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by rthomas6 847 days ago
Blu-rays are much better quality than streaming in the majority of cases, and 4k blu-rays are ALWAYS better quality than any streaming, hands down. If you have a home theater setup, or even an nice TV, it is very very worth it to get the blu-ray for movies you like. It seriously makes a huge difference, not only for picture quality but for sound.

The bitrate of a 4k UHD stream on Netflix is optimistically 20 Mbps max. A standard blu-ray does about 40 Mbps. A 4k UHD blu-ray is often 100+ Mbps. And you can tell.

Streaming is for watching throwaway content on a laptop or phone. Blu-rays are for watching films with a theater-like experience.