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Netflix Super HD: Will Start support this ?hi Rocca:
Noticed on the dslreports homepage, that Netflix is starting to offer Super HD. According to them, an ISP has to sign a partnership with them to offer this.
I know this is already supported on the Teksavvy network. Are there any plans or consideration for Start to sign a partnership with Netflix to offer Super HD and 3D Streams ? |
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roccaStart.ca Premium Member join:2008-11-16 London, ON
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rocca
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2013-Jan-8 6:05 pm
We already see them through OCN. » signup.netflix.com/superhd...should show "Your Internet Provider is ready for Super HD!" |
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Ah, i see I was using Unblock-US's DNS server. Thanks for the quick response |
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GuspazGuspaz MVM join:2001-11-05 Montreal, QC |
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Ooohhh, this is going to mean we only get SuperHD on the Canadian Netflix, isn't it. I'm sure my server provider isn't peering with Netflix :P |
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Yeah, unfortunately, i don't see a way around that. |
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mazhurg Premium Member join:2004-05-02 Brighton, ON |
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TOPDAWG Premium Member join:2005-04-27 Calgary, AB |
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yeah sucks as I don't even bother with the cdn netflix but a few times |
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olesz join:2007-02-19 Toronto, ON |
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Netflix is already looking at Ultra-HD 4K Streaming » gizmodo.com/5974327/netf ··· good-yetAlso does anyone know if Acanac/Distributel is OCN connected? |
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TOPDAWG Premium Member join:2005-04-27 Calgary, AB |
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honestly current netflix HD looks just ok as you can see backgrounds get fizzy in HD video all the time. If they could make something look like the 720P BR I download I'd be happy. |
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pstewart Premium Member join:2005-10-12 Peterborough, ON |
pstewart
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2013-Jan-8 10:04 pm
Up until now, most of my Netflix has been 720P and tonight I checked out a couple of things in 1080P with Netflix HD ... definately not as good as Bluray but pretty damn impressive.
If you are talking about fizzy it sound like a bandwidth issue between you and the closest Netflix source...
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said by Guspaz:Ooohhh, this is going to mean we only get SuperHD on the Canadian Netflix, isn't it. I'm sure my server provider isn't peering with Netflix :P It doesn't matter if they are peering (although it definately helps a LOT) - it matters if they have OpenConnect appliances in their network. Having said that, the preference is to fill the appliances through peering vs transit where ever possible. |
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tambalamba
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2013-Jan-8 10:12 pm
this doesnt support windows 7 ? and using firefox, how can i know what quality i am getting?
tnx |
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34764170 (banned) join:2007-09-06 Etobicoke, ON |
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said by TOPDAWG:honestly current netflix HD looks just ok as you can see backgrounds get fizzy in HD video all the time. If they could make something look like the 720P BR I download I'd be happy. Netflix already has 1080p streams but they also white list which devices are able to play 1080p streams even when the hardware is capable of playing 1080p content. This is just poor and confusing marketing for re-encoded 1080p streams with higher quality. |
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Are all the HD streams now Super HD if supported by the provider?
If not, how we know which ones are? |
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34764170 (banned)
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2013-Jan-9 12:24 am
said by markf:Are all the HD streams now Super HD if supported by the provider?
If not, how we know which ones are? No, they're still re-encoding content. The player interface tells you just as it does for HD and 5.1 sound. |
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said by markf:Are all the HD streams now Super HD if supported by the provider?
If not, how we know which ones are? Well on the Roku, you can't tell which shows / movies are HD or Super HD. For me the only way i could determine that was to watch the real-time Bandwidth meter in Tomato. A "regular" HD stream would play at around 4 mbit/sec, and a Super HD stream would play at around 7 mbit/sec. One thing's for sure: i hope the CRTC will lower wholesale rates for IISP's soon, because even the 400 GB cap that Start offers on their Pro Cable Internet package won't be enough, especially if you have multiple residents in a dwelling watching Super HD streams simultaneously, and consuming a lot of bandwidth. |
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Your Internet Provider is part of the Open Connect network, a free partnership with Netflix. Netflix will automatically play movies and TV shows in Super HD on a supported device if your connection is fast enough.
