During the not-so-distant past of our social evolution, web or online video has occupied a very low position in terms of viewer choice. Videos in the web has been surpassed both in quality and distribution by other types of video distribution segments - the cable TV, DVD, local broadcast, and yes, before, even the VHS tape was better.
After just a few years, web video had a meteoric rise in quality and popularity over masses of people all over the world. Now it has surpassed and even rendered extinct other forms of video distribution. Now, viewing an online video is "only a high-speed internet connection away" and we all know that high-speed internet connection nowadays is never far away.
The World Wide Web is now full of websites that mainly focus as a means to upload a high definition video. They have particular service limits regarding uploading high definition videos and every website with video uploading service have different policies.
Here are four of the noted superstars in the line of online video uploading services:
1. YouTube - do you know of anyone who browse the Internet constantly but does not know anything at all about YouTube? Nada. Can anyone ever stop people from checking out newly uploaded videos on YouTube, much less uploading videos on YouTube? Nada. After years of having massive amounts of second-rate quality videos, they have now finally added high definition video options.
Now, YouTube offers three types of video quality for those who would like to upload them. They can upload high definition or HD, High Quality and Normal Quality videos on YouTube.com. An HD video on YouTube can play at 720p resolution or 1280x720. High and Normal quality videos, on the other hand can play at 480p and 240p resolutions, respectively.
Videos that are uploaded in High Quality mode look much nicer than they would do at Normal mode. A faster web connection is required for a video to be uploaded and viewed smoothly. Laptop users who get WIFI connection from Internet cafés would not be able to upload a video nor watch it smoothly in High Quality.
A plus factor for YouTube is that it automatically encodes a video into both the High and Normal Quality, if you happen to upload a video with 640x480 or higher resolution.
Furthermore, YouTube scores additional quality points for allowing users to embed their High Quality videos in their websites or blogs.
2. OpenFilm - this service is quite exciting since it provides a number of the best-quality streaming videos available on World Wide Web. They are able to mix clear video with intuitive website and clearly plead to be used. However, you need to have access to truly high-speed web connection. Uploading a video could take less than 20 minutes and its playback features is a match to any other services that has HD quality.
3. Vimeo - this is a leading service in terms of HD videos online. Its on-site video appears great and allows users to download and then keep their original uploaded video files in H.265, Quick Time, M4Vand WMV). A video can be uploaded in about 10 minutes - which is really quite fast compared to others. HD videos can automatically be played at HD resolutions also. If you have a slow internet connection, smooth playback will be hindered.
4. Motionbox - in terms of video quality, this service should earn some credit. It makes use of a compression system that enables uploaded videos to look and play at fantastic quality. One of its top features is limitless video storage capacity which allows user to upload and then store all the videos that they want, even HD ones.
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