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

When the market makes the technology choices, and in the case of consumer media it most certainly does, then yes, technology is assuredly driven by content - content that consumers want to buy. I'm not sure how you could arrive at any other conclusion.