Adrians Tech » 480 http://adrianstech.com Tech Reviews & News Fri, 21 May 2010 22:59:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 YouTube 360/480/720/1080 Rant http://adrianstech.com/2010/01/youtube-rant/ http://adrianstech.com/2010/01/youtube-rant/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:24:55 +0000 wee493 http://adrianstech.com/?p=1588 As I’m sure all of you have noticed, recently YouTube has recent introduced a new video player. It features a sleeker design with an updated “HD” button. The the new player let’s you decide between 360/480/720P and 1080P. Yes this is nice, but why? What is the need for a 320P and 480P version of every video? There is a very minimal difference in actual video size (Mb’s and Gb’s) between 480P and 360P. So why not go with the higher quality. I’m sure that the 360P version of videos is for mobile phones, but then why show them for an option online?
Why can they just do like before with an “SD” and “HD” button? SD would be 480P and HD would be 720P by default, unless the video also had a 1080P option. How is my grandmother supposed to know the difference between 360, 480, 720, and 1080P? She does know the difference between HD and SD, but now am I supposed to tell her click on the highest number?

I know I’m making this a bigger deal than it is, but it kind of annoys me. Tell me what you think in the comments.

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