Mogsworth wrote:
I only torrent things I can't stream legally. Because you know what's good? Actually monetarily supporting the folks who provide you with your entertainment. :T Animators need to make money, too, y'know. They make too little as is already.
Keep in mind that outside US, the situation isn't quite as great. Basically cruchyroll is the only one accessible outside US, and it is only some shows you can watch. Even popular shows like Bakemonogatari, Madoka and Attack on Titan, were unavailable and still are. (This season actually wasn't too bad, several of the popular ones were available.)
Mogsworth wrote:
Also, stream video quality isn't actually that bad, provided you have a stable connection. Nobody needs 1080p during broadcast in general (most anime is made in 720p anyway, 1080p bluray releases are a different story) and streaming 720p isn't actually that bad. Not every stream is like the free video streams people are used to, ffs.
I'm actually doing proper comparisons on video quality from time to time, I'm not someone that will simply sit and accept whatever shit is thrown to my face. I'm comparing against crunchroll against fansub encodes, also sometimes finding the TS from the Japanese TV broadcasts (which were quite interesting actually, if you are the slightest interested in video compression), to evaluate the fansub encodes better.
I'm mentioning the 1080p steams because they usually aren't too bad, upscale or not. They do still tend to have quite a bit of banding, and sometimes more significant issues. Varies from show to show though. The 720p have the same issues, just worse, so you would be better off watching the 1080p downscaled to 720p, than watching the provided 720p.