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		mapontosevenths 7 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros The problem is the quality. Those streams are only like 6-10mbps bitrate. A regular blu-ray is closer to 30, and UHD can be well over 100mbps.

SSLy 5 days ago [–]

Depends, high quality UHD bitstreams from quality streaming providers are around 25 MB/s. That's ~50 AVC-equivalent.

UHD BluRays indeed go higher, usually 70-ish. But the former are already very watchable, and plenty of groups can get them.

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