HP and Dell Disable HEVC Support Built Into Their Laptops . . . 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 Laptops with sixth-generation Intel Core and later
HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs Details of the Disabling of HEVC Support Users of Dell and HP laptops have reported issues with playing HEVC content in web browsers, despite their machines being equipped with sixth-generation Intel Core processors or later, which inherently support HEVC decoding Additionally, AMD has included HEVC support in its laptop chips since 2015
Why HP and Dell Laptops are Disabling HEVC Support: Cost . . . The HEVC Dilemma: A Costly Decision for HP and Dell In a surprising move, HP and Dell, two leading laptop manufacturers, have decided to disable HEVC support, a video compression standard, built into their CPUs This decision comes with a twist, as it's linked to the upcoming increase in associated
HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs Laptops with sixth-generation Intel Core and later processors have built-in hardware support for HEVC decoding and encoding AMD has made laptop chips supporting the codec since 2015 However, both Dell and HP have disabled this feature on some of their popular business notebooks