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2024 is the year we make the most of thebest 4K Blu-ray players!
So 4K Blu-ray is eight times better at this than standard streaming.
Three different ways to show colors in a gradient, of different quality levels.
What does having a lower bitrate mean in practice?
The higher data of Blu-ray means less banding, offering more natural and real images.
Next up is motion.
Three different ways to show colors in a gradient, of different quality levels.
Think of a still camera looking at a person who’s talking.
Well, you have a problem each frameneedsto include more data than the bitrate is capable of.
So you end up with detail within the pixels being lost, and things look unclear and smeared.
Streaming services have Dolby Atmos sound, but it’s always compressed.
Not badly I think this is an area of streaming that 99% of us can happily live with.
The way it was meant to be seen
There’s another aspect that isn’t technical.
So my growing habit in 2023 has been fed by browsing second-hand stores.
That’s also been a big part of the thrill for me.
I’m doing it for the dopamine.