HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding)

HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) also known as H.265 is a video compression standard that is being pushed as the successor of H.264. The creators are claiming half the file size at the same level of video quality and can support 8K UHD (upto 8192x4320).

Many are claiming that in order for UHD to survive, it'll need to adopt and push for HEVC. While it's true H.264 can only support upto 4K currently and only at the highest profile with limited support, that's far from saying that UHD needs HEVC to survive. It'd be interesting to see if there's any other codecs that will pop out in the mean time.

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