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wow, check out this 1080p sample. Make sure you go full screen and hit the HD button.
every detail, perfectly smooth.
Impressive.
every detail, perfectly smooth.
Impressive.
Runs poorly on my year old work Laptop, but that is not a surprise. Obviously a big step down from the bandwidth available on a Blu-Ray Disc, but it's a step in the right direction!
Uh yes, older kit will probably have problems. I wonder what they estimate the minimum requirements to be for smooth playback?
For reference I'm testing on a 3GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro, Windows 7 (am at work).
For reference I'm testing on a 3GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro, Windows 7 (am at work).
Okay, well running not all that well on this machine...
HP 6730B (C2D 2.26 GHZ, 2GB, Mobile Intel GMA X4500HD running XP SP3). Integrated graphics have failed me I am presuming.
Mark.
HP 6730B (C2D 2.26 GHZ, 2GB, Mobile Intel GMA X4500HD running XP SP3). Integrated graphics have failed me I am presuming.
Mark.
The buzz that's now spreading across the internet is not the hype about 1080p on YouTube.. but the sound of millions of tiny little Mac cooling fans kicking into overdrive.. 
Even if it would be 1080p, the quality really sucks!
Good encoded 1080p movies look absolutely stunning on a decent display, but this youtube crap doesn't even come close to that!
Anyway, I still think that 720p is by far enough (for today) for internet streaming. To compress 1080p that much that it is streamable over internet is almost impossible, if you do so, you loose that much detail that a 720p with the same bitrate looks definitely better.
Good encoded 1080p movies look absolutely stunning on a decent display, but this youtube crap doesn't even come close to that!
Anyway, I still think that 720p is by far enough (for today) for internet streaming. To compress 1080p that much that it is streamable over internet is almost impossible, if you do so, you loose that much detail that a 720p with the same bitrate looks definitely better.
william sire
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OK... why the dog? Why not your face?
But is that 1080p? It looks like 720 to me all day long. 1080p shouldn’t be available until next week. I can’t wait to see the youtube controversy that is going to explode when girls are doing those dancing videos in 1080p. I don’t know why it hasn’t exploded yet but I know it’s coming with 1080p videos.
Note: The thread caught my interest before I read the story it was linked to. I realize now that the video with the dog is not yours.
With an super fast 4 SPF (seconds per frame) I think this is wonderful. GOOGLE OWES ME A MACBOOK PRO
The more they "up" the "quality" the worse it gets for me. All they seem to be upping is the cpu useage.