I don't have a source for that claim but there's certainly no 4k option on amazon prime. None of the episodes from y'arr sources are ever above 1080p, either.
Why do the trailers claim to be in 4k when the show is shot at 1080p?
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The raw footage for these shows might be 4K, but they export the completed episodes in 1080p for reasons I can only speculate about. If the source material is in 4K, they can still make 4K trailers, which take less time to export and render.
I wouldn't be surprised if, one day, they release a Special 4K Edition of Picard.
I wouldn't be surprised if, one day, they release a Special 4K Edition of Picard.
I don't know what the situation is with Picard source material resolution... but I do agree with you that one of the reasons the trailers could be 4K is if the source material is also 4K, but that for actual streaming, they'd opt to downascale to 1080p because most people stream at that resolution.... and might release 'special edition' of the series in 4K as suggested.
That, and I hadn't seen an option for 4K on Amazon.
There's only 'Good', 'Better' and 'Best'.
Amazon's prime video service has the following options for video quality:
Good (0.38GB per hour), Better (1.4GB per hour) and Best (6.84 GB per hour).
I hadn't seen anyhting in regards to 4k as a resolution.
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What amazes me is the actual show doesn't even look as good as 1080p. Maybe not even as good as 720p upconverted at times.
The blu-rays are another story, those are gorgeous.
The blu-rays are another story, those are gorgeous.
They gotta give people a reason to still buy physical media - gotta make SOME money with those BluRays.
They gotta give people a reason to still buy physical media - gotta make SOME money with those BluRays.
Paramount is taking longer and longer to get physical media out after any given season of ST.
Disney has apparently abandoned physical media, at least so far when it comes to The Mandalorian & Boba Fett.
Then you have The Orville only getting DVD releases, which is puzzling for a show with that level of CGI.
This streaming shit is starting to really piss off a physical media collector like myself.
Oh, I totally relate. I don't do streaming (not my thing, I tried, didn't work out, I prefer DVDs) and I as a Sir Patrick fan want and NEED physical media because I have a massive Sir Patrick movie/TV show collection that I would like to expand. I can't collect stuff that's on Amazon Prime or Netflix and can be taken off from there at random. And I've also noticed that it's taking Paramount longer and longer to release physical Trek media, especially outside the US. (It's often released MONTHS after the US release even though the episodes stream only one day apart on release date.) I'm not very pleased by this development at all. Streaming might seem convenient, but when you're more than just a casual viewer of a show or a massive fan of an actor with a collection it really is more of an enemy than a friend because of its impact on physical media.
None of the official uploads claim it is 4k.
You're seeing third party uploads that upscale the video to 4k.
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How do you watch the current season of Picard?
I don't. Because I don't have to. My Sir Patrick sources are so well-tuned and well-defined (I've been curating them for over 15 years, being as big a fan of the man as I am is a 24/7 job) that I'm always up to date as to what's going on, whether I want to or not. It's impossible to not have the show near me - which, admittedly, is not always a good thing because I get to see all the hate for it as well along the way and by now all I want is for the show to end because I'm incredibly exhausted. I do buy the seasons on BluRay once they are released tho - I do want to support Sir Patrick's work.
So you watch it already knowing the ending?I don't. Because I don't have to. My Sir Patrick sources are so well-tuned and well-defined (I've been curating them for over 15 years, being as big a fan of the man as I am is a 24/7 job) that I'm always up to date as to what's going on, whether I want to or not. It's impossible to not have the show near me - which, admittedly, is not always a good thing because I get to see all the hate for it as well along the way and by now all I want is for the show to end because I'm incredibly exhausted. I do buy the seasons on BluRay once they are released tho - I do want to support Sir Patrick's work.
That said, I did the same thing with Halston Sage and Prodigal Son. But that was because I didn't like it. I mean, it's obvious she did what was right for her, and I wouldn't have cancelled it before the end, but... Alara, how could you?
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I already know things about the series ending, even - most notably that Sir Patrick has said
that "Picard will live forever" and that it won't have an ending for him like LOGAN had for Charles Xavier. I also know that he said the series will end with a question mark over Jean-Luc's head and that the ending will be "unexpected" and "questionable".
It all comes from reading/watching every single interview he does. And I see all the episode reviews. Episode scripts. Scenes/trailers on Youtube. Tweets. Blogs. Etc. I wouldn't even have to buy the show on BluRay, but like I said, I do want to support his work, and the show does belong into my collection. Hence why I'm not even mad if it turns out that Paramount is doing this whole "show ain't in 4k" thing deliberately to maybe sell a 4k version on BluRay one day. Whatever it takes to get a physical release for my collection. (I'll happily buy "just" good old DVDs as well of course although I will admit that ever since TNG was released in HD I've become rather fond of the idea of Jean-Luc in HD. Shallow, perhaps. But hey, I'm not immune to the man's beauty, what can I say.)
For the Americans here, does Paramount+ have 4K?
This is the right an an answer, you can tell that a lot of these video's are taken from YouTube where the original is all already compressed, they then download them (remember already compressed from the original upload) and then upload them as 4k.
^And compressed again!
For those playing it through their AppleTV, IIRC.
No matter how you're streaming, there will always be data compression that will affect the picture. bandwidth (on their end to 'serve' you the content) costs money.
No doubt. Also, like anything that goes across the internet, there are always going to be bottlenecks that affect speed and quality.
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