[megabytemike]

One thing that has annoyed me in addition to movies being unavailable on streaming, is also just the quality. Netflix's 4k plan ranges in 15.6-25Mbps streams versus a Blu-Ray at 72Mbps-144Mbps. Data has to get lost somewhere. Ultra Blu-Ray doesn't compare to whatever ABR stream providers give.

Even if you want to argue that providers could offer 72Mbps-144Mbps, unless there is a change with how much "prebuffering" there is, have ideal network conditions always, and change hardware on most consumer streaming media devices -- we're still losing that quality.

Most streaming providers are betting folks prefer convenience over quality and that folks don't have ideal setups to tell the difference. That they aren't even getting the right size 4k TV to tell a difference (https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/by-size/size-to-distance-r...).

The part that frustrates me the most is that it feels streaming services are trying to redefine this as the "peak experience," and try to upsell (Examples: Netflix 4k plan or IMAX Enhanced on Disney+ https://help.disneyplus.com/article/disneyplus-imax-enhanced)

[Brananarchy]

This exactly. I've got all six original Star Trek films on UHD blu-rays. I was recently visiting my mother and we watched The Voyage Home (the one with the whales) streaming on her TV. The compression artifacts were immediately apparent. I won't judge color accuracy or contrast, since we have very different TV technologies. But I shouldn't be able to see mpeg blocks on a 4k stream that the provider charges extra for!