Perhaps you know already that YouTube is not the only
one, nor the best video online. It has though, something for the rest of the
sites offering similar service to envy. The vast quantity. Because of that, more
visitors - and because of that, more merchandise attracting more advertisers -
and because of that, more income - and because of that, YouTube is the most well
known and successful video online to share life and interests. It has apparently
captured 9 million users in a month, in Spain alone, according to the latest
figures given by the Nielsen NetRating consultants. Each minute the YouTubers
upload about 10 hours of images on the web. Their easy to use format has made
them the major "Videoteque" on Internet.
But I found that some of it's contents are just plain disgusting and horrifying. In 2008 precisely, 3 young men from Spain were arrested by the police, for having posted 8 videos they had made with their mobile, and for 6 months displayed on YouTube, in these were shown how, all of them, bullied, humiliated and tortured a mentally handicapped man of 50, forcing him to take pot then repeatedly bump his head against some wall tiles. Until the tiles cracked open and the man collapsed on the floor holding his head screaming with pain, while the 3 of them leaping about laughing. YouTube boasted thousands of visits per day.
Shouldn't there be censors for what is posted up for all to see, including youngsters?? And this case is not the only one. Everyday there are new cases, and nobody at all does anything about it until some family members detected the video and reported to the police. So obviously many consider such exhibition entertainment!!!
A cruise round other video services online, I caught sight of several others perhaps better suited to those who place more importance on quality, purely to enjoy better visual / audio effects, as well as who use them to record some of their masterpieces with the quality that does justice to their hard work.
I used to receive in Multiply nearly everyday at least one or more YouTube videos, mostly they were all right for a minute or two of light entertainment, where quality of image and sound play secondary importance to the humour, or the message the sender wishes to put through in image rather than in his own words. But if I were to make a video of something which I had spent weeks or months to put together, I would certainly put as much care to preserve the quality.
For those who might think the way I do, here are some other sites you might wish to take a look at:
Stage6 - http://stage6.divx.com - Excellent both in visual and audio quality, including
upload videos in high definition. This is possible due to the 2,000 Mb size for
each video.
Then for those who look to make some money, there is:
Metacafe - www.metacafe.com -
very good quality videos
and many visits therefore many advertisers.
For good production and amateur series, one of the options is called:
Blip - www.blip.tv
- with a rating of 8 out of
10, the tools are easy to use, and the site very well
organised.
The other options:
Awake
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