Watched GoT via HBO Now web browser (flash player). Quality just wasn't there. I'm no videophile, but I've watched enough TV and internet videos to notice when something is a little "off". Unfortunately, I don't really know the technical terms, but I'll try.
First of all, there was noticeable compression in any dark scenes. The blacks were not a smooth gradient, but instead often noticeable banding.
But even more annoying was some frame 'jitter'. There would be periods of 15-20 seconds where things were normal, followed by 5 seconds where every 10th frame was dropped or something. Very hard to describe. But just...choppy. Enough that it would take me out of the show.
I wondered about some graphics card settings that might help, but I didn't think that should be necessary. I have a decent rig, good video card with latest drivers, fresh install of windows.
Later I tried on iPad, and quality was perfect. So I suspect the Flash video player HBO Now is using has some issues. But if you have an Apple TV or are happy to watch on an iPad, should be no complaints there.
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