Comments on: Higher Video Quality for YouTube Arrives http://www.infohole.com/blog/technology/higher-video-quality-for-youtube-arrives/ A blog by Gordon R. Page Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:30:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: gordonrp http://www.infohole.com/blog/technology/higher-video-quality-for-youtube-arrives/comment-page-1/#comment-78 gordonrp Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:38:19 +0000 http://www.InfoHole.com/blog/technology/higher-video-quality-for-youtube-arrives#comment-78 It will be a while until full "HD" streaming is a standard, but Youtube's previous encoding settings lost a lot of quality even from a SD camera etc. So this improvement in quality is a great step forward. Dailymotion.com offer free 720p HD streaming. My point being not that YouTube are closer to HD offering, but they are much better off with this rollout as their previous encoding settings were a turn off for many people. It will be a while until full “HD” streaming is a standard, but Youtube’s previous encoding settings lost a lot of quality even from a SD camera etc. So this improvement in quality is a great step forward.

Dailymotion.com offer free 720p HD streaming.

My point being not that YouTube are closer to HD offering, but they are much better off with this rollout as their previous encoding settings were a turn off for many people.

]]> By: Phil http://www.infohole.com/blog/technology/higher-video-quality-for-youtube-arrives/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Phil Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:41:41 +0000 http://www.InfoHole.com/blog/technology/higher-video-quality-for-youtube-arrives#comment-77 Geeze, that guy is annoying. A true HD in 1080i/p would be a good goal to reach but unlike HD trailers on the Apple site, YouTube video's aren't always uploaded in HD format. Besides, how many 'home users' have HD equipment for filming with in the first instance? It's a good step forward but likely to come from business/record labels first. Geeze, that guy is annoying. A true HD in 1080i/p would be a good goal to reach but unlike HD trailers on the Apple site, YouTube video’s aren’t always uploaded in HD format. Besides, how many ‘home users’ have HD equipment for filming with in the first instance?

It’s a good step forward but likely to come from business/record labels first.

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