http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/ Engadget Comments for YouTube going 1080p, already? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/Nov 12th 2009 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/Nov 12th 2009 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/
Garbage In = Garbage out.

Plus, bitrate is just as important as resolution in this case.]]>Nov 12th 2009 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/
Plus, who really has the screen resolution to actually use all 1080 pixels? Are they counting on the fact that because the bitrates are so low that 1080p from YouTube may finally outclass 720p with a decent bitrate? I'd rather they improve that than go adding pixels when they're really not needed.]]>Nov 12th 2009 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/Nov 12th 2009 11:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/
"Better than the source quality" is almost complete rubbish. Are they going to try and upscale iPhone 3Gs video to 1080 or even 720? For the most part, upscaling doesn't work, so YouTube, just give up right now, and just keep the resolution and even bitrate just like the original and we can agree on that. Okay?

-Brian]]>Nov 13th 2009 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/Nov 13th 2009 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/http://www.recastdigital.net/DEMO/ and their HD video looks very good!!! No stopping all the time like youtube video.]]>Nov 12th 2009 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/Nov 12th 2009 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/
When is the 10.1 beta finally going to be ready. I'm looking forward to this supposed performance increase.]]>Nov 12th 2009 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/Nov 13th 2009 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/Nov 13th 2009 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/youtube-going-1080p-already/
A continuous battle is given between broadcasting communities which are now so popular and YouTube is now trying to achieve even better video quality to stay in front of the other competitors like Hulu. Facebook is moving fast also with it's viral power and recently closed a partnership with a streaming company. YouTube said they will go back and re-encode all previous videos uploaded at that resolution. They are not the first company to achieve that as previous releases have been already tested and released a few months ago. Here is an article talking about this technology with technical details for a better understanding: http://www.thehdstandard.com/hd-broadcaster/
Indeed as Jeff previously commented I am curious how they will solve the buffering issues because I'm losing a lot of time trying to view a video encoded at that standard.
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