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YouTube 1080p roll-out begins
So far there doesn't seem to be a way to search for the high-high definition videos, and the only example I have is a Nokia video of some poor, disadvantaged Indonesian farmer -- but I'm sure it's only a matter of time before YouTube/Google officially announce the changes to their video player.
In the meantime, if you find any videos that have been enabled for 1080p playback, share them in the comments!
The Nokia video is included after the break, if you want to see what the quality looks like.
[thanks to Revo for the tip!]
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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Matt said 1:04PM on 11-19-2009
Holy depressing screenshots, Batman!
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Sebastian Anthony said 1:06PM on 11-19-2009
Hey, it was that or the one that had him talking about how disappointed his wife was with his meager earnings...
Dan said 1:29PM on 11-19-2009
Transformers Trailer offers me the 720p / 1080p HD toggle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N2YWRJ-ppo
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Sebastian Anthony said 1:41PM on 11-19-2009
OK, now that looks awesome.
nikescar said 1:39PM on 11-19-2009
It's no Hulu HD that's for sure. Pretty poor quality but maybe this video was shot in SD and then upconverted to HD. Dunno, but it looks like crap.
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Sebastian Anthony said 1:41PM on 11-19-2009
Yeah, I couldn't notice any real difference between 720p and 1080p -- but as you say, the source might not be 1080p :)
revolution said 1:48PM on 11-19-2009
Uhmm, 1080p refers to resolution not quality.
r3loaded said 2:05PM on 11-19-2009
1080p YouTube + Flash 10.1 w/ GPU-acceleration = win.
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Trav said 2:29PM on 11-19-2009
Tron Legacy 1080p - http://j.mp/3OX4lJ
Avatar 1080p - http://j.mp/4aVEwu
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Matt said 5:38PM on 11-19-2009
Everest Summit 1080p-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njCnl6XTBqk&feature=channel
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darwinsurvivor said 7:45PM on 11-19-2009
Nice slideshow. With Wave supporting only html5 browsers and youtube dropping ie6 support, maybe it's time to at least OFFER embedded video?!?
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Deepesh said 9:28AM on 11-20-2009
Youtube video downloader's got updated supporting new 1080p full-hd video downloads ;) :
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10137
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Talamasca said 1:13PM on 11-21-2009
http://www.youtube.com/xl
Type HD in the search field.
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swaxtastic said 10:41PM on 11-23-2009
really nice demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XITHbsUUlYI
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