Media Consumption

Bad: 1080 Beach Balls!


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I originally was going to label this as an addicting media and yes, YouTube is addicting and I figured with 1080P I'll never leave home! I was wrong. They have failed. Apple 9 to 5 stated: On the most recent 13-inch MacBook Pro with 4GB of RAM, we've got Flash redlining the CPU, a few beach balls and we're missing some frames. Also it looks like you may be able to trick Youtube into displaying your content in full HD by putting a trailing "&fmt=37" into the URL. Pulling the original source MP4 from Youtube will probably yield better results. This is true. I'll post their sample video and you can try it for yourself Final Thoughts: YouTube you let me down. You've been working on 3D videos and now going all out with 1080P did you not realize the web isn't ready for such quality. Especially running off DSL, Cable, and Wifi. We need more juice to be able to handle the quality of seeing nut shots, random video logs, and the occasional booty shaking video or parody. LinksYouTubeFacebookWikipedia Do you care to watch videos in 1080P? What do you think YouTube should really be working on? Feedback, Comment, and Support.
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Media ConsumptionBy Urban Media Lab