Many theater chains will open in mid-July, right after the movie opens on Apple +. However, most cinemas will start with much less than maximum capacity, and many movie fans are likely to avoid enclosed spaces until the COVID-19 epidemic has been left behind.
In any case, Hanks and Greyhound It could do much worse than Apple +. With 4K data bit rates in the 29-41 Mb / s range, according to FlatPanelsHD founder Rasmus Larsen, the service offers much higher data rates than Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. That’s not the only way to judge 4K transmission quality, but higher bit rates are generally better, with everything else the same.
Still, Hanks has a point. Blu-ray movies play with more than double that amount of data (100 Mbps) while the DCP format used in theaters operates at speeds of up to 250 Mbps, approximately six times the maximum speed measured on Apple TV +. However, Hanks knows better than most of us that coronavirus is not a problem, especially for the quality of a movie.
