In addition to 720p, the HD label has been missing in the player for some time. If there's a statement from YT, I have not found one.
And now there's no nonsense about corona blah blah. Nonsense because the bit rate is 1 to 1 the same as before. This speed restriction at that time only referred to the fact that YT was set to 480p by default. However, you could switch it to 4k or HD at any time and it stayed that way. The same applies to Netflix and Prime Video. End of the story.
My question is only about YT and why they no longer mark 720p as HD? Simply because the resolution is no longer high by today's standards?
So with Netflix, 4K was definitely no longer 4K and the bit rate was also lower.
But why exactly does it bother you now when nothing has changed and only the name is changed? Can't you sleep anymore, if instead of 720p there was suddenly "standard resolution"? It doesn't matter.
HD is not defined. Basically, it's just an invention of the industry. HD can be anything.
That's why YouTube can enter what they want.
I didn't notice it, but it's true.
I would also conclude that HD said yes at the time that 720p is a high resolution. Nowadays 720p is no longer a high resolution, even if the term HD actually applies to 720p. But that makes sense to say that today's high resolution is now 1080p.
To the former: You can simply select "best" in the video quality settings then it should be normal again.
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I also took a quick look. It is not at all as clear as I thought that HD is always 720p:
At different times, due to the respective state of the art, different resolutions were understood as high-resolution.
https://de.wikipedia.org/..._ca._1990), vertical resolutions of 720 pixels and 1080 pixels are common […]
Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/...t%2016%3A9.
Then it makes sense and then what you and I suspected will be right.
This is mainly due to the fact that FULL HD (1080p) has long been called the standard. This means that Full HD is now a must and HD is actually being replaced.
720p or 1280x720 pixels are no longer standard and are no longer called HD (high definition). In the meantime, every common device has a laptop, television, screen, cell phone, etc. At least Full HD, i.e. 1920x1080 pixels, which is the minimum in my eyes when it comes to resolutions.
I remember that differently.
HD was introduced as the new standard with 1920 x 1080 pixels.
Then someone came and called 1280 x 720 'HD-ready' to pretend a great resolution. I have never seen a more detailed explanation.
Only then was 'HD' renamed to 'full HD' in order to clearly name the 1920 x 1080 pixels again.
Then you probably just live longer than I do. I'm also quite young. I definitely knew HD as 720p and FHD as 1080p. It has always been that way.
