YouTube boosts video quality

Don Day March 17th, 2008

YouTube is now offering many videos in a higher quality format — and letting users decide if they want the higher quality versions, or the original faster playing files. They aren’t just limiting the higher quality to partner content, but videos coming in from the greater Interwebs as well. The offering is dependent on the source material uploaded to YouTube, of course - but to help support the initiative, uploads of up to 1 GB are now supported. You can select a higher-res version on a video-by-video basis, or change your account settings so that you always get the good stuff.