matthewb
@matthewb
possibly my most boomer quality is that I quite adamantly prefer blu-ray discs to streaming
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
What’s the delta?
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matthewb
@matthewb
could write a whole thread on this given my background in film digitization. a couple caveats: - not all streams are created equal. sometimes you’re watching an ugly old transfer, other times a new UHD remaster in dolbyvision. very variable. disney+, netflix, and apple the leaders in quality imo, but still some bad apples here and there (pun intended). - not all discs are created equally. you can also watch a bad transfer on blu-ray. not necessarily a guarantee of anything. that said, in general: - blu-ray discs don’t waver in quality in response to network conditions like streams do. for example, you’ll see consistently tight grain structure that doesn’t go softer/sharper or more/less apparent. - good blu-ray players have more sophisticated HDR handling than any streaming method, which will help HDR content not get clipped/unnatural while retaining detail. - blu-ray discs give you uncompressed audio, not lossy mp3 or aac, but this might only matter to you if you have a decent sound system.
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