GameSpot Mods, Total Access, and Plus members should see a new button above their video players today. Click that button to see the new video player we currently have in development. There is also a form on the page to submit feedback and bug reports, though if you have thoughts and opinions you can share them here as well. A number of items I want to call your attention to:

1.) New streaming options, choose between progressive download, dynamic streaming, or static streaming.
2.) New bitrates, we now offer two new HD bitrates, 1200k and 2000k
3.) HD viewing experience, flip back and forth between the SD and HD versions of the videos
4.) Bitrate indicator, tells you what quality you are watching the video at.

Some notes about the beta test itself:

1.) Easy access to the new player is only visible to Total Access and Plus subscribers, but anyone can access the new player just by adding ?newplayer=1 to the end of the URL. For example:

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/adventure/ratchetandclankacrackintime/video/6238204/ratchet--clank-future-a-crack-in-time-video-review?newplayer=1

2.) Embedding video options are currently not available, we'll be adding that in shortly.
3.) If you have feedback to submit, use the form on the page. If you want to provide feedback in this thread, please provide a link to the URL you viewed the video on, as well as your OS, browser, and exact version of Flash. You can check your version of Flash by visiting http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ and looking in the box titled "Version Information".
4.) If you have general questions about the new player, be sure to post them here. We're compiling a FAQ that will help explain all the new features.

Dan_Lero: Can you estimate what % of the loading circle it gets stuck on?

CyberMew: We'll have a detailed FAQ to answer those soon, but the short of it is for now, bitrates represent the quality of the video yo uare watching. The higher the bitrate, the better the video. 1200k and 2000k are our HD streams. When watching in HD, you can choose either one.

Progressive download is when you see the video load ahead of the timeline bar. You'll be able to jump around within the portion of the video loaded. This is probably what most people are used to. Static streaming is when the video gets streamed to your player. The advantage of this is if you are watching a long video, like an episode of Today On the Spot, you can skip to the near end without waiting for it to load. The downside is you may run into buffering issues if your bandwidth isn't high enough. Dynamic streaming is similar to that, but the quality of the video will change based on your bandwidth and processing power. It will give you the stream that it calculates to be the most appropriate for you. The best way to learn about it is to just play with the settings yourself. And as I said before, we'll have a more detailed FAQ soon.

The FAQ isn't ready yet, so we're just defaulting to the home page for now.

hesel: You have that option, just change to static streaming or dynamic streaming.

Cybermew: The new video player is still just a beta test. We won't be rolling out a permanent viewing option until the video player is fully released.

gmax: I'll look in to that for you.

IbnLaAhad: Please check to see if you are comparing the same bitrates in the old player and new player. Also, if you have a specific video that shows markedly different qualities between players, let me know.