Columbia Pictures

remmy90

Why am I finding this strange with everyone saying its columbia pictures or its sony movies I find that to not be true one bit can you post titles for me to try to see if this is actually true. I have never ran in to a issue way with netflix. Like Venom Lat Dance that was posted before So please post some other titles I can try

Stan001

Why am I finding this strange with everyone saying its columbia pictures or its sony movies I find that to not be true one bit can you post titles for me to try to see if this is actually true. I have never ran in to a issue way with netflix. Like Venom Lat Dance that was posted before So please post some other titles I can try

I am guessing this is if you're talking about the 540p maximum resolution for specific Netflix movies.

Originally posted by Horgul123 View Post
Is this a known issue

Yep

Film Production is Columbia Pictures
is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group

It's a Sony - info
Germania

Originally posted by Germania View Post
Since mid Oct 2023 NF only offers 540p for Sony and Universal Movies, if Widevine
Software Decryption is used. Better quality is only with Hardware Decryption.

A direct link to find Sony movies >here

If you're getting better results, consider yourself lucky.

If it's some other issue with Netflix, can you be more specific, please?

Germania

If you're getting better results, consider yourself lucky.
Stan001

In very rare cases, there are movies that have a different
distributor in the USA, for example, than in other countries.
Then it is possible for NF to offer >540p for Chrome/SF.

Why am I finding this strange with everyone saying its columbia pictures or its sony movies
I find that to not be true one bit can you post titles for me to try to see if this is actually true.
I have never ran in to a issue way with netflix. Like Venom Lat Dance that was posted before
remmy90

If you find that, I would rather reverse it:
Name me a movie from Columbia Pictures or Sony
that is still offered in >540p in Chrome/SF by NF

> So please post some other titles I can try

Examples Production or Distributor Columbia Pictures at NF (more here):

Abigail
Fifty Shades of Grey
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Inglourious Basterds
Kung Fu Panda 4
Ma
Sing
Sing: Thriller
Speak No Evil
The Fall Guy
The Hunt
Violent Night

These are only the titles that I have confirmed in the forum or chat

Stan001

Sadly, I just accept the 540p, it sadly also seems many of the movies I tend to like end up only 540p. You can either enlarge or software encode to a higher resolution. I did it to a few movies and never saw any flaws in doing so, and then playing via Plex on my 40" 1080p TV.
To always test Netflix itself, look for a movie with the BIG RED N, and you can rest assured that they are in 1080p.
When that stops, it's either a Netflix issue or an SF issue, or time to drop Netflix.

Netflix, I just don't say as much anymore. One other option is to try justwatch.com and see if another provider you have access to gives it in at least 720p, if not full 1080p.

In very rare cases, there are movies that have a different
distributor in the USA, for example, than in other countries.
Then it is possible for NF to offer >540p for Chrome/SF.

And if people are lucky enough, then they should take advantage of that.