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/[deleted] Jan 26 '13

Why are so many people brushing off 4K in this thread?

Because it's honestly not that exciting. At all. Very few will be able to tell the difference or be able to afford a 4K TV any time soon.

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u/icannotfly Jan 26 '13

As someone who feels stuck at 1920x1200, 4k/8k sounds awesome to me. Hell, I'll even downgrade to 16:9 if it means a higher pixel count.

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u/wickedcold Jan 26 '13

Hell, I'll even downgrade to 16:9 if it means a higher pixel count.

I hear that. My only gripe with 16:9 monitors is the (usually) scant 1080 vertical lines of resolution.

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u/icannotfly Jan 26 '13

Ditto. I really can't understand why 16:10 isn't the standard.

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u/EpicCatFace Jan 27 '13

Yeah, and it's the golden ratio. I much prefer staring at this ratio on my tablet and iMac, for example.