• Tales from a future screen by Marco Boscolo

    An attempt to draw a map of the scientific contents available on webtvs and maybe understand what a webtv is. And meeting people, discussing with them, and having fun, of course...

    • On Image and Video Quality

      Thursday, 09 Oct 2008 - 14:56 UTC

      Some people say that if YouTube is your regular tv on the web, Vimeo is like cable tv. This is because you can upload also HD videos. But, anyway, the quality of the images is stunning. For example, watch at this video a MSc student from the Imperial College. Don’t you find much better to watch an interesting little documentary without getting frustrated because you can tell the difference between what you see and your morning porridge?


      Everyday Except Monday from Julien Simery on Vimeo.

      And this wasn’t in HD!

      The video comes from one of the science channel’s on Vimeo. Here you can find all the video from the Science Communication unit at Imperial College London.

      Here it is an example of HD video:


      Perth Timelapse from Liam Underwood on Vimeo.

      Last updated: Thursday, 09 Oct 2008 - 14:56 UTC

      • Comments

        • Date:
          Thursday, 09 Oct 2008 - 17:06 UTC
          Eva Amsen said:

          I know! I’ve been telling people that YouTube quality sucks and they should watch Vimeo instead (also much better things on there) but people insist on watching fuzzy crappy things.

        • Date:
          Thursday, 09 Oct 2008 - 18:18 UTC
          Massimo Pinto said:

          I prefer corn flakes for my breakfast, but I can still tell that this looks very neat.
          Never saw this before! Thank you, Marco

        • Date:
          Thursday, 09 Oct 2008 - 18:36 UTC
          steffi suhr said:

          Vimeo also ties in nicely with flickr..

        • Date:
          Thursday, 09 Oct 2008 - 19:23 UTC
          Graham Steel said:


          SPARC Forum: The Flip Side from Matt Agnello on Vimeo.

        • Date:
          Thursday, 09 Oct 2008 - 21:25 UTC
          Stephen Curry said:

          Thanks for the steer toward Vimeo Marco (and Eva). The quality is certainly impressive. Do you know how well they’re doing relative to YouTube? I guess I might as well post my own offering there…

        • Date:
          Friday, 10 Oct 2008 - 08:02 UTC
          Marco Boscolo said:

          @Massimo: I don’t like porridge too, so is why I prefer vimeo.

          @steffi: you’re right, and that’s not secondary, I believe.

          @Graham: very nice: already put in my favourites.

          @Stephen: I don’t know exactly, but I think your offering is worth vimeo better than the “fuzzy crappy” youtube.

        • Date:
          Friday, 10 Oct 2008 - 13:56 UTC
          Stephen Curry said:

          Cheers Marco – I have now added the video to Vimeo (quicker to convert than YouTube in my experience) and updated my original post.

        • Date:
          Friday, 10 Oct 2008 - 14:14 UTC
          Marco Boscolo said:

          Great! During the week end I’ll look for it!

        • Date:
          Monday, 13 Oct 2008 - 14:24 UTC
          Graham Steel said:

          Marco, if you liked that, you should like this:-


          Matt Agnello Reel from Matt Agnello on Vimeo.

        • Date:
          Wednesday, 15 Oct 2008 - 07:11 UTC
          Marco Boscolo said:

          Thank you Graham! This Agnello is really a good artisan…


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