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BenMcr · 26-09-2018, 18:39

I have no idea what the reasoning behind it was, so can't really comment on that.

But look at it this way - we used to have MPEG 2 SD and HD with the relevant file size differences

HD has moved to MPEG4 which brings it closer to the MPEG2 sizes of SD.

The UHD channels are HVEC which brings them close to the size of the HD channels when they were on MPEG2.

So it's not far off 'standing still' when it comes to recording space needs, but we will end up with better quality recordings for the same file size usage.

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BenMcr Virgin Media Staff Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Manchester Services: 360 x2, Maxit TV, Sky Sports and Sky Cinema. Gig1 Posts: 17,929	Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018) I have no idea what the reasoning behind it was, so can't really comment on that. But look at it this way - we used to have MPEG 2 SD and HD with the relevant file size differences HD has moved to MPEG4 which brings it closer to the MPEG2 sizes of SD. The UHD channels are HVEC which brings them close to the size of the HD channels when they were on MPEG2. So it's not far off 'standing still' when it comes to recording space needs, but we will end up with better quality recordings for the same file size usage.