Online Video: High-Definition Video

ReelSEO coverage of online high-definition video platforms, news, and information. Learn all there is to know about HD video online, HD video production, and everything else about high-definition HD web video.

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Vusion Helps you Store and Sell HD Video Online

Vusion offers cloud-based video services and now offers up new packages for small and medium-sized business to offer HD from their websites.

The new version 3.0 of their VideoFlow Management System provides the foundation for simplicity, affordability and loyalty measurement services.  This means that even the smallest of firms can now contend with those massive multi-national corps in some respects.

Wildscreen.tv Overview – The New Source for HD Video Sharing?

wilscreen-tv-logoWell that’s what they say on their about page They go on to say:

“Wildscreen.TV lets video creators cash in, not sell out and offers 100% Ad Revenue to their users if they place their own adverts on their custom channel.”

VUDU Sells 1080p on Demand

Beating all comers VUDU has become the first company to sell full 1080p HD movies on demand via it’s 1080p Internet Movie Player with content being available to VUDU owners today.

Is High-Definition Video Chat Coming to Google’s Gmail?

gmail video Is High Definition Video Chat Coming to Googles Gmail?

According to a post on CNET last week, despite Google shutting down several products and services (including shutting down the ability for users to upload videos to Google Video), there are also some interesting new services being developed that will be coming soon to Google’s Gmail product.

YouTube Adds HD Video Browsing Option

youtube hd YouTube Adds HD Video Browsing OptionAs we posted previously, Youtube recently updated the UI to add high-definition HD video viewing in a large HD video player.  In addition, they have now added a new option to browse HD videos right from the main “Videos” navigation page.  I imagine that there have been a ton of searches for high-definition videos since the announcement.

Youtube HD Update – Large High-Definition Video Player Layout

youtube Youtube HD Update   Large High Definition Video Player LayoutA few weeks back, we posted news about the fact that Youtube was testing HD (high-definition) video playback.  Shortly after that, Youtube officially launched HD video playback on their site.  When it was first launched, videos in HD would play within the new widescreen 16:9 default player on Youtube.  Now, when you choose the HD playback, the layout of the page is modified to display a much larger video player that expands the width of the page.   The new video size is a huge 855*480 pixels (actual resolution is 1280×720) and the player is 855*505 pixels.  Apparently this change was made back on December 5, but some users are just now seeing the update.

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Fuel TV Moves to Launch High-Definition Video

fuel tv logo Fuel TV Moves to Launch High Definition VideoToday, Move Networks announced a partnership with Fuel TV, the 24/7 action sports lifestyle network, in which Move Networks will provide Fuel TV with its HD streaming video player.  The player debuts on Fuel TV’s website with HD versions of “The Great Ride Open.”

Youtube Gets Bigger – Goes All 16:9 Aspect Ratio Widescreen

youtube widescreenAs somewhat of a surprise to users, video sharing giant Youtube announced yesterday on their blog that they decided to upgrade the previous player to a new wide-aspect 16:9 ratio video player as the default player on Youtube.  Finally Youtube is joining the ranks of those that have had wide aspect ratio players for some time like Hulu, Blip, Vimeo, and countless others.

According to the announcement, Youtube released this new player in order to users with a “…cleaner, more powerful viewing experience.”

Youtube Videos in High-Defintion? Hack Youtube for HD Video Playback

Boy was I happy to find out about this….  If you remember our Online Video Predictions for 2008 post from last year, our first was…

1) HD High-definition Video - I expect Youtube and others to follow suite with the sites that already support High Definition content.”

When HD Isn’t Really High-Definition – Online HD Video Overview

High-Definition is the “new” way to watch video, but how do you know if what you’re downloading is truly high-definition or not? Well, first we need to look at what HD actually is.