23-09-2021, 09:01 PM
VMPhil post_id=36847 time= user_id=1043 Wrote:I'm no expert on these things, but I think it's more about how much increased bandwidth the iPlayer servers can handle, after switching to 1080p streams. At the start of the pandemic some services dropped their video quality to cope with the temporary increase in people watching.
The reason iPlayer isn't in 1080 is to save money. I have that from a good source.