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YouTube 4K resolution paywall experiment has been ‘fully turned off’

In the first week of October, YouTube scared us by locking 4K resolutions behind the YouTube Premium paywall for some users. 

At the time, the limitation didn’t seem to be affecting all users, and might have just been a region-based test.

Now, in a reply to a Twitter user, YouTube says that the 4K paywall was an experiment that has been “fully turned off.” “Viewers should now be able to access 4K resolutions without Premium membership,” writes YouTube.

The platform does not explain why the test was conducted or why it isn’t going through with the change. It’s likely that a ton of negative feedback regarding the paywall caused YouTube to walk back the test

YouTube Premium is priced at $11.99/month or $111.99/annually in Canada and allows users to play videos completely ad-free, in the background, download videos for offline viewing and provides access to YouTube Music Premium.

Source: @TeamYouTube

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Disney+ relaunches on PlayStation 5 with 4K HDR support

Disney has globally relaunched its Disney+ app on PlayStation 5 consoles to add support for 4K HDR.

It’s available at no additional cost with a Disney+ subscription, priced at $11.99/month or $119.99/year in Canada. The Disney+ app can be downloaded from the PS5’s Media section.

To find out which titles support 4K, head to the ‘4K Ultra HD HDR’ collection on the Disney+ homepage or use the ‘Ultra HD and HDR’ filter on the movies and series pages.

Other streaming services, like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, already supported 4K HDR on PS5. It should be noted that the improved video quality isn’t available on the PS4 Pro.

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Your iPhone 13 Pro needs at least 256GB of storage for 4K ProRes recording

One of the big new iPhone 13 Pro features Apple touted during the event was recording video using the ProRes video codec.

However, more details about the capability listed on Apple’s website, as spotted by iPhone in Canada, show that the storage will limit ProRes recording capabilities on your iPhone 13 Pro.

“ProRes video recording up to 4K at 30 fps (1080p at 30 fps for 128GB storage),” reads Apple’s ‘Tech Specs’ page for the iPhone 13 Pro. Further, the fine print at the bottom notes the feature will come “later this fall,” indicating that ProRes won’t even be available on the iPhone 13 Pro at launch.

That means any iPhone customer planning to get the most out of the camera’s video capabilities will want to fork out an extra $250+ for the 256GB option ($1,539 for the 256GB iPhone 13 Pro, $1,689 for the 256GB Pro Max).

It’s also worth noting that the regular iPhone 13 and 13 mini do not have ProRes recording support.

Apple describes ProRes as providing “an unparalleled combination of multistream, real-time editing performance, impressive image quality, and reduced storage rates.” You can learn more about it here.

Of course, this only matters if you really care about ProRes video. My guess is most people won’t. However, those who do will want to make sure they get an iPhone 13 Pro with at least 256GB of storage.

Source: Apple Via: iPhone in Canada

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Your iPhone 13 Pro needs at least 256GB of storage for 4K ProRes recording

One of the big new iPhone 13 Pro features Apple touted during the event was recording video using the ProRes video codec.

However, more details about the capability listed on Apple’s website, as spotted by iPhone in Canada, show that the storage will limit ProRes recording capabilities on your iPhone 13 Pro.

“ProRes video recording up to 4K at 30 fps (1080p at 30 fps for 128GB storage),” reads Apple’s ‘Tech Specs’ page for the iPhone 13 Pro. Further, the fine print at the bottom notes the feature will come “later this fall,” indicating that ProRes won’t even be available on the iPhone 13 Pro at launch.

That means any iPhone customer planning to get the most out of the camera’s video capabilities will want to fork out an extra $250+ for the 256GB option ($1,539 for the 256GB iPhone 13 Pro, $1,689 for the 256GB Pro Max).

It’s also worth noting that the regular iPhone 13 and 13 mini do not have ProRes recording support.

Apple describes ProRes as providing “an unparalleled combination of multistream, real-time editing performance, impressive image quality, and reduced storage rates.” You can learn more about it here.

Of course, this only matters if you really care about ProRes video. My guess is most people won’t. However, those who do will want to make sure they get an iPhone 13 Pro with at least 256GB of storage.

Source: Apple Via: iPhone in Canada