Physical & Digital EST: The Future of Home Video Discussion Thread

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Don't have any pie and with everyone panicking in the stores I am not likely to find any.

Scrap the pie!

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Scrap the pie!

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by Vilya

There are reports that the internet is really under a lot of strain right now with so many people stuck at home looking for something to watch or play.

Watched an episode of "The Crown" last night via Netflix and it was UHD @ 15.25 Mbps. Several minutes later went to watch another UHD title and it would not go past 3 Mbps so I restarted the Nvidia Shield Pro and still had the low speed. Same for the test files. So I tried the same content on the Sony UDP-X1000 and it had similar results.

So I continued with Seven Worlds, One Planet UHD BD. Forgot to spot check the speed but will do on the next episode.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

Watched an episode of "The Crown" last night via Netflix and it was UHD @ 15.25 Mbps. Several minutes later went to watch another UHD title and it would not go past 3 Mbps so I restarted the Nvidia Shield Pro and still had the low speed. Same for the test files. So I tried the same content on the Sony UDP-X1000 and it had similar results.

So I continued with Seven Worlds, One Planet UHD BD. Forgot to spot check the speed but will do on the next episode.

3 Mbps is just painful; I would switch to watching paint peel before I would endure that low of a streaming bitrate.

I still need to buy Seven Worlds, One Planet on 4K disc; I have been waiting for reviews because I wanted to be certain that it did not contain a lot of recycled scenes from Planet Earth II. The BBC sometimes reuses stuff across their documentaries.

[sapiendut]

Hmmm, I don’t have problem with bad video quality... oh yeah, I use physical media

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by Vilya

I still need to buy Seven Worlds, One Planet on 4K disc; I have been waiting for reviews because I wanted to be certain that it did not contain a lot of recycled scenes from Planet Earth II. The BBC sometimes reuses stuff across their documentaries.

Have only watched the first two episodes and it is possible there may be some recycled scenes but I do not remember them. I think you will be very pleased with picture quality. There is not a lot of use of the full Dolby Atmos channels but there are several scenes that make use of it to a good effect.

The set includes UHD BD and BD but no digital codes.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

Have only watched the first two episodes and it is possible there may be some recycled scenes but I do not remember them. I think you will be very pleased with picture quality. There is not a lot of use of the full Dolby Atmos channels but there are several scenes that make use of it to a good effect.

The set includes UHD BD and BD but no digital codes.

That's because the BBC has good taste; they NEVER include digital codes. I did not find a single one in any of the BBC blu-rays in my collection.

[gotmule]

Originally Posted by sapiendut

I already have the disc since 2 weeks ago. The waxy faces are not on the physical media version. Hence my comment of “the reviewer is blind”. One can not comment saying (me paraphrasing) “looking virtually like physical media” when is no direct comparison. I have done so, and the physical media version is still miles better.

Curious how you have it already? Pretty damn jealous. All I have to look forward to this week is Jumanji 2....which is not quite on the same level.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Typing all of those alphanumeric codes back to back really crossed my eyes, though , but at least I got the vast majority of it done.

For those that had QR codes you could have:

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

Have mentioned before but will repeat. For folks that enter a lot of UPC codes into their media data base may find this Android Lightning QR code Scanner useful. I scan the UPC, click copy contents and paste the number into Notes.

For digital codes with QR, just scan and follow the prompts.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

For those that had QR codes you could have:

Thanks for the 20/20 hindsight just the same.

I so seldom install apps on my phone that it doesn't even occur to me to do it anymore; I tend to use my phone as a phone and occasionally as a camera.

[Steedeel]

Universal to make current cinema releases available VOD from next week apparently. $20 per rental!

Why not release the Blu-ray also before the factories shut down!

I want The Invisible Man via UHD or Blu.

[sapiendut]

$20 for rental at streaming quality sucks. If they have day and date for $30 for bluray quality and lossless sound I’d bite. At the current state even $6 iTunes rental is too steep.

[alchav21]

Originally Posted by sapiendut

Hmmm, I don’t have problem with bad video quality... oh yeah, I use physical media

I don't have any problems with Bad Video Quality... Must be because I use Fiber Feed Hard Wired Streaming Digital!

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by alchav21

I don't have any problems with Bad Video Quality... Must be because I use Fiber Feed Hard Wired Streaming Digital!

No, it’s because you probably have a rubbish set up. Junk in, junk out.

[sapiendut]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

No, it’s because you probably have a rubbish set up. Junk in, junk out.

Let see whether he’s willing to lay out his setup, his viewing distance, whether it’s calibrated or not, etc. I bet you my career that his setup is the bottle neck or he’s just clueless about what is good (ie: never experienced UHD BD performance and did an A/B comparison)

[Ender14]

Originally Posted by alchav21

I don't have any problems with Bad Video Quality... Must be because I use Fiber Feed Hard Wired Streaming Digital!

I will not reply to bait! I will not reply to bait! I will not reply to bait!

[gotmule]

Sapiendut just got banned it looks like.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by alchav21

I don't have any problems with Bad Video Quality... Must be because I use Fiber Feed Hard Wired Streaming Digital!

Might be because you are easily pleased, too.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by gotmule

Sapiendut just got banned it looks like.

Hopefully, it will be a very short one.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Hopefully, it will be a very short one.