Most movies you stream are x264 or 8-bit . The 10bit in this file is overkill for a 2006 family movie. In fact, most standard TVs from 2006 couldn’t even play 10bit color.
So go ahead. Download it. Watch Mumble tap dance. And pour one out for the anonymous encoder who spent three hours tweaking settings just to save you 1MB. Happy.Feet.2006.720p.BluRay.999MB.HQ.x265.10bit...
This file is 4% of the original size. By bitrate logic, this should look like a mosaic of mashed potatoes. Yet, because of that magical x265 codec, it actually looks... fine. Watchable. Good, even. Most movies you stream are x264 or 8-bit
This file represents the viewer’s compromise : It isn't about archiving the best possible version for a theater. It is about the "laptop on a plane" version. The "watch on an iPad in a hotel room" version. Seeing Happy Feet paired with 720p and x265 is weird. Happy Feet won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2007. It was a spectacle. But in the file-sharing world, it became a benchmark. So go ahead
No. Buy the 4K disc if you care about fidelity.
But is it the most interesting way? Absolutely.