Shouldn't there be enough 4K content by now?

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

The major licensing hurdle has been cleared, in that the content makers are dancing in the streets…https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...no#post8680981 and the encoder/decoder vendors have a clearer picture as to what they have to deal with in terms of royalties so they can now move forward with less inhibition.

Off the top of my head (based on what was displayed at the last CES), the following vendors have hardware to support the decoding of HEVC at 4K (2160p) rez…Qualcomm, Sigma, ViXS, Broadcom, MediaTek, MStar, and ST. On the other hand, hardware support for HEVC encoding is still in its infancy at this time.

Further development of the HEVC codec itself, continues (unlike that for VP9, of which specs are frozen, to the best of my knowledge). HEVC range extension work is very active which includes new profiles as well as Intra profiles

The intent is that Version 2 (range extensions) of the HEVC specification (including such profiles as Main 4:2:2 12, Main 4:2:2 10, Main 4:4:4 12, Main 4:4:4 10, Main 4:4:4 8, monochrome 12, monochrome 16, etc.) will be approved this July. This will be of benefit to professionals in the future.