HP and Dell Disable HEVC Support Built Into Their Laptops' CPUs

BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Some Dell and HP laptop owners have been befuddled by their machines' inability to play HEVC/H.265 content in web browsers, despite their machines' processors having integrated decoding support. Lapto…

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Dell and HP turned off HEVC decoding on recent laptops without telling anyone

3 months / techspot

Dell and HP disable hardware H.265 decoding on select PCs due to rising royalty costs — companies could save big on HEVC royalties, but at the expense of users

3 months / tomshardware

HP and Dell Disable HEVC Support Built Into Their Laptops' CPUs

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

HP and Dell cut HEVC support in some laptops

3 months / engadget / Mariella Moon

HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops' CPUs

3 months / arstechnica

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