JioHotstar Premium 4K is a total scam on PC — paying customers getting cheated
Bhai log, seriously need to vent about this JioHotstar nonsense.
I paid good money for the Premium 4K plan thinking I'll finally enjoy proper quality content on all my devices. On my LG C5 , Works perfectly, buttery 4K, no complaints there except for asli 4k logo . But the moment I try to watch anything on my PC, it becomes a complete joke. My monitor is 21:9 ultrawide, and JioHotstar shows the video in a tiny little windowed box with thick black bars on ALL FOUR sides. Not just letterboxing, full postcard-size video in the middle of my screen. Looks like I'm watching content from 2005. And forget about 4K on PC — that option simply doesn't exist in browser, no matter what plan you have.
Cancelling my subscription today. Going back to r/piracy where at least the "free" service respects my monitor's resolution. Absolute joke of a platform.
If anyone from JioHotstar reads this , fix your PC/browser player or stop calling it "Premium 4K." You're just conning people at this point.
TL;DR: Paid for 4K, works only on TV, PC gets a black-bordered window with no 4K option. Have to use Chrome extensions and NVIDIA VSR to make it bearable. Scam service. Sailing the high seas from now on. 🏴☠️
To make it even watchable , I have to
- Install a separate Chrome extension just to stretch the video properly
- Enable NVIDIA RTX VSR (Video Super Resolution) on my GPU to upscale the garbage quality they're serving
- Basically use my own hardware and third-party tools to fix what THEY should be providing
