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Re:A Sneak Peek Comparison of x264, x265, and libvpx by kristofferR on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @02:31AM (#12387932)
x265 is actually worse than x264 on high bitrate content, which is why its use is banned on private trackers where picture quality is totally paramount.

x265 tends to smooth out film grain that x264 preserves at high bitrates. That being said - Netflix has never offered x264 content at sufficiently high bitrates (visually indistinguishable to Blu-ray quality) anyway, so it's a moot point.

Re:A Sneak Peek Comparison of x264, x265, and libvpx by kozak on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @05:25AM (#12388522)
Sound like a very real concern. But I also remember the same complaints back in MPEG-2 vs h.264 times. We need some objective benchmark for this.