We have started rolling out a change to clients (see the recent Smart TV and HTPC release notes) to increase the default internet/remote streaming quality from 4Mbps 720p to 12Mbps 1080p. (Roku and Apple should see this in their next release or so). While this is not “Max Quality” as many would like, it is a step in the right direction and should elevate some transcoding.
I want to see it change to “Max Quality/Original” just as much as others, but we need to ensure that raising this doesn’t end up having a negative effect with increased buffering. This is why we are doing this in stages along with the continued work behind the scenes on bringing the automatic quality work we shipped on Android, to more clients.
