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The Age of Grainy Web Videos Has Come to an End: YouTube Turns on HD
readwriteweb.com - 12/6/2008
The Age of Grainy Web Videos Has Come to an End: YouTube Turns on HD
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Just about three weeks ago, we reported that YouTube was testing high-definition videos, and today it seems like this feature has been officially released. A large number of videos that fulfilled YouTube's criteria for HD encoding now sport a 'watch in HD' button instead of the old 'watch in ...

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Did YouTube Just Turn On HD For Real?
techcrunch.com - 12/5/2008
Did YouTube Just Turn On HD For Real?
— techcrunch.com — After teasing us for a year with the option to watch “higher quality” videos that weren’t quite high-def, it appears that YouTube is making the switch to HD, at least for some videos that have been uploaded in that quality. ... (more) Did YouTube Just Turn On HD For Real?

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YouTube goes full HD at last?
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YouTube Videos Now Available in HD [YouTube]
lifehacker.com - 12/5/2008
YouTube Videos Now Available in HD [YouTube]
— lifehacker.com — YouTube switched to widescreen format a week and a half back, and now the popular video sharing site appears officially to be streaming videos in HD. From the look of things, most videos that were... (more) YouTube Videos Now Available in HD [YouTube]

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YouTube Gets New HD Format
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim — ... Surprisingly YouTube’s new HD format looks phenomenal! Some are even saying that it surpasses the quality found from rivals such as ...

YouTube finally tries HD on for size
Obsessable News Feed — ... , and the hugely popular "Where the Hell is Matt?", a montage of a man doing a fun dance in locales all over the world. The YouTube team haven't officially acknowledged this change on ...

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