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anon anon
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Re: What is the point of 4K

Hey txfeinbergs you realize that even blu-ray is severly compressed.
tech_head
join:2001-03-01
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There is no hardware for H.265.
Most providers, Dish, Comcast, etc still have not fully gone to H.264. Even though ATSC has supported H.264 since 2008, how many TV sets can receive those broadcasts?

4K TV, really? How large does the TV have to be for you to be able to tell the difference at a reasonable difference.
tech_head

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There is no hardware for H.265.
Most providers, Dish, Comcast, etc still have not fully gone to H.264. Even though ATSC has supported H.264 since 2008, how many TV sets can receive those broadcasts?

4K TV, really? How large does the TV have to be for you to be able to tell the difference at a reasonable difference.

With no hardware to decode H.265 in the field and providers still struggling to get H.264 deployed. Getting this anytime soon is a pipe dream.
pb2k
join:2005-05-30
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For the time being, H.265 will be of far more use in internet video. I wouldn't expect to see any cable/sat/iptv deployments for upwards of a decade.
34764170 (banned)
join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON

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said by pb2k:

For the time being, H.265 will be of far more use in internet video. I wouldn't expect to see any cable/sat/iptv deployments for upwards of a decade.

Having to buy new encoders on the backend and roll out new STBs or users upgrading TVs is a lot of work and would take forever. cable/sat providers need to finish converting to H.264 from MPEG-2 first before even thinking about H.265 at all; not that they will any time soon.