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Big news (geddit?) as BBC releases new version of iPlayer, including programming in HD resolutions for the first time. The new service, available both as a streaming version and with the out-of-beta Adobe Air-based download version, allows (some) programming to be watched online in HD for the first time. For many viewers this will be the first opportunity to see BBC programming in the larger format. Though beware, your mileage may vary as HD video can be very processor and graphics-card intensive, so you might not have a computer - let alone a fast enough connection - to take full advantage.

It just shows how far internet video has come, that it has caught up with the latest broadcast technology - and hints to a future where you'll go online for the highest quality, and over-the-air broadcast will be the fallback for the last generation of viewing. Internet-enabled televisions to the ready!