AV1 isn't just for 4K, though. Netflix recently showed a demo of 720p AV1 at only 200kbps. It should massively improve the low end - in fact, maybe the low end

AV1 isn't just for 4K, though. Netflix recently showed a demo of 720p AV1 at only 200kbps. It should massively improve the low end - in fact, maybe the low end first because lower resolution streams are the fastest to encode.