dks7
join:2004-05-31 | Bottom Line.
The higher the bitrate the less they can host. BW isn't cheap, I'm personally happy with the current bitrates, though the ability to change its size might be nice even if its a little more washed out. |
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Jwobot
join:2002-08-14
Sterling Heights, MI | I would rather seem them upgrade their video player. Whenever I move the circle to advance in the video, I can never place it where I want it. |
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ztmike
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| said by Jwobot  :I would rather seem them upgrade their video player. Whenever I move the circle to advance in the video, I can never place it where I want it. Ditto.
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KA3SGM
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YouTube HD not worth it... YouTube finally SD: Priceless...
Would be nice of them to bring their streaming content up to the 384-512Kbps level, it would make a nice improvement in PQ.
If course the quality of the uploaded source material matters greatly....
Greatly compressed HD streams would probably require at least a 6-10Mbps downstream connection, which is not practical for their service.
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LordBritish
join:2003-08-02
Marina Del Rey, CA
1 edit | HD?
USA is not ready for HD streamed videos on youtube or anywhere else on the internet.
A lot of people in the USA are having a hard enough time with fuzzy low quality videos.
May be the folks in S. Korea/Japan where 100mbs costs $20/month or whatever it costs over there can do it. |
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TKJunkMail
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Avalon, NJ
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Re: YouTube HD not worth it... YouTube finally SD: Priceless...
said by KA3SGM :Would be nice of them to bring their streaming content up to the 384-512Kbps level, it would make a nice improvement in PQ. YouTube could make their player have the ability to chose the quality of playback - just like some players do for Yahoo and others. That way they could still satisfy their dial-up and slower broadband users, but allow their fast broadband users to experience the highest quality that the native clip provides.
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TKJunkMail
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2 edits | reply to LordBritish
Re: HD?
said by LordBritish :USA is not ready for HD streamed videos on youtube or anywhere else on the internet. A lot of people in the USA are having a hard enough time with fuzzy low quality videos. May be the folks in S. Korea/Japan where 100mbs costs $20/month or whatever it costs over there can do it. I can easily get normally compressed HD video just fine with a 6600 kbps connection. You don't need 100 mbps to watch HD video.
See this thread from last week:
»Akamai's HD Proof Of Concept Portal
»www.thehdweb.com has a built-in HD bandwidh check that I easily satisfy.
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dadkins
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
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| Pixelation Blows!
I feel for the dialup users... but what about - me?
No one cares that *I* despise playing card size video that is pixelated to the point of being unwatchable?
Yeah, this is exactly why I prefer searching for the videos from their original sources.
*MOST* videos are snagged and resized from TV or other sources.
Once YT gets ahold of them... UGH! Shrunk and Flash-ified and they look like crap!
They *SHOULD* make the vids like other sources... where you can choose bandwith/size/bitrate/file size and *WE* can choose the bigger - better quality vids 'cause *WE* have bigger pipes.
Naw, fuck it up for everyone like it's been... that's a better idea, huh? 
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Siryak
join:2005-11-26
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| When are they releasing the upgraded codec?
What I am wondering is when is it that they are moving to some of the newer codecs like VC-1. Seems like I remember hearing talk about this a little while back.
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | its crap
Youtube looks worse than mpg1 video. I would say somewhere between dialup Realvideo and mpg1. Its crap. CRAP CRAP CRAP. I always have to go searching for the source, which often doesn't exist. |
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keyboard5684
join:2001-08-01
Youngsville, PA
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| It is YouTube
FOR FREE!
Yes, you do not pay anything to watch stupid people dancing in there underwear with a lampshade on there head.
I guess,
A. Why would I need to watch that crap in HD?
B. Most of what I watch on my regular TV is not HD.
C. The US is plenty ready for HD, just not YouTube HD  |
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rob_in_chatt
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join:2004-09-17
Chattanooga, TN | who cares
i know i dont. all HD quality video will do is accelerate you towards your bandwidth cap. |
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Anonymous_
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join:2004-06-21
127.0.0.1
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crap
there SITe SUCKS any way it loads at 512kbps to 1mbps
i on my 10/1
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benc
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| I'm Glad....for now.
I'm not against it, but if they wanted to allow HD videos then they should also allow users to view everything without HD.
I've used You-Tube with dial-up before. It's already horribly slow. It's slow enough that you actually have to make the decision "do I want to watch this badly enough to wait?"
With HD, I suspect that my 1.5Mbps connection would be insufficient. |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
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1 edit | reply to benc
Hey Now.......
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV8boXLV0ik
I want to watch Mr Methane in HD  
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
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Re: Bottom Line.
BW isn't cheap but you just might be able to get some big ISPs like Verizon to subsidize it. Crap content or not, the providers need demonstratable reasons why people should opt for the more expensive, faster broadband packages. YouTube HD with a smattering of real HD content might offer that.
As things are now you can stream almost anything with even a pokey 768/128 connection. |
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ackman
join:2000-10-04
Acworth, GA | Upgrade needed
Youtube image quality sucks, an upgrade is badly needed. |
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ShadezeRO
join:2006-04-24
Fort Lauderdale, FL | Same system as iPhone?
I know on the iPhone youtube videos are compressed when streamed.
Why couldn't they just implement a similar feature for dial-up users? And let the rest of us at least enjoy SD quality. |
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Corehhi
join:2002-01-28
Bluffton, SC | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: HD?
In my hood 3000 kbps is the max you can get no matter what your willing to pay. I don't know the numbers but I would think no one but the big city people can get 6600 kbps. |
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