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OP is defining a downgrade that 40% of the UK users now have to fall back to 480p since 720p60 won't work and 1080 won't work. OP wants 720p30 back since it s t
by hirako2000 6y ago
OP is defining a downgrade that 40% of the UK users now have to fall back to 480p since 720p60 won't work and 1080 won't work. OP wants 720p30 back since it s the highest resolution that 40% users were able to use before the change. 480p, seriously?
- oefrha 6y agoPeople who can play 720p30 well enough but not 720p60 would have a connection speed around 3Mbps, which is at most 10% per the graph in TFA. TFA is claiming ~40% got a downgrade in resolution.
- hirako2000 6y agoIt's rather that they have 4Mbps for 720p30 to play well. They don't reach 5Mbps hence 720p60 buffers. We could argue about whether that's 10% or 40% of the UK that is affected. I see your point.
- user5994461 6y agoIt's affecting 40% of the population, everybody with a connection less than 8 Mbps, give or take. 1080p60 is around 6 Mbps, need a 7-8 Mbps connection to work well. The 20% who had a connection 4-8 Mbps and could do 1080p got downgraded to 720p60. The 20% who had a 2-5 Mbps connection and could do 720p got downgraded to 480p. Obviously it's not clear cut, there's a continuous spectrum where things will load much slower and start having breaks in playback until you really have to drop the resolution. Well, we should also consider households having more than one person. Two people watching YouTube requires double the bandwidth, going into 12 Mbps+ territory. Truth be told, this is affecting more than 40% of the population.