Encoding and decoding are also the 8K of the future. Including its AV1 capability, LG’s OLED ZX series, and the Samsung Q950TS, can deliver 8K streaming. Once 8K streaming is firmly established, it is unavoidable that AV1 will be utilized more frequently. According to Netflix, employing AV1 reduces quality dropouts during playing by up to 38 percent while improving startup time by 2%. They also decrease artifacts with 10-bit support. Netflix will need to re-encode its entire repertoire so that the global rollout will take some time.
