On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 6:19 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Call me old school, but I still publish my vlog in 320x240. For a couple of > reasons. My old Flip shoots at 640x480 and at the native size its pretty > crummy. Scaled to quarter screen it tightens up and cleans up the noise > considerably. > > Also theres nothing in my vlog that needs to be seen at HD resolution. Waste > of bandwidth.
If you follow that logic to its logical conclusion, then why have a video blog at all?, why not just an audio podcast? Or at least why not 160x120 for even more bandwidth saving and speed? A video blog should be all about the video (ok audio is super important too, but beside the point), the bigger and more glorious the source material the better. Try watching 320x240 full screen... I know people who watch my video blog like a TV show and put it on full screen while having their breakfast etc. The beauty of modern hosts like YouTube are that it offers whatever resolution the user desires. Defaults to 360p to save bandwidth, but offers selectable 480p, 720p, or higher for those who chose it. I now always shoot and upload in 1280x720 because: a) I have the camera that can do it b) People have different needs (and bandwidth isn't an issue for probably the majority of people these days) c) And you never know what the future holds. I didn't want to look back in a few years and wish I had shot those previous hundred episodes in HD for whatever reason. Any video blogger who is filming and/or uploading in 320x240 only is doing their effort a real disservice I think. My $400 HD cam was the best money I ever spent. Dave.
