Love the info from the devs, but can we have HD images/videos please. 600x338...

[Alhanelem]

1) Who doesn't run their browser full screen.

Most people I know, because most websites aren't designed for huge resolutions- there are many reasons for this- to be readable to the widest audience possible, to make it reasonably viewable on non PC devices like tablets and smartphones (sometimes you do this with a separate mobile site, but it isn't necessary if the site is well designed), to simplify multitasking, to take advantage of certain features like dragging files to the browser window to upload, dragging images out of the browser to save them, etc.

I have many windows on the screen- having my browser full screen makes the things I do more difficult than they have to be.

2) Who is running a monitor at less than 1280x1020 resolution? (thats standard rez for a 19 inch square screen)

I don't know, but 1280x1020 isn't 1080p. And standards change all the time. Inexpensive monitors bought just a few years ago don't have resolutions like that- the average person doesn't buy a new monitor as often as they upgrade other parts of their PC/buy a new PC.

This is trollish statement. Of course there has been a progression of display technology that makes images low res look more and more horrible.

It's not a trollish statement. And low res images don't look "more horrible" on high res displays unless you blow them up. Unless your vision is poor, you normally don't need to do this. The zoom feature is a visual aid, not something people normally use all the time.

Anyway, if they're just grabbing quick images and putting them on a blog, they're not going to be maximum quality- that shouldn't be a suprise. More care and attention has and is being given to more official material e.g. press releases and other forms of release to the media.