What’s scary is that I think the owner of userbenchmark actually believes that statement. Which might explain how he’s so out of touch that he thinks his own crap doesn’t stink and deserves to be locked behind a subscription. I’m just sad that there might be a not insignificant number of people that pay for it.
The viewing options OP listed should all work with AV1, I think they were just worried by the preset names. Plus, hardware support should only get better.
OP, you should be able to adjust settings after you select a preset, so you can pick different dimensions/frame rates/audio codecs/etc.
Side note, I’ve found that the matroska container is the easiest one for me to use if I want better subtitle support.