Furthermore, is changing the game. Technologies like NVIDIA's Video Super Resolution or Topaz Video AI can take a blocky 100MB file and guess the missing pixels in real-time, making it look closer to a 500MB file. As AI accelerators become standard on phones, the "tiny file" may become the default for mobile streaming.

: For users with limited daily data plans, downloading a 100MB file is far more feasible than streaming a multi-gigabyte HD file.

A fascinating stress test of modern codecs. It reveals exactly where HEVC's psychovisual optimizations prioritize human perception over raw fidelity.