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Inside Netflix’s bet on advanced video encoding (www.theverge.com)
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[–] Dark_Dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 4 months ago (1 children)

While giving 4k paid customer with 720p resolution because we don't have "your" recommended devices. Good strategy.

[–] geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

Wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the studios’ requirement - every big streamer I know of requires certain platforms for HD and higher streams because of the copy protection required.