I have this same issue playing x265 1080p 8-10bit content.
if I drop the res of my 1080p files by half it disappears.
if I change the codec from x265 to x264 it also fixes the problem.
I have only seen the problem with NTSC. but have 4k NTSC that work fine...
I have a pal 1080p 10bit video with much higher bitrates which does not suffer the same artifacts.