State of the Arts has been taking you on location with the most creative people in New Jersey and beyond since 1981. The New York and Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award-winning series features documentary shorts about an extraordinary range of artists and visits New Jersey’s best performance spaces. State of the Arts is on the frontlines of the creative and cultural worlds of New Jersey.
State of the Arts is a cornerstone program of NJ PBS, with episodes co-produced by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Stockton University, in cooperation with PCK Media. The series also airs on WNET and ALL ARTS.
On this week's episode... Artist, historian and bestselling author Nell Irvin Painter on her book I Just Keep Talking, a collection of her essays interspersed with her art. Also on this week’s episode, in 1974, high school friends Phil Buehler and Steve Siegel rowed out to explore the ruins of Ellis Island and make a film. With the film’s re-release in the NY Times OpDocs series, Phil and Steve revisit the island after 50 years. And at Two River Theater in Red Bank, the world premiere of The Scarlet Letter, Kate Hamill’s stage adaptation of Hawthorne’s classic tale.
| Feature | Amazon 4K Stream | DVD9 (480i/576i) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Bitrate | 15 Mbps (peaks) | 9.8 Mbps (constant) | | Artifacts | Occasional banding in reds | None (solid MPEG-2) | | Audio | Dolby Atmos (lossy) | DD 5.1 (surprisingly punchy) | | Ownership | You own nothing | It’s on your shelf |
Simple: . While streaming versions of Episode 1 ("Welcome to the Slaughterhouse") hover around 4-6 Mbps, this DVD9 disc runs at a constant 9.8 Mbps MPEG-2. That’s not 4K sharpness, but for 480i/576i? It’s shockingly filmic. Plus, this disc is clearly aimed at overseas markets, rental chains, and military bases—places where buffering is the real supervillain.
The file or product "Gen V S02E01 DVD9" does not exist legally or physically at this time.
| Feature | Amazon 4K Stream | DVD9 (480i/576i) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Bitrate | 15 Mbps (peaks) | 9.8 Mbps (constant) | | Artifacts | Occasional banding in reds | None (solid MPEG-2) | | Audio | Dolby Atmos (lossy) | DD 5.1 (surprisingly punchy) | | Ownership | You own nothing | It’s on your shelf |
Simple: . While streaming versions of Episode 1 ("Welcome to the Slaughterhouse") hover around 4-6 Mbps, this DVD9 disc runs at a constant 9.8 Mbps MPEG-2. That’s not 4K sharpness, but for 480i/576i? It’s shockingly filmic. Plus, this disc is clearly aimed at overseas markets, rental chains, and military bases—places where buffering is the real supervillain.
The file or product "Gen V S02E01 DVD9" does not exist legally or physically at this time.
