Netflix streaming quality improving after bitrate reduction lifted

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Netflix streaming quality improving after bitrate reduction lifted

Netflix is working to revert its video streaming bitrates to pre-coronavirus levels, according to a report from FlatpanelsHD.

This follows after the company temporarily lowered bitrates in Europe from mid-March, and later implemented the same measures in Africa.

This was done in an effort to ease the burden of data traffic on networks as the spread of COVID-19 has resulted in people spending more time on the Internet while working from home.
 
I still have to pirate 4k as my internet is too slow.

1080p streaming is fine but 4k (even with reduction) isn't.

If NF allowed me to download 4k content to their app I would.

With all our connectivity issues and many peoples' reliance on 'night-owl' or equivalent, I'm not sure why they don't allow off-peak caching of content...
 
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Budza said:
I still have to pirate 4k as my internet is too slow.

1080p streaming is fine but 4k (even with reduction) isn't.

If NF allowed me to download content to their app I would.

With all our connectivity issues and many peoples' reliance on 'night-owl' or equivalent, I'm not sure why they don't allow off-peak caching of content...
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Sure they do. Used it on the Windows 10 app for ages before Rain came out with their all day uncapped option and I didn't need to download stuff anymore.
 
Last week, my mother has been having terrible DSTV Now bandwidth, videos constantly buffering, etc.
As soon as I connected her laptop to my LTE router (Faster, 20+ Mbps), nothing changed in the quality...

Video quality was so bad, it was like watching a video through a piece of rag.
I wouldn't be surprised if DSTV implemented lower bitrates as well...
 
RuhanSA079 said:
Last week, my mother has been having terrible DSTV Now bandwidth, videos constantly buffering, etc.
As soon as I connected her laptop to my LTE router (Faster, 20+ Mbps), nothing changed in the quality...

Video quality was so bad, it was like watching a video through a piece of rag.
I wouldn't be surprised if DSTV implemented lower bitrates as well...
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They did implement lower quality restrictions too. I am still seeing it on my side. 100mb fibre.......576p/480p quality. :rolleyes:
 
Budza said:
Capped @1080p.

I need 4k- post edited.
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yeah, so on the 4k "uhd" it used to stream at 25Mbps, and it was flawless, now its reduced to 7.25 , and while they say there is no difference, there is!
 
ngoni615 said:
windows 10 app and edge browser are not limited to 1080p bud. they can stream 4k perfectly fine. You can even check.
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I can't stream, so need to download.

No legal way to DL 4k.

I don't mind torrenting- I find content there I'd never see otherwise. Worth dipping into once in a while.

I'd prefer to do it through NF though- pay the piper and all that...
 
ijacobs3 said:
yeah, so on the 4k "uhd" it used to stream at 25Mbps, and it was flawless, now its reduced to 7.25 , and while they say there is no difference, there is!
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Interesting- I wish they would allow us to choose these parameters. I don't need 5.1 sound, for example.

Allow me to choose 1440p or 2160p depending on my line/pc. I can decode x265, so provide that option and I'd probably be able to stream 4k.
 
Budza said:
I can't stream, so need to download.

No legal way to DL 4k.

I don't mind torrenting- I find content there I'd never see otherwise. Worth dipping into once in a while.

I'd prefer to do it through NF though- pay the piper and all that...
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Thank me later. use popcontime
 
Budza said:
Interesting- I wish they would allow us to choose these parameters. I don't need 5.1 sound, for example.

Allow me to choose 1440p or 2160p depending on my line/pc. I can decode x265, so provide that option and I'd probably be able to stream 4k.
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Use popcon time app and download any movie in the highest quality possible. Even your 4k 3840x2160p
 
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