Is there a way to link someone to a YouTube Video in HD 1080p quality?

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Is there a way to link someone to a YouTube Video in HD 1080p quality? As of right now, when linking someone to a youtube URL, the video defaults to 360p.

Answer

Pedro Lobito picture Pedro Lobito · Apr 18, 2014

Yes there is:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/kObNpTFPV5c?vq=hd1440
https://www.youtube.com/embed/kObNpTFPV5c?vq=hd1080
etc...

Options are:

Code for 1440: vq=hd1440
Code for 1080: vq=hd1080
Code for 720: vq=hd720
Code for 480p: vq=large
Code for 360p: vq=medium
Code for 240p: vq=small

UPDATE
As of 10 of April 2018, this code still works.
Some users reported "not working", if it doesn't work for you, please read below:

From what I've learned, the problem is related with network speed and or screen size.
When YT player starts, it collects the network speed, screen and player sizes, among other information, if the connection is slow or the screen/player size smaller than the quality requested(vq=), a lower quality video is displayed despite the option selected on vq=.

Also make sure you read the comments below.

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