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title: CDN Basics
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### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-20-2026-07-00-57-6787-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 20, 2026 Static vs Dynamic Content Caching: How CDNs Handle Both](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/caching-static-and-dynamic-content-how-does-it-work-in-2024?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-19-2026-07-30-22-2800-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 19, 2026 What Is HDR Video? HDR10, HLG and Dolby Vision Basics](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/what-is-hdr-video-hdr10-hlg-and-dolby-vision-basics?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-18-2026-07-30-28-6211-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 18, 2026 Video Resolutions Explained: From 360p to 8K](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/video-resolutions-explained-from-360p-to-8k?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-18-2026-07-00-43-6295-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 18, 2026 cdnjs Explained: How the Public JavaScript CDN Works](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/cdnjs-javascript-libraries-why-developers-still-love-it-2025?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-17-2026-07-30-22-3464-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 17, 2026 MP4 vs WebM: Best Video Format for Web Playback](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/mp4-vs-webm-best-video-format-for-web-playback?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://cdn.leonardo.ai/users/50b20153-23ad-4a4e-9850-7b347a32af23/generations/b3d6d7b8-8f20-4d2c-9fe5-357e185ea152/Default_What_is_the_best_CDN_for_users_from_China_0.jpg) By BlazingCDN October 16, 2026 What is the best CDN for users from China?](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/what-is-the-best-cdn-for-users-from-china?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Asian-Countries-with-their-Capitals.webp) By BlazingCDN October 16, 2026 11 Best CDNs for Asia in 2026: A Workload-Fit Comparison](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/the-ultimate-guide-to-asian-content-delivery-networks-cdns-in-2024?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-May-29-2026-05-38-13-5898-AM.png) By BlazingCDN October 16, 2026 CDN Trends 2025-2026: The Architect's Field Playbook](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/the-future-of-cdns-trends-and-predictions-for-2025?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/database-performance-issues-scaled.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 16, 2026 7 Best CDN Solutions for Startups Scaling Fast in 2026](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/top-7-cdn-for-startup-with-high-traffic?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-May-07-2026-04-02-05-4306-PM.png) By BlazingCDN October 16, 2026 Best Tech Conferences 2026: 17 Events Worth Your Travel Budget](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/must-attend-tech-conferences-in-2025?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Apr-30-2026-11-55-50-0962-PM.png) By BlazingCDN October 16, 2026 CloudFront vs Fastly vs Akamai Pricing in 2026: Full Comparison](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/cost-of-cloudfront-vs-fastly-vs-akamai-2025-comparison?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-May-07-2026-01-46-50-6952-PM.png) By BlazingCDN October 16, 2026 AI CDN Routing in 2026: A Decision Framework for Edge Intelligence](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/edge-ai-routing-content-delivery-networks-2025-innovations?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-May-15-2026-04-24-04-4740-PM.png) By BlazingCDN October 16, 2026 Amazon CloudFront Pricing in 2026: Cost Model for SaaS Teams](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/aws-cloudfront-pricing-explained-saas-scale-2025?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-May-24-2026-03-46-14-2826-AM.png) By BlazingCDN October 16, 2026 Akamai CDN Pricing in 2026: Cost Breakdown & Decision Framework](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/akamai-cdn-cost-calculator-2025?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-May-13-2026-09-37-13-6339-AM.png) By BlazingCDN October 16, 2026 Best Cheap CDN Providers That Pass Core Web Vitals in 2026](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/cheap-cdn-options-core-web-vitals-2025?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-16-2026-07-30-33-2677-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 16, 2026 MKV vs MP4: Which Video Format Should You Use?](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/mkv-vs-mp4-which-video-format-should-you-use?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-May-13-2026-11-32-36-1432-AM.png) By BlazingCDN October 16, 2026 Cloud Cost Management Tools: 75 CTO-Tested Picks for 2026](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/75-top-startup-ctos-cost-cutting-tools-2025?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-May-10-2026-10-24-43-5641-AM.png) By BlazingCDN October 16, 2026 Programmatic TV Buying in 2026: A Technical Playbook](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/programmatic-tv-buying-what-changed-in-2025?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-15-2026-07-30-27-6922-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 15, 2026 Video File Formats Explained: Containers vs Codecs](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/video-file-formats-explained-containers-vs-codecs?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-15-2026-07-00-57-7561-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 15, 2026 Fastly Origin Shield: How Shielding Works and What It Costs](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/understanding-fastlys-origin-shield-and-its-cost-implications?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-14-2026-07-30-23-9310-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 14, 2026 Lossy vs Lossless Compression: Images, Video and Audio](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/lossy-vs-lossless-compression-images-video-and-audio?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-13-2026-07-30-24-3649-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 13, 2026 CBR vs VBR: Choosing a Bitrate Mode for Streaming](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/cbr-vs-vbr-choosing-a-bitrate-mode-for-streaming?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-12-2026-07-30-18-1504-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 12, 2026 What Is a Keyframe? GOP Size and Keyframe Interval](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/what-is-a-keyframe-gop-size-and-keyframe-interval?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-12-2026-07-01-19-9802-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 12, 2026 Azure CDN Setup and Pricing 2026: Front Door Migration Guide](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/set-up-microsoft-cdn-via-azure-step-by-step-guide-pricing-inside?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-11-2026-07-30-21-7745-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 11, 2026 Hardware vs Software Video Encoding: NVENC, QSV and x264](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/hardware-vs-software-video-encoding-nvenc-qsv-and-x264?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-10-2026-07-00-45-3145-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 10, 2026 Vercel Edge Network Explained: How Vercel's CDN Works](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/vercel-cdn-internals-how-edge-network-boosts-nextjs-apps?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-09-2026-07-30-19-6786-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 09, 2026 What Is H.264 (AVC)? The Codec Behind Most Online Video](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/what-is-h-264-avc-the-codec-behind-most-online-video?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-08-2026-07-30-34-5819-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 08, 2026 H.264 vs H.265 (HEVC): Quality, Bitrate and Device Support](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/h-264-vs-h-265-hevc-quality-bitrate-and-device-support?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-07-2026-07-30-22-8193-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 07, 2026 What Is a Codec? Video and Audio Codecs Explained](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/what-is-a-codec-video-and-audio-codecs-explained?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-07-2026-07-01-07-5337-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 07, 2026 Apple CDN Explained: How iCloud, App Store and Apple TV Deliver](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/apple-cdn-infrastructure-icloud-apple-tv-scale-globally?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-06-2026-07-30-20-2950-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 06, 2026 What Is Video Compression? How Codecs Shrink Video](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/what-is-video-compression-how-codecs-shrink-video?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-06-2026-07-01-21-4738-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 06, 2026 Adaptive Bitrate Streaming Best Practices: ABR and LL-HLS on a CDN](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/cdn-stream-optimization-adaptive-bitrate-low-latency-hls?hsLang=en)

