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Yeh this is just me ranting on about what I think about all of these online video “services”.
YouTube
Pro’s:
- Lots of videos to watch
- Pretty quick to load
Con’s:
- Crappy embeding
- Doesn’t look good
- Loads of crap, not much actual good content.
Score:
5/10
Google Video
Pro’s:
- Hosts loads of titles, most of them free, which are viewable online on Windows or Macintosh PCs.
- Most free videos can be downloaded in video iPod- or PSP-compatible formats.
- Does feature some decent commercial content.
Con’s:
- Almost no organization of content
- Their AVI files have a messed up header
- Paid content comes in a wide range of prices
- Paid content is in a proprietary format, is not transferable to any portable devices at this point, and requires Google Video Player, which works only on Windows 2000 and XP systems.
Score:
7/10
Play GoogleVideo example
Stage6
Pro’s:
- High quality video up to 1080p HD (High Definition
- Social features with “Karma”
- Ability to fight tag spam
- Focus on high quality independent videos
- A growing community of video enthusiasts and video producers.
- Videos can be downloaded and played in DivX compatible electronics
- Fluid, functional, professional and aesthetic deisgn.
- Videos in 16:9 wide screen ratio
Con’s:
- Video player is known to crash
- You have to install the DivX software to watch it. (That’s not so bad though)
- Not as many videos as a site like YouTube, but the ones they have are more professional.
- The site is sometimes slow to respond.
Score:
9/10
I will add more as I test em out.
