I signed up for an premium account with MotionBox, a video hosting service, because I finally got fed up with YouTube’s very lame 4:3 aspect ratio video player - it just really sucks for 16:9 video. This is a test post I’m doing so I can compare a few different versions of the same video to check out how to best optimize the content I’m creating. You can probably ignore this post unless you’re keen on video encoding and embedding.

First up, here’s what my uploaded h.264 1920 x 1080i 9mbps video looks like (yeah, it was a big upload, 617 MB, but they accepted it without a glitch) with their standard HD embed code:

This is the same source video, only with their standard definition (SD) embed code:

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All I asked for was a couple of logo changes and minor layout tweaked, but the very talented Darius Wey instead created a new corporate home page for Thoughts Media Inc. It looks awesome! Thanks Darius!