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walsufnir on 28 November 2016
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Nymeria said:
walsufnir said:

It is not. It is *also* a matter of bandwidth but also a software issue. More efficient codecs require more computing power to make use of the bandwidth efficiency benefits. This means that the device must have the power and yes, somehow you could describe that as a "special device".

Electronics usually have dedicated hardware for that (so-called ASICs) which is efficient in terms of power and cooling while other devices just "brute-force" that with raw power (like consoles), if they are capable enough.

Okay, so my new 4K TV won't have any content available on it unless I buy one of these newer console updates.  Good to know walsufnir.

Oh, that is not for sure. Some new TVs (or perhas most?) feature HEVC decoding and you will probably be better off with that solution. And it also depends if you have a smart TV and what the streaming providers use for streaming. Which TV do you have?