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Re:The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won by wmf on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @02:46PM (#16118289)
Tunerless TVs are definitely happening, but they are all smart TVs that need HEVC to support Netflix/Amazon/etc.
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Re:The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won by ZeroGravitas on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @03:19PM (#16118647)
Netflix and Amazon are founder members of the AOM that is developing and promoting AV1. If the smart dongle or TV supports AV1 they'll preferentially use that to get better quality at lower bandwidths.
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Re:The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won by ryanplant-au on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @03:29PM (#16118742)
Netflix and Amazon are both moving to AV1, so while that's true today, it won't be for long.
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Re:The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won by lern_too_spel on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @05:55PM (#16119923)
Smart TVs need to support VP9 for YouTube 4k. Netflix works with VP9 too, so HEVC doesn't seem necessary.
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