After ReSizing Music Player, Why do so many sites use 240 and 320 as the values to resize other objects?

Question

There are multiple sites, with code, to hide the music player (by re-sizing it to zero) which all have width:320px and height:240px as the values to size the remaining objects.

Why these values?

This is NOT the size of the myspace video, which is a common item which needs re-sizing after sizing the music player to zero?

I am really curious where these particular values come from?

I know that several people who answer questions here, use these values in their answer. Maybe someone can tell me why they choose these specific values.

Sir Frederick,

I appreciate your attempt to answer, but your answer does not seem logical to me at all.
If those numbers are so much better, than why does myspace use different values when they place the video?

There are over 400px of width in that space.
Why not use the size myspace uses for the video?
Why shrink it, and change its aspect ratio?
And why so many people doing that with exactly the same values?
The ratio is not even the same.
Which is why I am so curious where these values came from.

Answer 1

Simply because anything sized larger will take up too much space on someones profile and anything small will reduce the video quality. When you upload a video it's resolution is set to those parameters because it's best without losing the video quality so it doesn't become too pixelated.

Answer 2

other poster is correct thats why preset values so their servers don't melt down !

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Answer 3

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