x264 video codec developer Dark Shikari blogged about [1][2] this "fake sharpness" phenomenon. Early H.264 encoders produced excessively smooth, deblocked video

x264 video codec developer Dark Shikari blogged about [1][2] this "fake sharpness" phenomenon. Early H.264 encoders produced excessively smooth, deblocked video, which made them look worse compared to MPEG-4 ASP (like Xvid), despite former being a newer, objectively better format. Wavelet-transform compressors like JPEG2000 had a similar problem vs. blocky JPEGs. People's tastes are subjective, though, so it's good to have options. [1] Archive.org: http://web.archive.org/web/20141124213159/http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/archives/317#more-317 http://web.archive.org/web/20141124213159/http://x264dev.mul... [2] Archive.is: http://archive.is/K7jKA http://archive.is/K7jKA