This is illegal tbh. Rogers does not offer enough bandwidth for this type of service... I mean wtf.. Yeah speeds no problem.. But just because I can download a movie in 10 seconds does not mean I have the bandwidth to actually do it... |
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2013-Jan-9 1:38 am
said by TechChime:This is illegal tbh. Rogers does not offer enough bandwidth for this type of service... I mean wtf.. Yeah speeds no problem.. But just because I can download a movie in 10 seconds does not mean I have the bandwidth to actually do it... illegal? Crazy much. Rogers does not even have tiers that could not use this new encoding profile. |
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said by silvercat:One thing's for sure: i hope the CRTC will lower wholesale rates for IISP's soon, because even the 400 GB cap that Start offers on their Pro Cable Internet package won't be enough, especially if you have multiple residents in a dwelling watching Super HD streams simultaneously, and consuming a lot of bandwidth. That's for sure. The rates that were settled upon were insane and not realistic of any real world costs for delivering the bits across their respective networks. |
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TOPDAWG Premium Member join:2005-04-27 Calgary, AB |
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The hell just tested it and the PS3 is showing I'm getting High SD. WTF I know that is wrong as I got Up to 10Mbps download/2 Mbps upload from rogers so I should have no issue getting super HD at least I guess I'm good. I guess the PS3 is not telling me the right video cause it damn sure looks nice.
The best test is captain america if you ask me as the opening with the dark and snow blowing really shows the short coming of netflix as it's a bit fizzy and you can see pixels like mad. |
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I find that it progressess during the show. Often the first minute or so it doesn't get past High SD. But then it somehow decides I'm worthy and I get into the medium and high HD. |
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2013-Jan-9 1:55 pm
said by graniterock:I find that it progressess during the show. Often the first minute or so it doesn't get past High SD. But then it somehow decides I'm worthy and I get into the medium and high HD. The Netflix player dynamically adjusts the quality of the content based on the Internet connections conditions. |
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A long while ago Netflix turned off HD as default. If you aren't getting HD at all make sure to double check the quality settings by logging in on a PC. |
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TOPDAWG Premium Member join:2005-04-27 Calgary, AB |
TOPDAWG
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2013-Jan-9 6:25 pm
yeah I got it set to the best. just seems the PS3 does not want to tell me the real video I'm getting. |
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elwoodbluesElwood Blues Premium Member join:2006-08-30 Somewhere in |
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If you see pixels, it's had the snot compressed out of it |
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TOPDAWG Premium Member join:2005-04-27 Calgary, AB |
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how odd my PS3 just says I I get high SD I mean the picture is in HD for sure so no idea if I'm getting super HD or not. Does it say super HD when you play the video and look at the video info on PS3? |
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High/SD is DVD res. You'd be surprised at how good it looks for SD. But no, it's not HD. |
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TOPDAWG Premium Member join:2005-04-27 Calgary, AB |
TOPDAWG
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2013-Jan-11 1:42 pm
well I know I can do the HD so no reason that would change. I'd guess it's the app being buggy on PS3. When I use my VPN to watch US netflix it shows HD but won't when watching cdn netflix without the VPN.
Meh buggy is buggy I guess. |
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34764170 (banned) join:2007-09-06 Etobicoke, ON |
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said by DSL_Ricer:High/SD is DVD res. You'd be surprised at how good it looks for SD. But no, it's not HD. It is decent for how much compression they're using, but it is not "good". |
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GuspazGuspaz MVM join:2001-11-05 Montreal, QC |
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SD on the PC client is Microsoft VC1AP running at 1750 Kbps for video. The resolution is a tad low, and Silverlight has a very poor quality upscaling filter (it's not bicubic, so it can look a bit pixely). That's high enough to generally avoid any artifacting, although there can be some detail loss in high motion scenes. Netflix is variable bitrate, though.
Then again, VC-1 has in-loop deblocking, so like h.264 you'd never see blocking artifacts anyhow.
When introduced, VC-1 was only slightly worse than h.264, but since then, VC-1 AP was defined that makes it a heck of a lot more similar to h.264, and also h.264 encoders like x264 have gotten enormously better. |
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