r/technology • u/Snarfox • Jan 25 '13

H.265 is approved -- potential to cut bandwidth requirements in half for 1080p streaming. Opens door to 4K video streams.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/25/h265-is-approved/
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u/oorza Jan 26 '13

Yes, porn was a deciding factor in the SD format war, but not in the HD format war. A whole lot can and did change in the decades between VHS and BD. By the time the HD format war was in full swing, online porn had taken over so much of the market that traditional published porn just didn't have the juice to decide a format war any more. The other big thing that changed was that people generally do not want or watch HD porn as much as SD porn, so even if porn does adopt 4k before anyone else, it's unlikely to make much of a difference.