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Originally Posted by TheDoc
If you produce HD, nothing wrong with that. I would expect it to convert traffic well. Most people can't use it, thus have no reason to visit the site. You ignore a majority market when you only use HD.
Like myself... I don't have time to wait for anything HD to buffer or download. I click straight to the lower quality version. I have a huge 'net connection, I just don't like to wait.
In other countries, the extra size / time is a bigger Internet bill.
Shooting your content on HD today, means nothing more, than you over paid for something that will be replaced in 5-10 years with new technology along with content that is losing its shelf life (equal to non-hd but quality content) and will soon end up in the 1 cent buys you a box of porn deals.
And... the surfer doesn't care as long as the video is high quality and big.
That's a the kicker... so unless you have a reason to shoot in HD, like you broadcast to HD TV.
You're losing money.
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I think that this is a backwards way to look at it. If you film in HD, with just a little extra care and effort on set and for a marginal extra cost and time in post-production, you will be future-proofing your content and protecting your potential future revenue streams and your ability to re-purpose your content down the road. You can still always deliver a 4x3 low res version of your file to your existing user base, same as if you shot it in SD. And if shot correctly, if will look better than an actual SD video at the same bitrate. But if you shoot in HD- or hire a professional like me to do it who does it every day and has the workflow down- you will have a better quality widescreen master going forward, which may mean you will be able to deliver the quality and format of videos that future consumers expect, whether it be online, on BlueRay, broadcast tv, VOD, IPTV or any other platforms that come along.