4k content from Netflix does not look as good as 4k content from Blu-ray.
Especially for dark scenes, Netflix's stream is full of decompression artifacts making everything grey and blotchy.
They also have a problem with older noisy 1080p sources. Badly upscaled to 4k and then bandwidth-limited it sometimes looks comically bad.
When I tried out the 4k Netflix option in early 2023 I found myself wanting an option to downgrade to their 1080p encoding for a few of the shows I was watching.
I was told Netflix hired really smart people for like 300-500k/year for the express purpose of avoiding stupid shit like this.
When I tried out the 4k Netflix option in early 2023 I found myself wanting an option to downgrade to their 1080p encoding for a few of the shows I was watching.
I was told Netflix hired really smart people for like 300-500k/year for the express purpose of avoiding stupid shit like this.