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Mystrider
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Bitrate needs improvement on 1080p, at least for Pro users

Even on a wired CCU, on a 1080p tv, with a great connection and Pro, Stadia looks more 720p. The scary thing is whenever I switch between 720p and 1080p it looks the same. Otherwise the performance is amazing.

It’s very annoying when people interrogate me like my set up is wrong, but it’s perfect and I’ve tested/troubleshooted everything extensively. There is categorically nothing wrong on my end. I’m not the only one complaining about this either.

If the bitrate was higher I would be totally on board with this platform, but right now I’m avoiding buying more games until it’s improved. I don’t care about graphics that much but I do want image clarity to at least be as good as my PS4. 

So, 1080p tv users on Pro should at least get a higher bitrate if they obviously can’t get the 4K stream. Otherwise we’re paying the same money for the free experience and that’s wrong. 

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DonTonyDeluca
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I fully agree, the bitrate used for 1080p is much lower, disproportionately so, compared to the 4k screen. There is so much banding and artifacts in the 1080p stream compared to the 4k stream, which is clearly a result of the lower bitrate used. 

 

Google, up your game and quit making such ridiculous decisions. 

 

Also, make Stadia support surround sound through ARC, not just eARC...

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Astharyel
Community Member

I have Stadia since it was released. At first I was amazed with the CCU on TV and 4K, but since I mostly use my laptop now, it has been awful. My connection is good, VP9 is working, but the bitrate for the 1080 option is too low. The games look like a blurry 720p mess, and since then, I stopped using the service. I really hope they adress this problem, giving a decent quality to free and Pro members who use the 1080 setting.

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laGrossePistach
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

If you use a laptop to play, just download stadia enhanced extension for google chrome. It's very useful to stream in 4k on a 1080p screen.. so no more blurry screen !

But yes.. they should improve 1080p stream.. it's kind of bad

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