TL;DR: YouTube now uses AI to automatically upscale videos below 1080p to HD, improving viewing on high-resolution displays. Creators can opt out, and viewers can disable upscaling, which is labeled ...
Low-quality visuals are still surprisingly common and frustrating. Old home videos, DVDs, VHS tapes, and heavily compressed social media clips often look blurry, noisy, full of artifacts, washed-out ...