/Disney) and both of those were very difficult to watch all the way to the end because the picture quality was AWFUL. Vast of Night looked nowhere near 4k resolution and Sixth Sense was somehow ****ed up regarding the colour and brightness. I'm on free week (or was it month?) but I don't have to watch anything else, that was it for me. Once the Alien saga will be released in 4k, I probably have to subscribe for Disney for a month - that is if those aren't released as a discs which would be an instant pre-order for me.

I was watching "Ginny and Georgia" and "Emily in Paris" and both have fantastic HDR. I'm watching "Maid" now and that also looks really nice. I skimmed through "Wednesday" as well and thought that also looked phenomenal.

So far, I have yet to see anything "questionable."