iTunes (etc.) vs DVD for SD video?

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Originally Posted by Fiffy

They don't seem to care about SD at all. While the HD encodings have been significantly improved over time (and of course they added 4K), the SD bitrates are still about the same as in 2008.

Yeah, it’s somewhat surprising. I checked out the Simpson’s SD seasons on Disney+, and while they finally put them up in the original 4:3 aspect ratio, they are completely smeary messes.

Granted, that’s streaming, but I can’t believe how bad it looked compared to the DVDs (which aren’t anything to write home about to begin with)