Looks as if H.264 is on the way out. The International Telecommunication Union has introduced "recommendation ITU-T H.265" or just H.265 for short. With 4K on the horizon, it was inevitable that a new, more powerful compression standard was going to replace the current standard. H.265 bring one very important feature to video-hungry consumers:
The ITU also adds they believe this will be the standard for the next decade.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/25/3917072/new-h-265-video-standard-approved-will-allow-for-high-quality-video-half-bit-rate
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the ability to reproduce quality imagery at half the bitrate required with H.264.
The ITU also adds they believe this will be the standard for the next decade.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/25/3917072/new-h-265-video-standard-approved-will-allow-for-high-quality-video-half-bit-rate
