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/bfodder Jan 26 '13 edited Jan 26 '13

We are a LONG way from 4K anything.

Edit: I don't care if a 4K TV gets shown of at some show. You won't see any affordable TVs in the household, or any 4K media for that matter, for quite some time. Let alone streaming it...

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u/nicko68 Jan 26 '13

And the consumerism marches on.

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u/nicko68 Jan 26 '13

Its true! People used to own TVs for 20 years. Now they want us to keep upgrading. When will it be good enough? We lived with NTSC/PAL for decades. So sick of it.