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Steroid on 07 October 2009
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nightsurge said:
Steroid said:
selnor said:
Steroid said:
Meh Bluray will continue to have it's place as an alternative to sub DVD quality video streaming.


I cant tell the difference between watching a 720p movie off of Live and watching Sky HD or Full Metal Jacket on BluRay.

Perhaps you have a crappy TV or need glasses? The difference is glaring. The Netflix streams don't even look as good as DVD and I have a fast connection for the highest quality stream. It says 1080p but it looks gray and washed out which is fine for TV shows or low budget films but nothing epic.

Perhaps YOU have a crappy TV or crappier internet than you claim?  When I watch Netflix Streaming content even the non-HD streams at full quality look better than DVD quality, especially on an HDTV.  When I stream HD content on Netflix like Heroes or other TV shows and movies I like, the quality is absolutely beautiful.  Like selnor said, it rivals or even surpasses the quality of the live HD showing of the episode on my Verizon FiOS TV service.

I have to agree that especially for TV shows like Hero's or Lost the Netflix streaming is super amazing and convienent. I've tried Netflix streaming off a PC as well and it's like 20 times faster on Live. However, compared to bluray the quality is tragic. And my connection is fast enough to get the full 1080P stream to load in seconds.

Take off your googles and see for yourself. There's no magical compression tecnique that will make a streaming movie look anywhere near a 50GB disk of uncompressed sexy.