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Re:The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won by hajile on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @01:18PM (#16117381)
Software can be updated if the hardware support is there. Arguing that new codecs don't have hardware support in older TV's has nothing to do with how patented that codec is. Speculatively adding support for upcoming codecs is easier if you don't have to pay to play.
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