I have put youtube videos on 30K HD projectors. I can tell you that if any video engineer ever "refused" to put a youtube video on a
projector, or insinuated it couldnt be done to try to hide the fact that they dont want the viewing to ruin their "artistic integrity" I would tell them to go to hell and never hire them again.
Depends what the situation is... If you have hired me to create a small quantity of HD content on a high
profile gig and then decide that several youtube videos get shown as well in a way that might hide they a youtube video, its going to look like I dropped the ball on the content here. And it has happened to me before, so dont say it wont. Now I look like Im a bad projection designer or just lazy, there might be copyright issues that fall on my head (as Im the one who designed it all, and thus am assumed to have made those choices), and the artistic
continuity of the show IS seriously affected. I was working on a dance production that had a mix of HD videos (into to acts) that I didnt make, HD content for backgrounds that I did design, and then 2 acts wanted youtube flicks zoomed and cut so that just the video showed up. Does the act look bad in that situation, or is it the guy who is listed as "Projection Designer"? (also the youtube video looks stupid on wide
screen with the edges cut... but thats a design opinion) If I was at a meeting and the bossman wants to show a video that he thought was humorous to make a
point, we have a different situation on our hands, dont we? And yeah, if I was designing Hamlet and someone wanted to put an lol cats video at the start, I think there is a
bit of an artistic issue there (of course, I probably wouldnt be working with that guy again anyhow...). However, I could also envision a situation where it would be totally appropriate. Its a very situational thing, is it not? And it really isnt the video engineer's job to make that
call, the Projection Designer ought make that
call. The Engineer shouldnt really have much opinion on the issue in the first place.