Ive been going 1337x.to but the quality is always a little shit. I want the colors to look really nice, you know?

  • darkcalling [comrade/them, she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Site is less important than release group, bitrate, and encoder skill (hence picking release groups with skilled encoders).

    Higher bitrate = more detail but also = larger file size. So stop going for 1GB movie encodes. Of course they look awful.

    Do you have a 4k TV? Look for 2160p releases or 1080p releases with higher bitrates (>7000kbps).

    HDR tonemapping could be an issue if the files have that in them. Try using VLC and MPV and see if one or the other looks noticeably better, it could be an issue with your playback software.

    Also, if you have a 4k TV with HDR try and prefer releases that mention 10bit or HDR in them.

    Find user "QXR" on 1337x. Are their releases any good for you? Still too low quality? Then step up to bigger releases. Search for your movie in the qBittorrent searcher inside the program after updating all the search engines first to install them on first run. Look for Grym, Amiable, FGT releasers and files in the double digit GB size realm. Also look into installing and running along-side it Jackett as that finds a lot more results for obscure things.

    Still not enough? rutracker and find bluray remuxes, you can translate the website with free online tools. If that's inadequate then you'll have to get into a quality private tracker which will admittedly take at least a year or two of persistent effort unless you have a very good friend who trusts you with an invite. That or buy access to one or buy access to usenet or some other direct download stuff.