Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days

Post by magduf » Mon, Mar 23, 2020, 4:07 PM UTC

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Wow, that's wrong on several different levels. I can't even begin... I understand that you don't need an electrical engineering degree to be an electrician, but still, these are some fairly basic concepts in the electric power industry, especially the safety aspects, so you'd think someone working on live wires would know better. Honestly, any halfway-intelligent person who travels internationally should know that Eu…

Europe runs on 230V 50Hz.

Post by thirdsun » Thu, Mar 26, 2020, 4:40 PM UTC

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On a related note, if you watch Netflix in Chrome or Firefox then you're only getting a resolution of 720p. Google Chrome Up to 720p on Windows, Mac, and Linux Up to 1080p on Chrome OS Internet Explorer up to 1080p Microsoft Edge up to 4K* Mozilla Firefox up to 720p Opera up to 720p Safari up to 1080p on Mac OS X 10.10.3 or later *Streaming in 4K requires an HDCP 2.2 compliant connection to a 4K capable display, Inte…

Also, for 5.1 surround sound, no browser will do, you must use the Windows 10 app. (That's if you're playing from a PC, of course.) https://help.netflix.com/en/node/14163 > I really wish they'd just allow up to 4K streaming on all main browsers Do all the major browsers support this?