MPEG2 was succeeded by MPEG4 (H.264) which was succeeded by HEVC (H.265) which will be succeeded by Versatile Video Coding, also known as VVC or H.266. VVC has now been formally approved for inclusion in future DVB tuners.
What is VVC (H.266)? How is it better than HEVC (H.265)?
VVC (Versatile Video Coding) is a video compression format developed jointly by JVET, VCEG, and MPEG. It is also known under the code names: H.266, ISO / IEC 23090-3, and MPEG-I Part 3. It was finalized two years ago, and the purpose of its creation was to increase the compression efficiency and (hence the name) adapting to the widest possible range of applications.
It means that future 4K and 8K TVs as well as set-top boxes in Europe, Australia and other regions must support VVC decoding to comply with the latest revision of the DVB tuner specification. And once they do, broadcasters can start to broadcast 4K HDR and 8K channels in the new, more efficient video codec.
The revised DVB specification includes four conformance points for VVC, the minimum requirement being a baseline receiver capable of supporting resolutions up to 4K (3840×2160) with HDR. The three additional conformance points cover the support of high frame rates (HFR), and resolutions up to 8K (7680×4320).
VVC in DVB
MPEG2 was succeeded by MPEG4 (H.264) which was succeeded by HEVC (H.265) which will be succeeded by Versatile Video Coding, also known as VVC and H.266. VVC has now been formally approved for inclusion in future DVB tuners. The US relies on the ATSC tuner standard which was recently upgraded to include 4K, HDR, and other next-gen video and audio features. The first ATSC 3.0 tuners came to select LG, Samsung and Sony TVs in 2020.
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