Originally Posted By: Ulli Pietsch
I also prefer physical media when there is a quality difference. A year ago or so I was looking into streaming video and found this comparison table (may be out of date now).
http://www.reelseo.com/video-quality-comparison-reference-table/
I also found that uncompressed, a Blu-ray would produce a bitrate of 3000 Mbits/sec. So at 40 Mbits/sec, Blu-ray discs are already are fairly compressed with a 75 to 1 compression ratio.

For music I am OK with the lossless compression such a Apple Lossless which has a 2 to 1 compression ratio (or there abouts). Most people though are just fine listening to music that has been severely compressed using really poor equipment.


That said, I use NetFlix to get access to content that is not available elsewhere and am willing to put up with the reduction in quality for the low cost and great convenience.


Nice comparison table! Thanks for the link. I've saved the page for future reference. This supports what many of us here have been stating in recent posts and what we've observed through the last decade or so.