[![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-20-2026-07-30-25-5841-AM.jpeg) Video - Video & Streaming](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/hdr10-vs-dolby-vision-differences-for-streaming-platforms?hsLang=en)

Video - Video & Streaming

## [HDR10 vs Dolby Vision: Differences for Streaming Platforms](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/hdr10-vs-dolby-vision-differences-for-streaming-platforms?hsLang=en)

 HDR10 vs Dolby Vision comes down to metadata and licensing. HDR10 is royalty-free and carries one set of static brightness values for an entire title. Dolby Vision carries ...

 Vadym Borovskyi · Oct 20, 2026, 9:33:28 AM [Read article](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/hdr10-vs-dolby-vision-differences-for-streaming-platforms?hsLang=en)

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### [Static vs Dynamic Content Caching: How CDNs Handle Both](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/caching-static-and-dynamic-content-how-does-it-work-in-2024?hsLang=en)

Oct 20, 2026, 9:03:23 AM

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### [What Is HDR Video? HDR10, HLG and Dolby Vision Basics](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/what-is-hdr-video-hdr10-hlg-and-dolby-vision-basics?hsLang=en)

Oct 19, 2026, 9:32:25 AM

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Pricing - Pricing & Costs

### [DigitalOcean Spaces CDN Review: Speed, Pricing and Limits](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/digitalocean-cdn-spaces-app-platform-performance-review?hsLang=en)

