23rd May 2022, 2:05 PM
(23rd May 2022, 1:39 PM)Mystery Wrote: That video was uploaded only 3 months into YouTube's creation. I think what happened was it was originally 720p, but got upscaled to 1080p by YouTube itself. If that is the case, then the first actual YouTube video in FHD wasn't until much later; not until The Muppets - Bohemian Rhapsody. That would also explain why gg has a staggeringly low view count.
There's also an article from November 12, 2009 (11 days before that Muppets video) saying that FHD uploading was just added to YouTube, sooo yeah. Kind of proves it.
Someone in the comments section, mentioned something about Youtube upgrading the video quality, once it introduced FHD streaming options on their platform. With that being said, it does make sense that the original uploader had 1080p options that weren't readily available at the time.
Also, you gotta understand that the video the person uploaded in 2005, was during a time where Youtube wasn't very popular. People were just starting to get used to Facebook, they'd been on Myspace, and they were used to Netflix. Plus the guy's subscriber count is really low, too, and people couldn't find that video at the time. But yeah, 1080p in 2005 is impressive.