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The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K (arstechnica.com)
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[–] xSikes@feddit.online 2 points 10 hours ago

Broadcast towers put out 1080p and satellite broadcasts 1080i. Filmmakers/streaming standard is 1080p. As a filmmaker (producer/ cinematographer) and broadcaster operator, you’re always encoding to scale down due to bandwidth and/or majority of the incapable most due to FCC rules/cost.