Different movie file sizes - different videos??

I downloaded the Flex 4 In a Week videos for offline viewing a few months ago.
Today I noticed that, in conjunction with an overhaul of the Flex In A Week web page, the movie files posted therein have changed in size. They are several megs smaller than the corresponding videos I downloaded a few months ago. Have the videos changed, or have they only been compressed more for faster download?
Thanks

Hi Gusetva,
All of the content for the videos are the same. Looks like they just compressed the files.

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