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New MPEG format paves the way for UHDTV
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/15/hevc_video_standard/The Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) has outlined a new video compression standard that will enable the broadcast and digital distribution of ultra high definition TV (UHDTV).
High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) is said to offer compression around twice as high as for the current video standard of choice, H.264, and was signed off as a Draft International Standard in July.
Yet to be agreed on is Scalable Video Coding (SVC), a standard the MPEG is now working on and which looks rather important, given that the group says:
The new standard will become an amendment to the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard which targets support of HDTV and Ultra High Definition TV, and will soon be finalized.
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