[Logan Greenwood]

No, it will not ruin the quality substantially unless you maximize the video to your entire screen. FYI: 1080P isnt standard in PC monitors anymore, its more like 1200P, but whatever. You have to remember that with any video you see on the internet, there will be a little bit of quality loss because of the compression into smaller file sizes for more storage ability.

So if you have a 1080P monitor watching a 720P video, there will not be a substantial quality loss unless you maximize the video to take up 1080 pixels. Since I have a 1200P monitor, I will see quality loss even on 1080P videos if I maximize it, although not quite as much because only 120 pixels are replicating colors where they originally wouldn't be, compared to 360 pixels enlarging a 720P video to a 1080P screen.

Now to the compression loss of quality. If you remember "The Wall Trailer" when it was first put up on SOSnewyork.com, it suffered from heavy compression quality losses, too much to even judge it's quality of work. Then when you look up the same video on YouTube from a channel like IGN, you will notice much better quality because there was less compression being done to lower the file size. Aside from the wall trailer though, there hasn't been any noticeable quality loss due to compression, atleast enough to skew your opinion on the videos. There will always be some form of quality loss when you compress it, but if its done right the loss is not in a substantial or noticeable amount as to skew your opinion.

If you have ever noticed with the comparisons of CD's to MP3's, the CD version will always be better, the same thing goes with BluRay versus standard DVD's. Why? Because less compressioning needs to be done to fit a movie or game on a Bluesy disc, and the same goes for CD's. Because of the less compressioning needed to be done, you can have better quality content. However for the sake of a 720P YouTube video, the compressioning will not usually be enough to change your opinion on say, a Crysis 2 video, as long as it isn't maximized.

Hope that helped!

[Ruben Bernal]

Bah, bluesy typo= BluRay. Sorry about that. =/

[Gill Mackin]

@ Talon, thanks, works for me. I run through a 42" LCD TV 1080p, and as you say you have a 1200p monitor, great for us, and I understand the compression issue.
So, could the above account for the many different opinions we have seen re trailers, from the forum users, that is to say some might not understand the whole picture, and just base on what they see.
opinions range from.,,, The Muts Nuts,
Through to............,,,,,,..Terrible Graphics.
This has been a point throughout, as i have considered what we are all recieving, and what we are all using, can be quite different. and probably poor to some users.
My mates 720 TV with PC input, and his avarage spec PC , does run Crysis, but only on medium, this doesnt look so good as mine on high at 1080p.#
Maybe some of the users havn't quite got the grasp, is my only suggestion, at no one in particular,

[Ilona Neumann]

No, the quality loss due to resolution and compressioning won't change opinions. I'm not quite sure what you are now asking, but a low spec PC would be absolutely fine if it has a 720P screen. Because the video is streamed from the website, the only stress put on the PC is the processor and RAM as it buffers the video. Since videos are just capturing the pixels on a screen, what that computer graphics could do, I could see on my screen. I can go on YouTube and look up a top notched Crysis video running at 80fps even though my own rig can't do that, and I will be able to see the quality that the users video PC can output.

So as long as you got a 720P monitor or better, the rest of the computer doesn't matter. The quality of the video I see on my screen, the average Joe could see on his screen running a low spec system, provided he has a good monitor.

The quality of the videos will be the same for everyone using it. I'm not quite sure what the question of yours was, but I hope I answered it.

[Yonah]

@Talon, completely and fully, and you won me a bet into the bargain.
Would share the proceeds, but you in the US of A. so I guess i will just have to put your share in the jar, cheers.