YouTube to support full HD video
In an exciting move, YouTube will start to support high definition video resolution up to 1080p. You have to have recorded high definition video in order to take advantage of YouTube’s tech upgrade, but with many consumer video cameras now supporting 1080p quality, this is great news. Mashable.com reports:
Although YouTube has been supporting videos in high definition for at least a year now, the resolution has heretofore topped out at 720p.
Without getting too far into the technical nitty gritty, 1080p is a higher resolution format made up of more vertical “lines,” resulting in a higher quality image. It’s also referred to as “full HD” or “true high-definition” because 1080p is currently the maximum resolution that anything supports (well, almost). Beginning next week, YouTube will be adding 1080p support to its video playback options.
You can read more about the update at Mashable.com. You can also find a great visual demonstration of the difference at ReadWriteWeb.com.
That is good news.