Hard decision, but going all digital.

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Originally Posted by Vilya

Netflix streams 4K content at a bitrate of just 16 Mbps; Vudu at 15 Mbps. A 100gb 4K disc can offer a bitrate as high as 128 Mbps; the average is usually in the 80+ Mbps range. Thus, streaming would have to increase their bitrate more than five fold in order to match the bitrate average of a 4K disc. That's not likely to happen.

Increasing bitrates five fold would shatter the data caps that many people have to endure from their ISP. Streaming that much more data would cause both the streaming services and the internet service providers to increase their prices substantially.

There is also no real need for any of the streaming providers to increase their bitrates as their customers, by and large, are already content with the quality that they are receiving now.

Better codecs could benefit both streaming and physical media, but higher bitrates would still have to be a part of the equation and transmitting more data means spending more money.

Headed out the door so a quick post only, but didn't we already cover some of this? You're referencing the minimums, which have already changed from 1 year ago (when the minimum was 8MPS for 4K)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbKCZpQN72c

Where we were discussing where do we get the info about the tech in this thead:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=320087