‘Breaking Bad’ now available on Netflix in sparkling 4K/UHD resolution

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Get out of your lab corners. breaking bad now available in crisp 4K/Ultra HD on Netflix. So if you’re lucky enough to have one of the few TVs that can display Netflix Ultra HD streams, now you can take an even more colorful journey with Walter White into the dark depths of his blue meth empire.

Sony, the company that produced breaking bad, first announced plans to remaster the show in 4K at CES in January. This week, the hard work finally paid off, as Netflix brought all 62 episodes of the series to its close-up in ultra-high definition, complete with 5.1 audio remastering.

The show joins a very limited number of UHD offerings already available from the king of on-demand entertainment, including several animated nature films, as well as the second season of his hit series, card tower. However, even though the second season of HoC was shot and produced using state-of-the-art 4K equipment, which means that there is specific information recorded for each of the 8.3 megapixels of UHD. breaking bad It is not. Instead, AMC’s hit series was just that. remastered in 4K, which means all of Walter White’s 4K glitter had to be added after the fact.

Those who were lucky enough to see the new feeds (including us) have given mostly positive reviews of the update. Subjectively, our first impression is that the Ultra HD version of Netflix breaking bad it looked better than its HD counterpart when viewed on the 79-inch LG UB9800 TV we’re currently reviewing, especially on a screen that size. However, native 4K card tower it’s clearly superior, with sharper lines, more detail, and a greater sense of realism.

Native or not, both streams are subject to compression artifacts, which are relatively easy to spot if you move closer to the TV. There’s no question that the compression that Netflix has to use to fit an enormous amount of information into an already crowded Internet pipeline has some negative effects. The same can be said for Netflix’s 1080p streams, though, and in the end, Ultra HD streaming is demonstrably superior.

other than that breaking badNetflix has also announced several other titles that it has added to its list of 4K/UHD finalists, including ghost Busters, ghostbusters 2and The Smurfs 2. To view the new content, users will need to have a newer 4K/UHD TV with a compatible Netflix app, which is based on HEVC (H.265) decoding.

Although it’s gotten off to a slow start, viewers can expect to see more and more UHD content delivered in one form or another as manufacturers try to bring the new technology out of the shadows and into the mainstream.

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