Video of Chris Putnam here. He runs Facebook's video team: http://www.fastcompany.tv/video... - Robert Scoble

Nice!!!! - drew olanoff

720 P HD video now on Facebook. - Robert Scoble

16:9 goodness. - Robert Scoble

Also, videos are now embeddable on your own blog! - Robert Scoble

Why is this important? Any user generated videos will likely be cell-phone quality. Enlighten me! - Will Higgins™

Nice one Robert! - Evan

If cellphone photos are any sign, HD cellphone video isn't that far off. - Kevin Fox

watching now. looks cool - Scott Sorheim

Like Winer said, it's all just about the feature fight. YAWN! - Stephen Pierzchala

f ya! their video product has been so poor. wonder if we can see video views now?!?! - sean percival

Wait a minute. This one is actually a feature that people care about. If Scoble likes it that's a clue. - Dave Winer

I wonder when/if they will increase the quality of the photos that are uploaded - Brian Sloane

Will: Because many new camcorders do HD video. Also, SmugMug and Vimeo had HD first and should get credit. - Robert Scoble

When they talk about a Battle For Mindshare -- that's the BS. http://bit.ly/ul49 - Dave Winer

Brian: the quality should start going up soon. Especially if you uploaded 720P stock. - Robert Scoble

At last a great use for my Kodak Zi6. Huge difference from my old Flip. - Christine Dattilo

NEWS FLASH! Winer and Scoble agree! Skating now open on Crystal Spring Resevoir! But I guess I would have to be a bigger video creator/user to really care that deeply. - Stephen Pierzchala

Do I get stats on my videos yet? - drew olanoff

impressive picture quality. - john conroy

I don't think I've seen anyone use the facebook video on my list. I think youtube should get off their arses and do something similar, though. - Terry O'Fee

This is probably very naive, but I just don't understand how companies can handle storage for media like this. Millions of users (I know only a fraction will) upload HD quality video. I don't get it. And I just got my customized Flip Mino (decided no HD because of file size). http://twitpic.com/qghk - Leif Hansen

@drew thats what im saying, video hosting with stats is worthless to content producers and ego maniacs! - sean percival

Now I really need to go to the beauty parlor instead of the barber! Google Connect/FB Connect YTube HD/FB HD. The big guys know recession means sharp elbows in the paint! - Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct

this guys hair was SOOOO made for HD - sean percival

I like Vimeo a lot. No one uploads any video to Facebook. I've seen 1 video from my friends on Facebook. Posting video from other sites though, that's becoming more common. Too bad the only videos posted are SNL sketches. - Will Higgins™

Actually I heard it on Twitter first. :D :D :P - Bwana ☠

interesting how the story appears to be only on scobles blog and techcrunch hmm - Allen Stern

Yup, I wasn't actually the only one with the news here. I have the only video. This is the first time I've agreed to a nondeterminant exclusive. We only knew a few minutes ago that the news would go out now. Rocky woke me up in London to get the news posted. - Robert Scoble

This one is a yawner for me. Youtube going HD was much more significant. - Bwana ☠

hahah. facebook is good to link for other services... - Terry O'Fee

Now Robert, I thought Facebook had kicked you off their platform a while back. Oh, but they let you back I see... - Leif Hansen

not what i meant robert - more that it seemed like more usual outlets would have the news as well - i have never received facebook news but wondering why the other valley bloggos dont have it... as bwana notes, not really a huge deal - especially since we know facebook has no idea how to monetize (see my post yesterday) - Allen Stern

Allen: it's because of the weird embargo. I had to agree to hold the news until they told us we could talk. Most news people wouldn't agree to that. Also, Facebook didn't want news to leak so they went with only a few people they had personal relationships with. I've known Chris Putnam since he was 16, so that's why I was included. - Robert Scoble

Bwana: I agree that YouTube getting HD is more significant, but this is pretty major too. Also, Facebook lets you upload 20 minutes. YouTube only 10. - Robert Scoble

Thanks Robert for the explanation - Allen Stern

you also need to log in to see facebook content. not such a big deal these days but youtube links you can just click on no matter which computer you are on... - Terry O'Fee

Terry: that is not true anymore. If videos on Facebook are shared with everyone you do not need to log in to see them anymore. - Robert Scoble

this is so cool. add video chat capability, live streaming video, and this thing might get as big or bigger than youtube, considering the huge userbase facebook has. - Rahul Krishnakumar

well, that's handy then. good to know. having the option to just click on a link and instantly watching the vid is alright by me. - Terry O'Fee

I don't see it as major because Facebook's video community is virtually non-existent. Had they opened up video to non-Facebook users a year ago and THEN added HD today, it may be different. There's a ton of competition in this field, and it's a steep hill to climb. I will be very surprised if we're even talking about Facebook HD video 3 months from now. - Bwana ☠

Lots of our customers are beta testing our 1080p video support - http://twurl.nl/e4kxby - so make sure to holler if you want your SmugMug account beta enabled. (I'd guess we're only a few days away from enabling it for all our Pros - but you can still play with it first) - Don MacAskill

(That message was for anyone - not [just] Robert) - Don MacAskill

Are they upscaling (or something) SD content to 720p? Every video I watch has an option to "View in Regular Quality" regardless of the source. - Robert Yocum

Robert: if you upload a video with 720p then it does NOT upscale. If you upload lower quality, though, it does. Don: you guys rock. I so want a new Canon 5D. - Robert Scoble

Robert It seems YouTube has three view qualities now, but only offers two choices per video. If the source is not uploaded in HD you get a choice of "normal" or "high." But if the source is HD (720p) you get a choice of "normal" or "HD" - Michael Markman

Lowest cost route into making HD videos: the Flip Mino HD. (street ~$200) They're going to get a nice fat sales bump - Michael Markman