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Originally Posted by wreuven
I believe posters are mistaken who think that HEVC will take a long time to become mainstream. It won't be driven by broadcasters. It will be driven by Apple and IP video delivery costs/quality. Apple will introduce it into some next generation devices in the next few years and the cost/quality benefits will do the rest. 4K video over IP anyone?
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I wouldn't be so sure because HEVC's main advantage is higher compression, but this comes from increased complexity and even decoding will require more CPU power. Since current hardware hardly use all neat h264 features due to performance reasons, It doesn't looks like something even more complex is what they really interested in. (Edit: unless Apple wants the video to drain batteries in their i-stuff faster). Most likely it will face the fate of mpeg4-asp until blurays will be switched by some new purple-rays or whatever-rays and yet another standard will be developed.