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		lostlogin 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stranger Things creator says turn off “garbage” se... While this is true, looking at it sometimes has quality so bad that I think the displayed resolution is just a complete lie.

sfn42 3 months ago [–]

YouTube does this. When I open a video the quality is set to Auto by default. It'll also show the "actual" quality next to it, like "Auto 1080p". Complete lie. I see this and see the video looks like 480p, manually change to 1080p and it's instantly much better. The auto quality thing is a flat out lie.

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