> Thus - at the same bitrate - higher resolution images might look worse than lower resolution ones.
But the 4K stream is HEVC (H.265) vs H.264 for the other HD streams, so it may not be that simple.
But the 4K stream is HEVC (H.265) vs H.264 for the other HD streams, so it may not be that simple.
What I'd really be interested to see is the House of Cards intro at this bitrate - the 1080p Super HD stream had a lot of really off-putting banding in the clouds.
Eh, it's supposed to, but it's not there yet. The best H.264 encoder (x264) is actually still more efficient than the best H.265 encoders (and MUCH faster).
Development of the H265 encoders is progressing fast though, x265 will likely surpass x264 within the year.
Here's some recent samples (12th June) that compares a very recent build of x265 with x264: http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1683608&postcount=907