youtube.com - 11/25/2008
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Over the years we've heard a lot of feedback from you about what you'd like to change about YouTube, and the size of our video player is always top of mind. That's why today we're excited to announce a bigger YouTube player.
We're expanding the width of the page to 960 pixels to better reflect ...
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YouTube goes widescreen —so we can get more of Jason Ruspini (if that was really a necessity).
Midas Oracle .ORG —
YouTube has just increased the width of their videos… but they didn’t increase the width of their video widgets, alas.
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Hence, you have to go to the YouTube website to watch Jason Ruspini in (simili) widescreen —the orignal captation was in 4:3 and not in 16:9, alas.
Since their video widgets are not set to 16:9 yet, I have artificially increased the width of the video widget below —I don’t know whether the result will be OK. (If not, go to the YouTube webpage linked to above ...
YouTube goes wide
BloggingStocks —
... . For example, the typical size of its videos is now increasing to 960 pixels (or an aspect ratio of 16:9, which compares to 4:3). According to the YouTube blog: "This new, wider player is in a widescreen aspect ratio which we hope will provide you with a cleaner, more powerful viewing experience." ...
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