The point of unlocking early availability of a HEVC conformance point supporting 8K video, as broadcast standards group DVB has just done, is designed to bring cross-device interoperability until further additions are made to DVB specifications through 2022. It comes nearly five months after the DVB approved three video codec candidates to drive its 8K and 4K spec roadmaps – AV1, AVS3, and VVC. There was barely mention of HEVC at the time back in early July, prompting Faultline to ponder why DVB was going against the grain of academic types which we have heard be strongly dismissive of the narrative that 8K adoption will be tied exclusively to the pace of VVC support in consumer devices? The DVB Steering…