Last night, YouTube officially announced the change from 4:3 video to 16:9 wide screen video.
Some are saying YouTube waited far too long to make it happen while others hate it and even more feel it should be optional. Personally, I think they should display all existing videos in 4:3 as they were uploaded and new videos should be marked by the uploader as 16:9 where appropriate. I think they should also implement a search option to find only one format or the other if desired.
However you slice it, it’s definitely a noticeable change and says more about our changing technology than it does about YouTube. I’m sure we’ll see a lot more video cameras prepared to output 16:9 video now.
Do you love it? Hate it? Don’t care?
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on November 25th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
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on November 26th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Right now I’m hating it, because I create videos in 4:3 because my camera is 4:3. But in a few years I will probably own a 16:9 HD camera and then I will give youtube thumbs up for widescreen!
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on November 27th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Personally I don’t mind the change. Sometimes changes are done just for change’s sake. Is this one of these times, or are there benefits to YouTube as a direct result of this change?