- Oct 13, 2013
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Online Youtube etc. can easily go 4k when streaming for me (for example, here):
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmyF5ge6SQU&ab_channel=swtheoldrepublic
however it seems whenever I stream something on Vudu or netflix or whatever through Chrome or any browser, I get 480p or maybe if I'm lucky, 1080p (eyeballing it I doubt it goes over 720 normally). At least Youtube is up front about it, and I finally tried that today and it straight up told me this movie I rented was only able to go 480p without me needing to guess. But I'm a bit tired of this. My mega awesome PC and monitor should be able to give me 4k resolution when streaming videos because I keep hearing how widely available it is, even through the services I'm using. I don't know what's up, and my looking into it has reached a bit of a dead end (though I've at least found I'm not alone when it comes to Youtube), and I'm tired of trying to figure this out over the years.
So what am I doing wrong? I don't care to continue spending $4 a weekend for poor 480p quality movie rentals on my PC, which is the only place I can watch them. Can anyone guide me as to why all my movie rentals that I pay for in HD or UHD really just don't come through with that kind of quality, and how I can actually see these things in high quality with some sort of app or external plugin, or something on my PC?
however it seems whenever I stream something on Vudu or netflix or whatever through Chrome or any browser, I get 480p or maybe if I'm lucky, 1080p (eyeballing it I doubt it goes over 720 normally). At least Youtube is up front about it, and I finally tried that today and it straight up told me this movie I rented was only able to go 480p without me needing to guess. But I'm a bit tired of this. My mega awesome PC and monitor should be able to give me 4k resolution when streaming videos because I keep hearing how widely available it is, even through the services I'm using. I don't know what's up, and my looking into it has reached a bit of a dead end (though I've at least found I'm not alone when it comes to Youtube), and I'm tired of trying to figure this out over the years.
So what am I doing wrong? I don't care to continue spending $4 a weekend for poor 480p quality movie rentals on my PC, which is the only place I can watch them. Can anyone guide me as to why all my movie rentals that I pay for in HD or UHD really just don't come through with that kind of quality, and how I can actually see these things in high quality with some sort of app or external plugin, or something on my PC?
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