Noticed recently that Netflix has been playing movies at kinda a low resolution. I...

[John Sun]

Noticed recently that Netflix has been playing movies at kinda a low resolution.
I know that Firefox/ Chrome only supports Netflix up to 720p, and that Edge/ Internet Explorer lets it go up to 1080p.
But I've noticed that a lot of movies have been playing at 480P on Firefox/ Chrome, but going over to Edge would put it at 1080p (but sometimes still 720p).

For example, Star Wars Rogue one plays at 480p on Chrome/ Firefox, but it plays at 1080P on Edge.
New Pirates of the Caribbean plays at 480P on Chrome/ Firefox but 720P on Edge.

I've tried 3 different computers. I'm on 100mbps internet and I have the Ultra HD plan.
This happening to anyone else?

If you press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + D, you can see your "Playing Bitrate", number in the ( )'s is your resolution.

 

[Sean J. Michelin]

Is Hardware Accelleration enabled on the browsers? Will it play in 1080p if selected?

 

[John Sun]

Chrome/ Firefox is physically unable to play Netflix in 1080p, its limited to 720p.
BUT, movies should be playing at 720p and not 480p :/

Do you have Chrome/ Firefox and Netflix?