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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
VM are still using MP2 for video, so the change to MP4 will help a ton there and will recover bandwidth, as will changes to VOD to improve efficiency.
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Originally Posted by Kushan
I am surprised it took this long for them to dump MPEG2. I understand the need for backwards compatibility, but even so, it's such an old CODEC and better things have been around for over a decade. When you say MP4, is that H.264 then?
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Just to point out that MPEG2 will still be used for SD content and channels as all the SD only boxes are only MPEG2 compatible.
MPEG4 is going to be used for HD only once the SA V+ HD swap activity is completed, as all the other HD boxes (V HD, Samsung V+ HD and TiVo) are MPEG4 compatible.