vimeo.com raises desire for 720p video

Benkei Ramen Noodle Shop, Vancouver from Emmy Cmz on Vimeo.

Some cameras already have a YouTube mode but I'm confident that video sharing sites like vimeo.com will eventually force camera manufacturers to include quite good 720p video into their models. When you upload a 1280 x 720 sized movie to vimeo it automatically gets a better quality HD treatment. Such less compressed "HD" video looks quite good in the default 640 x 360 view. You can also watch it at full size but better not too close to the monitor. The embedded video above has "HD Off". To watch it in full vimeo quality click on the video title link. Vimeo has a very nice interface and uploading is as easy as pie. It's free with a 500 MB per week limit but there are signs that they are going to also offer Pro accounts with more features just like Flickr.com does. Additionally movies can be marked at private and also password protected. And one important and good thing is that they only allow material that is created by you.

It's common to mention the device that was used to shoot the video so thats great and free promotion for good cameras. Manufacturers simply can't ignore this any longer I think. In vimeos "HD channel" you can also clearly see the quality difference between clips from professional $3000 camcorders and movies from current compact cameras. So there's a lot of desire and a lot to improve.