Looking to make the jump to 265, which provider?

by KalynnCampbell

TLDR: for a better selection of h265 channels, which between 02k/iptvsubs/other would you choose?

Longer:

I can’t even stand 264 anymore when it comes to downloads/VOD streams/etc., and now with all the shared bandwidth I’m currently using (check the caps that Cox Cable puts out, now imagine sharing that bandwidth across a family) so I don’t know why I put up with 264 streams from IPTV.

For cost access vs quality, Helix has been reliable enough, but its stuck in time while others seem to be moving forward. Especially when I go to download a video and just for kicks look at the size difference between the two codecs, it’s astonishing. They’re not even the least bit comparable in terms of quality-size ratio anymore. Especially now when going solid state for my media server.

Most of the topics on 02k and IPTVsubs are from a year back, so I’m wondering their current standing. I’m running an Alpha with Win10 as a settop box (with my hacked frontend replacing the windows shell/explorer.exe) and have it finally stable, so I’m wondering

Which of the two providers is currently offering more of their channels at 265? Is it a handful, most, or all at this point now that they’ve been “transitioning”?

I’ll likely be deleting most of the news/sports/foreign/music/etc. channels from the m3u and just be watching the major networks, cable networks, and movie channels (so I’m not really concerned with all the complaints about ppv events and live sports lag that I’ve read about, if that’s still an issue as it is)

jimraso

ok2 uses h265, and their picture quality is beyond bad. anyone who tells you otherwise is full of it. most of their streams are SD.

ambulancePilot

As it stands currently, I think it is cheaper overall to use the 264 codec. Less processing power required on both ends, and bandwidth is relatively cheap. Not many IPTV providers use 265.