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YouTube experimenting with 720p HD video
But now it looks like YouTube is starting to add some honest to goodness high definition, 720p videos to the site. Members of the Video Help forums have spotted some videos available in HD, including the popular "Where the Hell is Matt" video.
Not all videos are going to be available in HD rigiht away, because most videos uploaded to YouTube aren't high definition in the first place, and because YouTube appears to be quietly testing the feature on a small number of videos. It appears YouTube is also experimenting with stereo sound for its online videos. Up until recently most videos were mono only.
YouTube is hardly the first online video site to dabble in HD. DailyMotion, Vimeo, and several other video portals have been offering HD movies for a while, but YouTube is stll by far the most heavily trafficked web video site.
[via Wired]
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Subscribe to commentsbangbang023Nov 20th 2008 6:50PM
If they can afford the cost of bandwidth (even Google doesn't have limitless funds), this is what will make user generated streaming video a legitimate means of sharing information instead of the often pixelated mess it is now.
Joao AlmeidaNov 21st 2008 10:11AM
Hey, that's my hometown :)
Jim MutdoschNov 21st 2008 11:11AM
I just tried the video..Had to hit pause and let it load for awhile but WOW..When I played that HD in full screen on my 24" monitor it actually looked good unlike other Youtube videos
guorbatschowNov 24th 2008 10:54AM
if you dont want to have to embed it to watch it in widescreen format, try this guide
http://foolrulez.org/blog/2008/11/youtube-widescreen-video-enabled/