JCC how many devices in your home are capable of playing netflix

I have the option of running up to 4 simultaneously though, with the glorious 4K available
a) when people shoot in 4K
b) When I am bothered to get a 4K TV to see things in 4K
c) When Australian internet joins the 21st century.

 

My Desktop
A laptop
A Samsung Galaxy Tablet
A netbook
A wii
2 cell phones.

yeahh

 

Yeah, I'm never going to watch 4K either.

 

Applications require computers. A TV is a box. What are you talking about?

Anyway, I was referring to those special receivers you can buy to let your TV access Netflix.

 

That are capable: 12
2 TVs
3 Laptops
2 desktops
1 phone
1 xbox
3 Kindle Fires
(This doesn't include the old laptops that don't get used)


That actual do on a decent basis: 4
2 TVs
2 laptops

 

Nope, not buying it.

 

I have bought nothing to enable TV or blu-ray player to access Netflix. They do this of their own volition, Wocky.

I'd have thought the idea of smart technology would spark a sense of kindred spirit in you?

 

And it will still be at a bitrate that means it's 10x as compressed as Blu-ray.

The human eye can only tell the difference between 1080 and 4k if you sit about two meters or less from a 65" TV... But can definitely detect the artefacting and black level compression that comes with current streaming. Turns out, resolution isn't the only element of picture quality that matters.

And streaming sound is way way compressed and nowhere close to 5.1 or 7.1 either one on Blu ray, which is uncompressed (and often essentially exactly what you'd hear in the theatre). And yes, TV shows are mixed to be listened to this way as well, not just movies. Blu ray on a HDR TV with good color depth, even a 1080p one, with a receiver that decodes the Dolby master sound to surround speakers is still the best way to watch home video.


This has been an sj film tech speech. And if you don't believe me, remember how you all scoffed at me about The Hobbit during production, until you saw what it actually looked like at 48fps.

 

I don't think I did scoff at you for it. But I would submit you look at Ramza's reply to my post to understand two things.

1) He got it,
2) You did not

 

Netflix DVDs/Blu Rays are actually still the only way to rent a huge swath of older films that have not been digitized for streaming rentals, and therefore are basically unavailable to view unless you outright buy them (which you're unlikely to do with a film you've never seen before).

And really it's not even only really old films, as this applies to less popular or classic films from the 90s, for instance. Netflix discs are still vital to film fans, along with some brick and mortar rental chains like Family Video, which is still doing well across large parts of the country. That, and libraries.

We're actually in a weird situation where, in spite of all our tech and options for viewing films, young people have the worst access to films made before they were born than at any other point since the advent of home video. Kids now are often at the mercy of Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, or HBO Go in terms of which older films are currently available for them to "rent". And also their libraries leave out many, many classic films from the last 50 years. Far more than you'd think.

Erm, no, read my post again, Ender. You missed it, actually. I wasn't at all refuting anything you said or saying that you believe in the magic of 4k. Quite the opposite. I was simply adding to your list of reasons 4k is impractical and dumb at present, and also noting why it will still be dubious once those obstacles you mention are removed.


The Hobbit comment obviously wasn't aimed at you, which is why I called it as a film tech speech (to the board at large), and specifically the groups who didn't believe my tech expertise on that. If it came across as implying that you personally were in that group, I didn't intend that.

But I thought it was pretty clear from the rest of the post that I was agreeing with you. I mean, I even started it with a sentence beginning with "And..."

 

Like 4 man.

 

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