A method for delivering media to a playback device, the method comprising: outputting, by a first playback device and during a first test measurement session, first test media to be viewed by a first user; receiving a first user input from the first user, the first user input related to a first perception of the first test media by the first user and indicating a first personalized quality of experience of the first user with respect to the first test media; generating, with one or more electronic processors, a first personalized sensitivity profile including one or more viewing characteristics of the first user and/or of an environment in which the first user is viewing the first playback device based on the first user input; determining, with the one or more electronic processors and based at least in part on the first personalized sensitivity profile, a first media parameter for increasing an efficiency of media delivery to the first playback device over a network while preserving the first personalized quality of experience of the first user; and providing, by a media server over the network, first output media to the first playback device in accordance with the first media parameter, the first output media configured to be output with the first playback device, wherein the first test media includes a plurality of hybrid images and the first user input includes a plurality of user inputs, each of the hybrid images being a static image that tends to have distinct interpretations depending on a user's viewing capabilities and environmental factors and/or that produces two or more distinct interpretations to a user that change as a function of spatial frequency range and/or viewing distance, each of the first user inputs being received in response to a respective hybrid image of the plurality of hybrid images, and wherein determining the first media parameter includes: retrieving, with the one or more electronic processors and from a memory, a generic objective model configured to control media streaming based on at least one of resource availability of the network and playback system parameters; transforming, with the one or more electronic processors, the generic objective model into a personalized objective model using the first personalized sensitivity profile; and providing, by the media server over the network, the first output media to the first playback device in accordance with the personalized objective model. outputting, by a first playback device and during a first test measurement session, first test media to be viewed by a first user; receiving a first user input from the first user, the first user input related to a first perception of the first test media by the first user and indicating a first personalized quality of experience of the first user with respect to the first test media; generating, with one or more electronic processors, a first personalized sensitivity profile including one or more viewing characteristics of the first user and/or of an environment in which the first user is viewing the first playback device based on the first user input; determining, with the one or more electronic processors and based at least in part on the first personalized sensitivity profile, a first media parameter for increasing an efficiency of media delivery to the first playback device over a network while preserving the first personalized quality of experience of the first user; and providing, by a media server over the network, first output media to the first playback device in accordance with the first media parameter, the first output media configured to be output with the first playback device, wherein the first test media includes a plurality of hybrid images and the first user input includes a plurality of user inputs, each of the hybrid images being a static image that tends to have distinct interpretations depending on a user's viewing capabilities and environmental factors and/or that produces two or more distinct interpretations to a user that change as a function of spatial frequency range and/or viewing distance, each of the first user inputs being received in response to a respective hybrid image of the plurality of hybrid images, and wherein determining the first media parameter includes: retrieving, with the one or more electronic processors and from a memory, a generic objective model configured to control media streaming based on at least one of resource availability of the network and playback system parameters; transforming, with the one or more electronic processors, the generic objective model into a personalized objective model using the first personalized sensitivity profile; and providing, by the media server over the network, the first output media to the first playback device in accordance with the personalized objective model. retrieving, with the one or more electronic processors and from a memory, a generic objective model configured to control media streaming based on at least one of resource availability of the network and playback system parameters; transforming, with the one or more electronic processors, the generic objective model into a personalized objective model using the first personalized sensitivity profile; and providing, by the media server over the network, the first output media to the first playback device in accordance with the personalized objective model.