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> What year did we all suddenly stop using the term "video-on-demand" and start saying "streaming"?

"VOD" is still used pretty frequently in some contexts to distinguish between live and prerecorded video. It's common parlance on Twitch, for example.

> An ancient antenna on my roof can still kick Youtube's ass when it comes to clarity and resolution.

How so? ATSC is MPEG-2 at an absolute maximum of ~18 Mbps - and most broadcasters cut it down much lower than that to add subchannels. It doesn't support 1080p60 video at all, only 1080p30 or 720p60. Youtube routinely uses higher resolutions and bitrates, as well as newer codecs (H.264 at the oldest).



The grandparent poster may be talking about ATSC 3.0 which has been rolling out for a while. H.265 at a reported 28-36Mbps is nothing to sneeze at!


YouTube recommends encoding master files for 1080p30 at 8 Mbps.

BluRay tends to encode 1080p30 at 50 Mbps

ATSC using 18 Mbps for 1080p30 is quite a lot in comparison.




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