As we saw with Hulu's
dive into HD, Adobe's latest version of Flash does indeed support high-definition content. More specifically, it plays nice with H.264 / HE-AAC v2, but requires a fairly beefed up computer and an uber-quick internet connection in order to fully experience 480p, 720p and 1080p material. Additionally, the "flash on" portal aims to inform you of how Flash is "powering
next-generation television," which sounds quite delicious, no? For those curious to see what your own content would look like if streamed out in glorious high-definition, be sure and take a peek at the Adobe HD gallery -- assuming you've got the latest version of Flash Player 9 and meet those admittedly stringent system requirements, of course.
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Read - Adobe's HD video website
Read - Adobe's flash on portal
posted Dec 10th 2007 at 6:38PM
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
pratik @ Apr 16th 2008 8:33AM
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Fastman @ Dec 10th 2007 7:58PM
On my C2D 6750 @ 3.4Ghz, the 1080p video runs at 50%!! Their overhead is waaay too high...
JeffDM @ Dec 10th 2007 10:33PM
Isn't that about right for some 1080p h.264 videos?
kstich @ Dec 10th 2007 8:01PM
This is actually pretty impressive. All of the 720p videos played for me with no hiccups. They streamed just as fast as youtube low-res videos do. The videos seems a little compressed on my LCD monitor but I am sure on my TV it would look fine. If only the player was a little more user friendly (my 720p tv has the bottom bar cut off and that appears to be the only way to make the video full screen).