FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore::Chair proposes 100Mbps national standard and an evaluation of broadband prices.

    • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      He means a 4k reel of just darkness. Could probably do it at a few hundred FPS and still have some bandwidth to spare.

    • ramielrowe@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I’ll second this. 4k at 25 mbps might be OK for a sitcom or drama without much action or on-screen movement. But as soon as there’s any action, it’s gonna be a pixelated mess. 25 mbps is kinda the sweet spot for full fidelity 1080p, and I’d much rather watch that than “4K”.

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        1 year ago

        The benefit of the 4k is that you get HDR. On a good TV, that’s far more noticable than the resolution improvement and certainly worth it.

        But then you’re looking at 60-100 Mbps bit rate for good quality (50-80 GB file size for most movies).

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      1 year ago

      thats upload. Netflix 4k is no lore than 20 mbps. Typically around 16-18. Its easy to confirm this yourself by looking at your bandwidth usage by streaming said content.

      All im saying is for the average user latency matters way more. A 25 mbit cable/dsl connection is massively better than a 200 mbit satellite connection.