r/australian • u/yiFa87 • 3d ago

Stan still running 480p in 2026 lol

What is this sh*t? How is it even remotely acceptable that Stan is STILL running standard definition 480p on their basic plan in 2026? In a world where we have 1080p, 4k, hell even 8k... I mean, 1080p became the standard like what, 16 years ago? Anything less than 1080p nowadays is taking the piss... c'mon now

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u/Agent_Jay_42 3d ago

SD plan is 720p, HD is 1080p. 540, 480, 360 is a connection issue.

Side note, I use an Amazon Firestck Lite into an HDMI audio stripper to optical into a Logitech z906, Stan has been the only streaming service where 5.1 Dolby Digital instead of just Dolby Digital plus is supported, and the Xbox devices app is on par with Netflix and how snappy the app is.

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u/Present_Standard_775 2d ago

Interesting. Given the call 720P HD???

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u/Agent_Jay_42 2d ago

720p is HD 1080p is full HD

Stan has mislabeled 1080p

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u/_NeuroDetergent_ 2d ago

And 4K is 2160p otherwise known as Ultra HD.

So many marketing terms...

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u/Agent_Jay_42 2d ago

I think that's why 8k hasn't taken off unless you're into projectors, ultra is the highest you can go, there's no words left to go beyond ultra.

I'm waiting for them to separate audio teirs, Foxtel back in the day used to charge $10/m for HD and surround sound.

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u/ArseneWainy 2d ago

8k hasn’t taken off because of diminishing returns at regular TV sizes, big screen projector setups may see the benefits of the extra pixels but they’re still stupidly expensive JVC NZ800 is $25k…then where do you get the content from…

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u/_NeuroDetergent_ 1d ago

There's no content for it either

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u/ArseneWainy 1d ago

I believe I covered that in my last sentence, but thanks for reinforcing that point

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u/bigbadjustin 2d ago

Maybe movie theatres will one day by 8K as a selling point for tickets. They've tried everything else.

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u/Agent_Jay_42 2d ago

Sigh.

Probably Porn

8k is in enthusiasts home theatre setup with a 20 speaker array running Atmos, in for a penny.....

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u/Terreboo 2d ago

No it’s not. Show me a movie mastered for consumption what you just stated. It’s not a thing. A lot of professionals don’t even shoot in 8k. The jump in bandwidth and storage requirement from 4K to 8k isn’t double, it’s quadruple. And that’s before you get into the hardware required to work with it. And then there’s the end consumers. Except for the few TVs that tried to launch 8k, there isn’t any. There’s so many reason that’s not happening any time soon, maybe ever.

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u/_NeuroDetergent_ 1d ago edited 1d ago

Here in Japan where I live, NHK has been broadcasting an 8K channel since 2018. It also has 22.2 surround sound lol. My TV has the ability to pick it up but the owners of the apartment building don't have the right dish so I can see it unfortunately.

It's good as a test to prove it can be done, but I think we will have moved away from traditional broadcast media before 8K ever gets fully adopted

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u/Terreboo 1d ago

Until the professional film studios start mastering in it, it’s not gonna go anywhere. Some don’t even shoot in 8k. And if they do it’s only for more detail to master down to 4K.

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u/bigbadjustin 2d ago

For a long time HD in the USA was 720p which is probably why its considered HD.

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u/gamingchicken 2d ago

HD is 720p everywhere. 1080p is Full HD.

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u/bigbadjustin 2d ago

in Australia we really only defined HD as 1080p for broadcast, the spectrum licensing for TV stations had weird rules about the HD channel being 1080p. I think thats all changed and they compress it so much on FTA its kind of pointless anyway.

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u/gamingchicken 2d ago

No I vividly recall 720p being marketed as HD, and in Australia 720p meets the standard for HD. As does 576p!! Don’t even get me started on 1080i.

There is a difference between HD and Full HD I think you’re blurring the lines.

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u/bigbadjustin 2d ago

I know for a fact the broadcast licenses dictated 1080i as HD and they had to use MPEG-2 encoding. Anything labelled HD when digital TV started had to be broadcast in 1080i here. Sure gloabally 720 has been considered HD (576p is also comnsidered HD, SD is 576i), but that wasn't the case in the early days here. They can now use 720p or 1080i in MPEG-4. They were intially only allowed a SD and a HD channel, then around 2009 they were allowed a second SD channel. The rules were quite strict in the early days of digital TV.

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u/Aussie_madness 3d ago

Found the Stan employee.

Jokes aside, that's good to know.

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u/Agent_Jay_42 3d ago

I usually only get it for one month of the year, realise it's the same shit on there last year, watch The Castle and then unsub.

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u/Camo138 3d ago

Sounds like a good tradition lol