Download YouTube videos. Video formats are listed at the top of the watch page. Video links are tagged so that they can be downloaded easily.
Can you post a link to the video?
Does the 1080p link appear later?
Maybe it takes time for YouTube to encode at all possible resolutions.
new video if have 1080p, but only see 720p colorbar
new video if have 1080p, but only see 720p colorbar and can't see 1080p's download link