After switching to watching Blu-rays, streaming feels like a major quality downgrade

A personal account comparing Blu-ray disc quality to streaming services, arguing that physical media delivers significantly superior video and audio. Blu-ray discs offer bitrates up to 144Mbps versus streaming's ~40Mbps peak, 10-bit color, and lossless audio at 24-bit/192kHz, making streaming look like a 720p YouTube video by comparison. The author recommends Blu-ray for serious movie watching while reserving streaming for casual content, and notes that physical media is increasingly hard to find as retailers shrink their inventories.