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Originally Posted by Sagittaire
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Yeah, no doubt it is useful for H.264.
But I've not seen any papers or real-world demonstrations that the same is true for HEVC. Maybe it is, but I don't think we should assume it, because there are downsides to going to 10-bit. Among other things, relying on the playback device to do a high quality conversion to its native color space, which outside of recent high-end TVs, is generally 8-bit in pipeline, link, or panel.
So, let's validate that 10-bit works better than 8-bit for 8-bit sources in HEVC before we march on assuming it is.