

The move to 480p seems to have coincided with this story breaking, so they are likely related. I suspect this decision was made by Netflix in the wake of the recent DRM vulnerability uncovered in Widevine.

I would encourage Martin to amend the story (or write a new one) with this additional info. There are many many more examples that max out at 480p in Chrome, but go to 1080p in Edge.

One example of a show is Parks and Recreation.
#HD TAG MISSING FOR NETFLIX ORIGINALS 720P#
It seems like Netflix originals are still 720p in Chrome, but many other shows and movies are not. Recently, Netflix silently dropped support of even 720p in Chrome for many (but not all) titles. This is a great article, however the difference between Chrome and Edge is even more extreme than presented in it. Update: A Chrome and Firefox add-on is available now which unlocks 1080p playback on Netflix in those browsers. This is especially important if you are using a native application or a system browser on Windows or Mac as they should deliver 1080p if the video is provided in the quality and the Internet connection supports the bandwidth needed to stream in HD. If your Internet connection supports the minimum bandwidth for HD, select High to enforce HD playback if supported.Īnother thing that you can do is check the Netflix speed index to make sure your Internet Service Provider delivers the required bandwidth to watch streams in HD.
