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TLnet Poll - Preferred SC2 Stream/VOD quality

Preferred SC2 Stream/VOD quality :

Ultra (1080 / Ultra) (2584)30%
High (720 / High) (2458)28%
Medium (720 / Medium) (1372)16%
Standard (Non-HD / High) (1066)12%
Don't Care (891)10%
Low (Non-HD / Low) (278)3%

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ghen
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1356 Posts
June 03 2010 11:29 GMT
#1
I want the stream as high quality as possible because my computer and download speed can handle it. I understand though that concessions have to be made for crappy computers and/or bad internet speeds. So while I voted for Ultra/Ultra I can understand if medium or standard gets a bunch of votes.

As a side note, I don't know of anyone's stream that is 1080p right now. 720 is hard enough!
Lysteria
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
France2280 Posts
June 03 2010 11:36 GMT
#2
I voted High, because I think it's the best balance between quality and lag.

And HD for SC1, obviously.
Some streams are quite painful to watch sometimes.
letian
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany4221 Posts
June 03 2010 11:38 GMT
#3
i voted I dont care, beacuse i really dont care)))
Zerum
Profile Joined February 2008
Sweden348 Posts
June 03 2010 11:38 GMT
#4
I don't like the "ultra" settings and prefer the IMO optimised medium settings for view the battlefield. its allot less cluttered and the effects are clear.
im a roc
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States745 Posts
June 03 2010 11:43 GMT
#5
I get lag on anything but low, so my decision is obvious.
Beware The Proxy Pool Rush
writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
June 03 2010 11:45 GMT
#6
Don't care, why would you watch SC2 when you could watch BW?
8/4/12 never forget, never forgive.
monkh
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United Kingdom568 Posts
June 03 2010 11:50 GMT
#7
would love ultra if i could download at that speed but i voted for medium then no problems with lag ever
Daeden.620
Lucumo
Profile Joined January 2010
6850 Posts
June 03 2010 11:55 GMT
#8
On June 03 2010 20:45 writer22816 wrote:
Don't care, why would you watch SC2 when you could watch BW?

Exactly my thoughts.
Raelcun
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States3747 Posts
June 03 2010 11:55 GMT
#9
Rarely any difference at all between high and ultra except on stupidly high resolutions even on my high high resolution it's hard to see a difference. Voted high quality but I'll watch a low quality stream with good content/commentary.
nate_river
Profile Joined April 2010
40 Posts
June 03 2010 12:04 GMT
#10
Why the poll changed when bw>sc2 ?Is blizzard involved or i m too suspicious ?
Hyde
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Australia14568 Posts
June 03 2010 12:04 GMT
#11
On June 03 2010 20:38 Zerum wrote:
I don't like the "ultra" settings and prefer the IMO optimised medium settings for view the battlefield. its allot less cluttered and the effects are clear.

The poll isn't for in-game graphics. It's asking about streams and vods.
I choose medium, simply because internet in Australia sucks and our speed can't cope, not to mention we have data allocation and HQ streams eat up a lot of bandwidth.
Because when you left, Brood War was all spotlights and titans. Now, with the death of the big leagues, Brood War has moved to the basements and carparks. Now, Brood War is unlicensed brawls, lost teeth, and bloody fights for fistfulls of money - SirJolt
eNoq
Profile Joined June 2009
Netherlands502 Posts
June 03 2010 12:13 GMT
#12
VOD quality, ofcourse as high as possible.
Proburu
Navane
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Netherlands2748 Posts
June 03 2010 12:26 GMT
#13
Weird poll, since there isn't really a trade-off. All things equal, I want ultra/1600p; if your pc can run sc2, it sure can run a stream at that resolution.

spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
June 03 2010 12:27 GMT
#14
My internet is kinda slow, so I prefer slightly less than ultra high quality streams. Not extremely low quality though, since it's not THAT bad.
If you have a good reason to disagree with the above, please tell me. Thank you.
k!llua
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Australia895 Posts
June 03 2010 12:31 GMT
#15
Low, because distinguishing fine details isn't that important and it means it lets me stream perfectly on my crappy ADSL1 (150kb/s) connection.

Standard would be fine though.
my hair is a wookie, your argument is invalid
Doko
Profile Joined May 2010
Argentina1737 Posts
June 03 2010 12:41 GMT
#16
Medium resolution @ around 900 kbps looks good enough and will rarely ever lag.

A lot of people are streaming at 720p (1280,720) without the necessary bitrate to maintain quality which ends up in major artifacs specially when there's a lot of camera movement.
The ones that do usually have complains about lag so im going with the safe route.
Corak
Profile Joined February 2010
Germany187 Posts
June 03 2010 12:53 GMT
#17
Depends if i am watching on my PC Monitor (720p) or on my TV (1080p), but its the PC most of the time.
Kyuki
Profile Joined February 2008
Sweden1867 Posts
June 03 2010 12:58 GMT
#18
My vote went for 720 High, due to it probably most often beeing abit more stable and beeing abit easier to view in none-full screen mode. If there was full performance out of all of them and I'd watch the best possible resolution in fullscreen ofc.
Mada Mada Dane
Necosarius
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Sweden4042 Posts
June 03 2010 13:25 GMT
#19
Don't care, I don't watch SC2 streams.
FreshVegetables
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Finland513 Posts
June 03 2010 13:27 GMT
#20
I usually watch HDStarcraft/Husky's stream with the 720p HD quality option, I think that's really enough, although i'm sure the 1080p option is useful if you have a bigger screen.
yummy tomatoes
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