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by ta1243 585 days ago
It's quite possible for one broadcasters 480p30 to be a higher bitrate than another broadcasters 720p60

I remember watching the last season of Game of Thrones on one streaming provider, which topped out about 3.5mbit but claimed it was "1080p".

Give me a 15mbit 640x480 over 3.5mbit of 1920x1080 for that type of material any day.

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> It's quite possible for one broadcasters 480p30 to be a higher bitrate than another broadcasters 720p60

Yes, I don't think anyone's disputing that.

> I remember watching the last season of Game of Thrones on one streaming provider, which topped out about 3.5mbit but claimed it was "1080p".

Why the scare quotes? That's a perfectly reasonable bitrate using modern compression like H.265, especially for a TV show that's filmed at 24 fps.