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

[MrHT]

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."

[mx77]

Originally Posted by MrHT

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."

What is the size of your tv? I have an 85" Sony which can reach around 700nits and is usually pretty awesome on hdr and dolby vision content. Those movies I mentioned were really bad looking and now that I think of it, No Exit was just the same - can't remember which service that was on though. I believe that there is some good quality movies also, as evident by Prey for example, but the ones I have watched were very weak regarding pq. It just beats me that people go on and buy expensive televisions and sound systems and then watch this junk quality we get from streaming services at this point.

Edit. Oh, it's right there in your signature, 55"

[alchav21]

Originally Posted by mx77

What is the size of your tv? I have an 85" Sony which can reach around 700nits and is usually pretty awesome on hdr and dolby vision content. Those movies I mentioned were really bad looking and now that I think of it, No Exit was just the same - can't remember which service that was on though. I believe that there is some good quality movies also, as evident by Prey for example, but the ones I have watched were very weak regarding pq. It just beats me that people go on and buy expensive televisions and sound systems and then watch this junk quality we get from streaming services at this point.

Edit. Oh, it's right there in your signature, 55"

You have a good TV with a great size, I also have a Sony but it's 65". I don't have any problems with Netflix or any other streaming Providers, but I'm Hardwired with Cat5e straight from my Fiber Feed Switch to the Ethernet connection on the UHD TV. With the Android Apps I get Rock Solid PQ!

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by mx77

What is the size of your tv? I have an 85" Sony which can reach around 700nits and is usually pretty awesome on hdr and dolby vision content. Those movies I mentioned were really bad looking and now that I think of it, No Exit was just the same - can't remember which service that was on though. I believe that there is some good quality movies also, as evident by Prey for example, but the ones I have watched were very weak regarding pq. It just beats me that people go on and buy expensive televisions and sound systems and then watch this junk quality we get from streaming services at this point.

Edit. Oh, it's right there in your signature, 55"

Can you tell me what Netflix shows you were watching that looked bad? I can check them out now on my TV and see if they also don’t look so great. It could be that I just lucked out and picked the shows that have good HDR grading.