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I wish Netflix had a setting to switch this off
#367703 - 07/11/17 02:33 AM
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Instead of immediate-starting videos in compost heap level compression and then catching up to HD later, just give a fucking countdown to where it can buffer and start from the beginning in full HD quality instead of looking like a jpeg slideshow from the pre internet. I've never seen anything to ugly and compressed in my life.
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Re: I wish Netflix had a setting to switch this off
[Re: Smitdogg]
#367707 - 07/11/17 03:35 AM
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I've never seen anything to ugly and compressed in my life.
That's what she said!!! 
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Re: I wish Netflix had a setting to switch this off
[Re: tedgreen]
#367710 - 07/11/17 04:53 AM
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Well yank on it & stretch it out for Christ's sake!
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Re: I wish Netflix had a setting to switch this off
[Re: Smitdogg]
#367717 - 07/11/17 11:05 AM
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> Instead of immediate-starting videos in compost heap level compression and then
> catching up to HD later, just give a fucking countdown to where it can buffer and
> start from the beginning in full HD quality instead of looking like a jpeg slideshow
> from the pre internet. I've never seen anything to ugly and compressed in my life.
you've never played a PS3/PS4/XB360/XB1 game using BINK video on an HD display then?
some of them are barely above SegaCD quality.
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Re: I wish Netflix had a setting to switch this off
[Re: Haze]
#367721 - 07/11/17 02:20 PM
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> > Instead of immediate-starting videos in compost heap level compression and then
> > catching up to HD later, just give a fucking countdown to where it can buffer and
> > start from the beginning in full HD quality instead of looking like a jpeg
> slideshow
> > from the pre internet. I've never seen anything to ugly and compressed in my life.
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> you've never played a PS3/PS4/XB360/XB1 game using BINK video on an HD display then?
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> some of them are barely above SegaCD quality.
Maybe it's because I don't have an HD set, but I previewed a few free episodes of an anime on 'crunchy roll' on my PS3, I never experienced any downgraded/fuzzy/blurry videos. And they were sharp enough (for me) on my 32" Samsung.
Also, I was going to comment this before, but hesitated... Used to be, back when I had dial-up (before I got DSL), I got into the habit of pausing some videos first for a couple minutes before playing them. Hardly ever had any buffering issues... Then again, I wasn't watching anything in HD or on a large screen. 
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Re: I wish Netflix had a setting to switch this off
[Re: Tomu Breidah]
#367747 - 07/11/17 11:43 PM
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> ... Used to be, back when I
> had dial-up (before I got DSL), I got into the habit of pausing some videos first for
> a couple minutes before playing them. Hardly ever had any buffering issues... Then
> again, I wasn't watching anything in HD or on a large screen.
I've noticed that some services simply don't buffer any more unless they're playing. They'll get a certain amount, and then stop. That may be as little as half a second, though they do continue to download content while playing.
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Re: I wish Netflix had a setting to switch this off
[Re: Smitdogg]
#367754 - 07/12/17 04:13 AM
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> Instead of immediate-starting videos in compost heap level compression and then
> catching up to HD later, just give a fucking countdown to where it can buffer and
> start from the beginning in full HD quality instead of looking like a jpeg slideshow
> from the pre internet. I've never seen anything to ugly and compressed in my life.
Amazon have the same problem. 
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Re: I wish Netflix had a setting to switch this off
[Re: Bad A Billy]
#367777 - 07/12/17 02:59 PM
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> Well yank on it & stretch it out for Christ's sake!
LMAO, geez, you very nearly made me spit a mouthful of coffee all over my screen.
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