YouTube Launches 1080p Videos with a Muppet Bohemian Rhapsody
YouTube Launches 1080p Videos with a Muppet Bohemian Rhapsody
Posted 11/25/2009 at 9:45am
| by Paul Lilly
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It was announced earlier this month that YouTube would soon allow uploading of HD content in 720p and 1080p, and that time has come. Would you have guessed that a Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody would be one of the first 1080p clips to find its way onto YouTube?
You can view the video here and switch between 720p and 1080p at any time. While perhaps not dramatic or always obvious, there's a definite difference in quality noticeable in the finer details. Switch between the videos in full screen to see what we're talking about, or take a gander at these screenshot comparisons Gizmodo posted.
Have you found any other 1080p videos on YouTube worth watching? Post a link in the comments section below.
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mls067
November 25, 2009 at 5:19pm
I'm wondering if its my computer, but did anyone see some "blocking" ( i don't know what the technical term is for this) with certain lighting?
Caboose
November 25, 2009 at 2:30pm
I noticed it with a couple of L4D2 videos that I uploaded yesterday. They were all encoded as 1920 x 1080. cab00se447 if anyone wants to see.
-= I don't want to be dead, I want to be alive! Or... a cowboy! =-
preacher1010
November 25, 2009 at 12:25pm
frakking brilliant ! MUPPETS + QUEEN = YouTube's greatest upload
I'd definitely raise my kids on the MUPPETS and Sesame Street.
MUPPETS FOREVER - im frakking 32 but still enjoying this.
The Relic
November 25, 2009 at 11:26am
I clicked on the 1080 in the middle of the video; it stopped to buffer for maybe a second before continuing just fine. Looked good, but it's not something I would be switching on unless I was having problems seeing the video. For the record, I have DSL, at 6Mbs. Wasn't choppy at all after the initial second of buffering.
The video was hilarious, and had me questioning what I drank earlier ^_^.
NewGadgeteer
November 25, 2009 at 10:07am
I'm not sure how popular it will be with all that choppiness. If 20 mbit/s isn't fast enough then what is?
dag1992
November 25, 2009 at 11:39am
I'm running wireless n with 10mbit/s and it's really struggling on 1080p but 720p is fine.
MeTo
November 25, 2009 at 10:21am
At least it needs a big buffer im in DSL hell. I bufferd half clip before i started playing and it looked good.
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