# TED videos preview shows just a thumbnail instead of the video itself like youtube

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/ted-videos-preview-shows-just-a-thumbnail-instead-of-the-video-itself-like-youtube/43235>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [April 26, 2016, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ted-videos-preview-shows-just-a-thumbnail-instead-of-the-video-itself-like-youtube/43235 "2016-04-26T09:48:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ted-videos-preview-shows-just-a-thumbnail-instead-of-the-video-itself-like-youtube/43235/4 "2016-05-02T03:33:11Z")

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But can’t the virtual DOM take care of that these days?

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