Oct 19, 2026, 9:03:39 AM

[![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-18-2026-07-30-28-6211-AM.jpeg)](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/video-resolutions-explained-from-360p-to-8k?hsLang=en)

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### [Video Resolutions Explained: From 360p to 8K](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/video-resolutions-explained-from-360p-to-8k?hsLang=en)

Oct 18, 2026, 9:32:58 AM

[![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-18-2026-07-00-43-6295-AM.jpeg)](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/cdnjs-javascript-libraries-why-developers-still-love-it-2025?hsLang=en)

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### [cdnjs Explained: How the Public JavaScript CDN Works](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/cdnjs-javascript-libraries-why-developers-still-love-it-2025?hsLang=en)

Oct 18, 2026, 9:03:08 AM

[![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-17-2026-07-30-22-3464-AM.jpeg)](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/mp4-vs-webm-best-video-format-for-web-playback?hsLang=en)

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### [MP4 vs WebM: Best Video Format for Web Playback](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/mp4-vs-webm-best-video-format-for-web-playback?hsLang=en)

Oct 17, 2026, 9:32:40 AM

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Video - Video & Streaming

### [HDR10 vs Dolby Vision: Differences for Streaming Platforms](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/hdr10-vs-dolby-vision-differences-for-streaming-platforms?hsLang=en)

HDR10 vs Dolby Vision comes down to metadata and licensing. HDR10 is royalty-free and carries one set of ...

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### [Static vs Dynamic Content Caching: How CDNs Handle Both](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/caching-static-and-dynamic-content-how-does-it-work-in-2024?hsLang=en)

Static assets get year-long TTLs. Dynamic responses get 1 to 60 seconds, and most of the remaining origin ...

Oct 20, 2026, 9:03:23 AM [Read more](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/caching-static-and-dynamic-content-how-does-it-work-in-2024?hsLang=en)

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### [What Is HDR Video? HDR10, HLG and Dolby Vision Basics](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/what-is-hdr-video-hdr10-hlg-and-dolby-vision-basics?hsLang=en)

The precise answer to what is HDR video: high dynamic range video is video encoded with 10-bit or higher ...

Oct 19, 2026, 9:32:25 AM [Read more](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/what-is-hdr-video-hdr10-hlg-and-dolby-vision-basics?hsLang=en)

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Pricing - Pricing & Costs

### [DigitalOcean Spaces CDN Review: Speed, Pricing and Limits](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/digitalocean-cdn-spaces-app-platform-performance-review?hsLang=en)

DigitalOcean CDN (Spaces CDN) is included in the $5 per month Spaces subscription. According to DigitalOcean ...

Oct 19, 2026, 9:03:39 AM [Read more](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/digitalocean-cdn-spaces-app-platform-performance-review?hsLang=en)

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### [Video Resolutions Explained: From 360p to 8K](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/video-resolutions-explained-from-360p-to-8k?hsLang=en)

Video resolutions run from 360p (640 x 360, about 230,000 pixels) to 8K (7680 x 4320, about 33.2 million ...

Oct 18, 2026, 9:32:58 AM [Read more](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/video-resolutions-explained-from-360p-to-8k?hsLang=en)

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### [cdnjs Explained: How the Public JavaScript CDN Works](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/cdnjs-javascript-libraries-why-developers-still-love-it-2025?hsLang=en)

cdnjs is an open-source public JavaScript CDN that serves more than 4,000 libraries (2025 index size) from ...

Oct 18, 2026, 9:03:08 AM [Read more](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/cdnjs-javascript-libraries-why-developers-still-love-it-2025?hsLang=en)

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### [MP4 vs WebM: Best Video Format for Web Playback](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/mp4-vs-webm-best-video-format-for-web-playback?hsLang=en)

For web playback in 2026, ship MP4 (H.264 video, AAC audio) as the universal baseline and add WebM (VP9 or ...

Oct 17, 2026, 9:32:40 AM [Read more](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/mp4-vs-webm-best-video-format-for-web-playback?hsLang=en)

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### [Brotli vs Gzip Compression: Real CDN Performance Compared](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/cdn-compression-performance-brotli-vs-gzip?hsLang=en)

The brotli vs gzip choice depends on where compression runs. Pre-compressed at quality 11, Brotli typically ...

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