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Post #576395

Author
Harmy
Parent topic
Future of Home Video
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Date created
3-May-2012, 10:14 PM

Yeah, that's why I'm asking what the quality of the iCloud movies is, because while a 4.3GB 720p or 8GB 1080p can be fairly watchable on a small screen like for example a laptop, it's pretty bad on a big TV or a projector (depending of course on viewing distance, but if you're sitting far enough not to notice all the compression, you could just as well watch SD). And even on a small screen it still doesn't do the film justice - like I said, even BDs are still far too compressed (especially films with lots of grain like Aliens or Godfather) so if the streaming services offer video in anything smaller than 20GB you can't even compare them to BD - if they came from the same master, you'd probably get better quality and resolution from an anamorphic DVD9 than something like a 4GB 1080p.