John GruberThe Amazon Prime app for Apple TV has some great features (e.g.: X-Ray tells you the actors in a scene when you pause) but is the cheapest-looking app I’ve used on any platform in decades.
Gary Fleming@gruber I’ll deal with the crappy UI if they’d fix their terrible encodes. Horrible artifacting, black crushing, colour pops (especially on faces). It’s bad-bad, especially on their original 4K content.
Brandon Butler@garyfleming Is there any way to get around this?
@brandonbutler for end users? No.
For the provider doing the encoding? Absolutely. Offer higher bitrate options. Or use smarter encoders.
You’ll note that Netflix, Disney+, and AppleTV+ don’t suffer the same issues.
@garyfleming I’ve noticed. Every time I hop on Amazon to watch something it feels like a downgraded experience. I’m not sure If I noticed it on Rings of Power though…
@brandonbutler I didn’t see that. Hopefully it’s a sign they’re upgrading their processes. 🤞