One thing discs get right is the lack of poor color compression. The frequency and number of times a dark scene on $STREAMING_SERVICE contains a visibly countable number of color shades is, shall we say, too high for comfort on the matter.<p>All I can figure is that the teams that produce physical discs seem to master them carefully, while the teams that manage compression for streaming seem to not review the results so painstakingly/critically with an eye for this visual factor.<p>Not that I use the Netflix disc service anymore anyway, but I feel for those who do. At any rate, this change could result in a small boon for local public libraries, maybe.
Very sad to see this service go. I've never pirated since my subscription. I still have 100+ movies in the DVD queue which will likely never be streamed.