Last week, YouTube announced that it is switching its stream to SD quality worldwide to avoid network congestion. Other major video streaming services also announced a similar reduction in their ...

YouTube announced today that it will reduce its automatic video quality to standard definition (480p) for the next month to reduce the pressure on internet infrastructure brought on by COVID-19 ...

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Last week, YouTube said that it’s defaulting video quality to 480p worldwide to save bandwidth, because more people are watching videos during lockdowns in various countries. Videos will start playing ...

Verizon’s unlimited data plans are about to get a lot more … limited. America’s largest carrier announced that starting Wednesday, August 23, it will begin throttling all videos streamed on its ...

A lot of the time, when we record a video with our smartphones or even a camera, it is not perfect. There may be some noise and grains, some not-so-lit areas, and many other fringe elements that can ...

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Many wireless carriers limit streaming video quality on a cellular signal to save bandwidth and money. Here’s how to get better picture quality with a VPN. Moe Long Senior Editor Moe enjoys making ...