• rambling_lunatic
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    8 months ago

    The difference between 480p and 720p videos isn’t that big. Yeah, 720p looks nice, but 480p doesn’t look horrendous.

    Source: All the YouTube videos I watch are in 480p, and have been doing so since before 720p stopped being considered HD for some reason. I live in the Third World and my Internet connection is 10 down/1 up.

    • Gabu@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      It actually is that big. It’s so big, 480p uses a different encoding. Small text is unreadable in 480p, but only slightly blurry in 720p.