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22 November 2008

YouTube videos go HD with a simple hack

Sick of YouTube's choppy, pixelated slide-shows? YouTube has long been expected to roll out high-definition video playback, and there now appears to a viable way to do it. It's a hack, and is similar to the one that was first used to toggle on the "high quality" mode.    In the current market for streaming video, this is very important. YouTube could take on Hulu by offering content owners the capability to display high-quality streams on the site. Eventually, we all know, YouTube just has to get improved quality. But you don't have to wait. Read our stories to learn how to get HD YouTube yourself, right now.
November 22, 2008
YouTube videos go HD with a simple hack
Sick of YouTube's choppy, pixelated slide-shows? YouTube has long been expected to roll out high-definition video playback, and there now appears to a viable way to do it. It's a hack, and is similar to the one that was first used to toggle on the "high quality" mode.

In the current market for streaming video, this is very important. YouTube could take on Hulu by offering content owners the capability to display high-quality streams on the site. Eventually, we all know, YouTube just has to get improved quality. But you don't have to wait. Read our stories to learn how to get HD YouTube yourself, right now.
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 November, 2007: High-quality YouTube videos coming soon

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