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Am I the only one preferring low quality media over high quality one? (feddit.nl)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have a very slow Internet connection (5 Mbps down, and even less for upload). Given that, I always download movies at 720p, since they have low file size, which means I can download them more quickly. Also, I don't notice much of a difference between 1080p and 720p. As for 4K, because I don't have a screen that can display 4K, I consider it to be one of the biggest disk space wasters.

Am I the only one who has this opinion?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I do have a 4k tv, and a 1080p one. But personally I don't see big difference on 720p vs 1080p vs 4k. I have to be like 4 feet from the tv to notice it. 720p is sufficient.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Those must be tiny screens then. 4k vs 1080p is minor in difference, even in a 77" OLED screen. There is a difference, but I can do with 1080p a lot of the times. 720p is only acceptable for older shows. Otherwise it immediately shows.

But if it's visually appealing content, then you bet I'll take the 4k stream at the highest Bitrate I can find.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

720p is fine, but I'd prefer 1080p most of the time.

It mostly just comes down to bitrate. A 4k video at 1Mbps is probably gonna look like shit. My drone and my go pro shoot 4k footage at 60Mbps h265 and that looks amazing. But if I'm acquiring a fuck ton of movies I'm not gonna download that shit at that bitrate. As long as the video is like 1080p and 5Mbps or higher I'm happy. If the file size is >6 gigs for a movie I ain't downloading that shit even if I can, and that's with a 1gb symmetrical internet connection and a 30TB NAS.