Does YouTube really lower video quality?

[aseem123]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYRQPh3HTDQ

in this video I see a lot blurriness and pixilation while watching at 720P when looking at far distanaces (I know guys that 720p is much less sharper than 1080p but still at 720p it looks like 360p) even PS3 and XBOX 360 have much better visuals and much less blurriness than this so my question is that - is the youtube lowering the video quality or it is as it is?
btw I want to buy that GPU and play it on my 1366*768 resolution so will I face the same kind of gameplay or will it be better and by how much?

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

Hello,

YouTube compresses the videos and it creates artifacts and a much lower bitrate than say a blu-ray disc for instance. Currently 1080p blu-ray beats 4k netflix, to give you an idea how important the bitrate is, and how hard it is for majority of people to meet the minimum requirements to stream a high resolution video. Even if they meet them, blu-ray will always win, because it's compressed better.

Viewing distance and your visual acuity are indeed important. Sharpness is directly related to viewing distance. A 1080p TV from 10 feet away, will look exactly the same as a 4k TV 10 feet away, both the same size, say 40". That's because even because it's a 4k, it can't show you any more detail than the 1080p. If they look different at that distance, the difference is the picture quality, such as contrast, color saturation and color accuracy to name a few that gives you the final image. It's important to remember that the resolution is hardly never the reason why a display looks better, after 1080p got mainstream.

Regarding the blur. That's because if you playback a video at anything else than your native resolution, not only do you lose 1:1 pixel mapping, but you also have to account for the YouTube compression (and other sites/services) as well as your viewing distance. 360p on a 360p will appear sharper than a 360p on a 1080p display. But again, viewing distance will always remain the key, if theoretically all displays were made equal, which they aren't. There are a lot of marketing lies in the display industry, resolution being the biggest one.



All the best!

 

[aseem123]

Hello,

YouTube compresses the videos and it creates artifacts and a much lower bitrate than say a blu-ray disc for instance. Currently 1080p blu-ray beats 4k netflix, to give you an idea how important the bitrate is, and how hard it is for majority of people to meet the minimum requirements to stream a high resolution video. Even if they meet them, blu-ray will always win, because it's compressed better.

Viewing distance and your visual acuity are indeed important. Sharpness is directly related to viewing distance. A 1080p TV from 10 feet away, will look exactly the same as a 4k TV 10 feet away, both the same size, say 40". That's because even because it's a 4k, it can't show you any more detail than the 1080p. If they look different at that distance, the difference is the picture quality, such as contrast, color saturation and color accuracy to name a few that gives you the final image. It's important to remember that the resolution is hardly never the reason why a display looks better, after 1080p got mainstream.

Regarding the blur. That's because if you playback a video at anything else than your native resolution, not only do you lose 1:1 pixel mapping, but you also have to account for the YouTube compression (and other sites/services) as well as your viewing distance. 360p on a 360p will appear sharper than a 360p on a 1080p display. But again, viewing distance will always remain the key, if theoretically all displays were made equal, which they aren't. There are a lot of marketing lies in the display industry, resolution being the biggest one.



All the best!

what? just you really said it crossed over my head I just want to know that is youtube responsible for poor video quality (watching at 720p and it does not look good as 720p) or will I get the same kind of clearity if I play on that rig at 720p btw even ps3 looks better than this . So please answer my question directly

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

Yes, YouTube is responsible for poor video quality as well as audio quality. 720p on a 720p display will look better than 720p on a 1080p display, if theoretically both of the displays are of the same quality.

 

[aseem123]

Yes, YouTube is responsible for poor video quality as well as audio quality. 720p on a 720p display will look better than 720p on a 1080p display, if theoretically both of the displays are of the same quality.

I am using 1366*768 display right now will I suffer the same quality as in the video if I plan to play on this monitor and the PC which is used in the video?

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

I don't know.

 

[aseem123]

I don't know.

so what should I do now should I buy pc or divert towards consoles?

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

Consoles has their good and bad sides, and PC has good and bad sides. How can I answer that question, when it's you that's going to use it?

The scalers in either console is decent, even better one in the next gen consoles. A PC monitor suck at scaling, unless you spend way more money, but if you did then you wouldn't have asked this question either. PC has the benefit of modding, with the exception of Fallout 4 who will be the first game to introduce mods on the consoles, and we may see that more companies will do the same when designing games for console, if Bethesda (Fallout 4 makers) do a good job and prove that it's worth doing.

PC has a lot more exclusives than either console. Consoles has the benefit of 2 free games every month, I've gotten over 30 free AAA games over the years, such as Tomb Raider, Assassins Creed Black Flag, etc. Xbox One and PS4 also offers free games, which isn't affected by the older consoles games that get picked for free download every month, if you have a subscription. Recently Xbox 360 (not sure about PS) introduced free games for the Xbox 360 every month, both for the 360, and you can save free games offered on the Xbox One as well, because they want you to upgrade and build your library on the Xbox One, using the 360. They introduced this just about 1½ months ago. The video describing this feature, is unlisted on the Xbox YouTube channel, meaning you can't search for it.

Other than that, what else do you want to know?