YouTube has switched to widescreen format with the “watch in normal quality” option still available for those on slower networks or lower download limits, but now there is no more guess work -- on any uploaded videos that are wider than 720 pixels, users will see a new option to “Watch in HD” where the “watch in high quality” option usually appears.
That makes all the hacks and disappointment out of tirelessly attempting to find HD videos -- if it is available, you will see the link. If there is no HD link then you are out of luck for that video.
In addition to the quality change in the player, YouTube has updated the embed options to let users chose one of four different sizes -- all the way up to 640x505 pixels. Previously you could access the same HD version with the little hack we told you about -- adding “&fmt=22” to a YouTube URL -- but now there is no need for that. On the other hand, as far as we can tell, the embed code remains the same, so to embed the HD version of a video on your own site, you will need to use the hack.
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