Yes, it looks like Netflix only streams 4K on their Premium package.
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Netflix broadcasts in 1080p HDR. HDR is High Dynamic Range.

It's confusing to customers because they've purposely made it confusing to lure more customer ("Oh, I need the BEST Netflix!).

It's no different than 8K TV's. Sure, you can purchase an 8K TV but it's going to be years and years before networks broadcast in 8K.
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4K is resolution, meaning 4,096 pixels from right to left. HDR broadcasts on Netflix will take advantage of every pixel on a 4K TV.

Ultra High Definition has a different set of specs and while most TV's today can provide a UHD picture, the difference won't be as noticeable, if at all.
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QLED is basically an improvement of existing LCD technology, while OLED is a brand new technology.
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I'm pretty sure HDR is actually "High-dynamic-range" and has little to do with resolution.

HDR makes any picture at any resolution look better. Most 4K TVs have some sort of HDR standard nowadays but it didn't use to be that way when 4K first became commonplace.

I'm 95% sure when when Netflix says HD, they mean 1080 and when they say UHD, they mean 4K.

FTR, QHD/WHQD means 2K (I don't believe there are TVs with that resolution but plenty of PC monitors).

So the "high definition" breakdown goes like this:

HD (1080)
QHD (1440)
UHD (2160)

I don't know what kind of HD 8K resolution is.
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That's what I meant. Too much techno babble.

It's all about screen resolution and Netflix has done a horrible job of providing the correct descriptors.

Personally, I can't tell the difference between UHD and HDR on an OLED 4K TV. Disney+ streams in 4K and I can't tell the difference between their 4K content and that of Netflix HDR 1080p in terms of picture quality.
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HDR is about color reproduction and brightness. UHD is about the number of pixels being rendered on your screen.

I do not see any content in 4K on my 4K TV when I use Netflix because I'm only paying for the "Standard" membership. It still looks nice, but it's not 4K.

When I use Amazon Prime and see something in 4K, the difference is rather noticeable.

OLED will not give you more pixels than standard LED either. OLED is superior due the fact that it can produce true blacks which makes your picture look sharper. It also produces other colors at a broader range making your picture look that much more beautiful and vivid. I'm sure it has other advantages too.
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PLEX is free.

Pound sand, NFLX.
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UHD has 4 times the resolution of standard HD.
It's not UHD. 4K is a misnomer. There is no such thing as a "4K Broadcast".

You're seeing the difference between 1080p HDR and true UHD.

Again, no programs are broadcast in 4K. It's marketing babble.
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Yep. Their Q3 earnings report wasn't great. Bottom line is bad, too much cost.
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HDR is actually High Dynamic Range. It's about color/contrast, not resolution.
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Yeah, I mis-typed earlier with all the other techno babble. I'll change that now.

:-)
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Correct. Standard HD is 1080, UHD is 2160.

I wouldn't call "4K" a misnomer, I would call it a synonym to UHD. Both describe the 4096 × 2160 resolution (4K comes from that first set of digits you see there). As far as I know, the terms 4K and UHD are interchangeable like HD and 1080. Back in the day, HD was actually 720 and FHD was 1080. But at this point, I think it's just HD = 1080. :-)

I am not trying to be argumentative or combative, I just want to make it clear what one gets at different memberships levels of Netflix.

Standard gets you HD aka 1080 (actual resolution 1920 x 1080). Premium gets you UHD, aka 4K (actual resolution 4096 × 2160).

I don't know anything about broadcast standards, I just always assumed when they said it was broadcast in 4K, they meant that 4096 × 2160 resolution.
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I haven't watched Netflix in ages. I may subscribe again for Stranger Things.

Seems like I have Hulu and Shudder activated way more often than anything else these days.
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Actually, there are two variants of UHD: 3840x2160 and 7680x4320.

Standard HD is 2048x1080.

But it's not a synonym. One refers to Consumer and the other refers to Professional. Marketing departments have conflated the two terms, which are different.

It's kind of like DAT machines in the early 80's and 90's. "Professional" machines could record at both 48k and 44.1k while "Consumer" machines could only record at 48k.

In reality, the Professional Bit Rate was 48k/24 bit while Consumer was 44.1/16 bit. The reason for this was so that people couldn't copy CD's, which were encoded at 44.1, to a Consumer machine that was locked at 48k.

As I mentioned above, Standard High Definition is 2048x1080 but the displays are only 1920 x 1080.

Also, UHD is a display resolution, not a different encoding mechanism.

Trust me, as someone that scores music to picture and then has to encode the video and audio, then send it back in the required format, this stuff gets really confusing.

The bottom line is that nearly all TV's these days are capable of displaying a standard UHD picture but that doesn't mean that broadcasters are broadcasting true UHD files on their end.
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