{"id":2500,"date":"2019-03-29T09:34:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T13:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2500"},"modified":"2019-03-29T09:36:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T13:36:38","slug":"got-a-minute-got-hd-or-4k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/29\/got-a-minute-got-hd-or-4k\/","title":{"rendered":"Got a minute? Got HD or 4K?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The folks over at <a aria-label=\"Arstechnica (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2019\/03\/theres-this-new-4k-falcon-9-video-you-probably-want-to-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arstechnica<\/a> found a very short (just 61 sec!), never-before-seen-by-the-public, video of SpaceX&#8217;s most visually-spectacular moments from 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is different from SpaceX&#8217;s live and streaming videos. They&#8217;re awfully good, but are usually shown at reduced resolution; and often show some artifacting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this video is apparently direct from higher-resolution source files, from onboard and ground-based cameras. There&#8217;s some amazing detail in the images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still frames don&#8217;t do it justice. If you have HD video or better (it&#8217;s gorgeous in 4K), this is worth 61 seconds of your time: full-screen, and at whatever max resolution your device supports:  <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z4TXCZG_NEY\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z4TXCZG_NEY<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z4TXCZG_NEY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>Want a treat? Watch full-screen, at your device&#8217;s max resolution.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:right\" class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em><strong>Permalink: <a href=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2500\">https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2500<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"104\" height=\"6\" data-attachment-id=\"1999\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/10\/around-boston-the-nearly-snowless-winter-continues\/seperator-short-grey\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?fit=104%2C6&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"104,6\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SEPERATOR short grey\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?fit=104%2C6&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?resize=104%2C6\" alt=\"[seperator]\" class=\"wp-image-1999\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\"><strong>COMMENT \/ QUESTION<\/strong>  on <strong>THIS ITEM?<\/strong> <em>See the<\/em> <strong>Comment box<\/strong> <em>at bottom of this page!<\/em><br><b><em><br><\/em>NEW QUESTION? <\/b><em>Ask<\/em><b> <u><font color=\"#000117\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/font><\/u><\/b>!<br><br>(<em>Want free notification of new content? 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