YouTube goes Widescreen

Discussion in 'News' started by ChampionLLY, Nov 25, 2008.

  1. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    LOL! It's a matter of the video's resolution la... YouTube's videos are still too low res for even 17" monitors. That's what I don't bother with the full-screen mode.

    Actually, even the audio quality needs improvement. It's really quite bad. :think:
     
  2. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    Er...the reason why you need to sit far behind is because of the screen size, not resolution. That's why there's so many TV screen sizes to choose from, depending on your sitting position, despite all having the same resolution.

    If I get a 15" 2560x1600 screen (if such a screen exists) vs a 15" 1024x768, does it mean I need to sit far behind also?

    I know resolution matters, but it's not like you can change the Youtube resolution. In order to improve quality, you need to improve both input and output.
     
  3. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Okay, I think we can agree that due to the difference in Youtube video RESOLUTION and the SIZE of the 30" LCD monitor, viewing Youtube vids full-screen is horrible. :mrgreen:
     
  4. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    It doesn't matter what monitor you have, viewing youtube at fullscreen is POS.
     
  5. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Yeah, too pixelated. :mad:
     
  6. ZuePhok

    ZuePhok Just Started

    for short video clips, does ppl really care about screen resolution these days?

    look at the japanese. they watch their lunch hour video channel on their phones, while eating their lunch. it's a 15min thing. 20min max.

    two years ago, nokia predicted that there would be more ppl watching tv streams on their phones than on their tv set in 2012. is this the trend we are seeing now?
     
  7. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    I used to do that with my specially encoded videos on my phone.

    Top Gear on my phone. :lol: I just wish I can afford unlimited 3G. Youtube on my phone is really easy to use.
     
  8. NArkshaRK

    NArkshaRK Newbie

    TV on your phone? How pathetically anti-social.
     
  9. ZuePhok

    ZuePhok Just Started

    Asian mahhhh.. :)
     
  10. drmk4

    drmk4 Newbie

    It looks better but with some videos they still use their original size.
     
  11. Zenphic

    Zenphic Newbie

    Anybody noticed how some YouTube videos can now be played in HD? :thumb:
     
  12. lee_what2004

    lee_what2004 Just Started

    yeah, but still some pixelated on fullscreen :)
     
  13. Zenphic

    Zenphic Newbie

    A lot less than before though heheh.
    I don't know why though, but the video is quite laggy when fullscreened. Flash be the culprit? :think:
     
  14. lee_what2004

    lee_what2004 Just Started

    could be, depends on the browser also?
    but I usually download them, the buffer takes too long :mrgreen:
     
  15. Zenphic

    Zenphic Newbie

    Both IE and FF do it. Maxes one of my cores to 100%. QQ
    Maybe hardware acceleration isn't working properly...
     
  16. lee_what2004

    lee_what2004 Just Started

    installed latest flash player?
     
  17. Zenphic

    Zenphic Newbie

    Yep, just updated to latest and still has the problem. Whatever, works fine in Media Player Classic. :thumb:
     
  18. lee_what2004

    lee_what2004 Just Started

    Media Player Classic Home Cinema ftw :thumb:
     
  19. karhoe

    karhoe Newbie

    its too bad they dont have manual aspect ratio override, 16:9 movie uploaded in 4:3 format will now look damn small in 16:9 widescreen format
     
  20. lee_what2004

    lee_what2004 Just Started

    not small, but cramped :)
     

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