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Super high-rez YouTube 1080p video on the way
When YouTube rolled out the ability to upload and stream 720p video last year, only 1% of the uploaded videos took advantage of that crispy clean HD resolution. Now, with that number approaching 10%, YouTube announced it will increase the maximum resolution of videos to 1080p.
Vowing to let users stream video that looks as good or better than the source quality, YouTube Director of Product Management Hunter Walk says the company is re-encoding all the 1080p videos that have been uploaded over the past year, and they're about halfway through that process now.
This is great. YouTube is aiming at that "10 foot experience," while still allowing desktop users and mobile video watchers to enjoy streaming videos at the appropriate resolutions, too. Astonishing stat: users upload 20 hours' worth of video each minute to YouTube.
UPDATE:1080p is now live — here's a sample.
Via NewTeeVee
By Monty at 9:42 PM ON 11/13/09
I bet Comcast & TimeWarner are REALLY going to love that!
By Neotyguy40 at 12:45 AM ON 11/14/09
This means that they actually have a quality web service that can beat the loading and buffering time of other competitors like Vimeo! Ohh wait, it's google... They'll screw everything up for cash. Now they are putting ads in the videos?
By Jeremy at 8:11 AM ON 11/14/09
@ Neotyguy40
Have you got a better idea for them to pay for the bandwidth?
By bob at 10:11 AM ON 11/14/09
If the ads really bother you, use Firefox with AdBlocker Plus. It blocks both text and video ads on youtube.
By Neotyguy40 at 12:06 AM ON 11/15/09
@Jeremy
Well youtube had no problem before it was owned by google. Load times were quick, and you didn't see ads popping up every video.
@Bob
Even the ones inside the videos? I'll download that now if that's the case.
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