[whatwg] Video source selection based on quality (was: <video> feedback)

[Gregory Maxwell]

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Hugh Guiney <hugh.guiney at gmail.com> wrote:
> And when other established terms are used, like "480p"—which, in
> virtually every other context, refers to 720x480, the most common of
> the acceptable resolution for DVDs—yet the video is *854*x480, that's
> also confusing. Ted could download such a "480p" clip and attempt to
> burn it, only to discover that his authoring program won't accept that
> format.

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Pixel aspect ratios.

This whole discussion has been painful to watch.