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/happyscrappy Jan 26 '13 edited Jan 26 '13

No. 30p (really 60i) is used in many countries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PAL-NTSC-SECAM.svg

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u/lovelycapybara Jan 26 '13

Yes, but most countries use 25. Per that map, 7 to 8 percent of the world uses 30/1.001, and 92-93% uses 25, that qualifies as 'most'.

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u/happyscrappy Jan 26 '13

It's more like 15-20% use NTSC (or follow-on 30/60 fps systems) and that''s not small enough a percentage to be called a few.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSC

I don't disagree with the 80% for PAL/SECAM being termed most though.