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I just learned this easy little trick a few days ago; I previously had no idea there was any way you could better the visual quality of YouTube videos.

The next time you’re on YouTube and have selected a video to watch (meaning you’re on the video viewing page and not a “choose a video to watch” list page), look up at the URL - also known as the website address - near the top of your scren. It should read www.youtube.com/watch?= and then some funny string of characters, something not unlike “ZbbxA8a_M_s”.

Click your cursor after the last letter in the URL and type in “&fmt=18″, then hit then Enter key on your keyboard. The page will refresh itself and suddenly you’ll be watching a high-quality, clear video instead of one that’s a bit jagged, rotted, and much lower quality. Pretty neat.