November

November is upon us and with it, for some, the nights are drawing in and the days getting shorter. Perfect for a night infront of your computer watching P101tv videos. As always, there's some fantastic new Porsche videos and pictures uploaded by our members for your viewing pleasure as well as some exciting new enhancements and features for Channel P101tv, including a new high quaity video player, mobile, standard definition and high definition video playback options, HTML5 video streaming and much more. Read on for more details!

This months "Porsche on the Cover" is MarkJ's fabulous Porsche 911 3.2 Club Sport. Looking great in its CS Decals and benefiting from a weight loss program making it a very nimble 911.


New P101tv Feature | Enhanced Video

Channel P101tv has undergone some huge changes this month. Behind the scenes we've been working on ways to make the P101tv Video experience better. We are pleased to say that we have installed an all improved video player, ensuring video playback is of superior quality. We've also changed the way videos are transcoded and stored when you upload them. Now all videos uploaded will be encoded into three versions: A High Definition (HD) version, a Standard Definition (SD) version, and a Mobile version. So, you can now enjoy your videos in high quality on PC, laptop, tablet and smartphone.
For those of you who like to know how it's done, here's the science bit. Our video player is now based on the very latest HTML 5 technology. No longer relying on Flash video, this provides a secure and high quality video playback. Videos that are uploaded will also benefit from a much higher quality MP4 video container.
Lastly, we have upgraded the payback feature to allow you to fast forward to any point on the video timeline. Once the video is playing, simply click on the part of the timeline where you want to fast forward to.


P101tv Videos on Your Phone

Many of you have been asking when they would be able to play Channel P101tv videos on their mobile phones. Well, from today you can. All our videos are now stored in three formats. Standard Definition, High Definition and Mobile. So, instead of watching videos on your PC's, you can now watch them on your iPhones, iPads, Android phones and Android tablets. When viewing P101tv with your Smartphone or Tablet, it will automatically detect your device and play the appropriate version. So, you can enjoy Channel P101tv where ever you are!


Bigger is Better

Todays video equipment is producing higher and higher quality videos with bigger file sizes, and as a result Channel P101tv members have been emailing us asking for a bigger video upload size limit. As always, we are keen to please, so we have given the upload limit a massive hike. The video upload size limit per video has been increased from 100mb to 800mb. We have also increased our server storage size to make sure there's plenty of room for your videos.


The Birth of the Ducktail

The Porsche 911 is famous for the various rear spoilers sitting over the engine at the rear. They have changed quite dramatically over years from the huge turbo whale tail of the 930, the 3.2 Carrera tea tray to the fold away versions found on the Porsche 964. But how and when did it all start. What gave birth to this iconic accessory of the Porsche type 911 and was it an aesthetic or functional addition.


It's a Wrap!

For a bit of fun we decided to see what a classic 911 would look like with a full body decal wrap. This one has a Porsche Logo on steroids wrapped around it. There are other designs including Spiderman and batman Designs. We're not sure anyone would take the plunge with their Porsche, but it was fun to do all the same.


And finally......Did you Know?

Wiki is the abbreviation of WikiWikiWeb, which was the first wiki software. It's actually a Hawaiianword that means "fast". As Channel P101tv continues to grow its range of services and features, we thought we had better put our own Wiki together. Check out our Wiki for the fast track on finding out the complete range of features and servces that you can enjoy. We'll update it every time we launch something new.


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