Sele81 t1_it96wyu wrote on October 21, 2022 at 9:14 PM

In Germany we don’t even have proper Full-HD TV channels. If you want Full-HD you have to pay extra money for free channels. 4K is still future tech for some reason.

palegate t1_it9mi2r wrote on October 21, 2022 at 11:11 PM

That reason most likely being bandwidth.

Equadex t1_it9wsp8 wrote on October 22, 2022 at 12:32 AM

They could use modern compression techniques like HEVC or VVC. It's a solved problem.

[deleted] t1_it9th1n wrote on October 22, 2022 at 12:06 AM

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Starold t1_itbpfsk wrote on October 22, 2022 at 12:38 PM

4K content is not coming from TV channels, but from internet based sources.

Sele81 t1_itbrv0k wrote on October 22, 2022 at 1:01 PM

I am Turkish/German living in Germany and Turkey. In Turkey we for example have TRT 4K. It’s free over cable and all series and stuff are in 4K. Almost all free TV channels are HD/Full-HD. In Germany most free channels are SD. If you want HD or even Full-HD you pay money. 4K is only available on Sky.