If you think youtube is the best video website out there, apparently you haven’t visited HULU.com. Hulu.com is a website created by Murdoch’s News Corp. and General Electric’s NBC Universal to present to users Hi-Resolution Videos in an efficient amount of time. It was rated number one on PCWorld’s 100 best products of 2008 and Cnet has declared it the best video service on the web. Another reason it is better than youtube is that the videos are verified and come from a reputable source instead of random users uploading anything they want. So when you click the movie Scorpion King you are getting the movie Scorpion King, as opposed to other competitve sites in which you do not get what you were looking for.
Content
Hulu.com displays some of today’s top TV shows and Movies in a very organized manner that you have to love. It displays premium content from Fox and NBC with great speed and quality. I particularly like the structure of the genre section. Most of the time when I’m looking for a movie I don’t know what I want, but I know how I feel. So if I’m in the mood for some action/adventure and don’t know the exact movie that I want to watch, guess where I’m going to… HULU.com!
Interface
Hulu.com has a smooth and sharp interface that is untouched by any video website out there. They have options to:
- Email a Friend
- Embed video to your website
- Share with people in your social networks
- Display the full description of a video
- Display the video on your whole screen without losing clarity
- Pop Out – so you can view the video independently
- Lower lights – to control the brightness of the video
- Watch in Hi-Res/ Low-Res (My favorite feature) – Gives you the option to view the video in great quality if you have the internet speed for it.
Functionality
A feature I always analyze on websites that store great amounts of content is their search engine capability. Hulu.com’s search engine is great for the gargantuan amounts of video on their server and displays the search results in such a neat manner.
Overall Hulu.com is the best video website I have seen so far, so how about you give it a try and let me know what you think..
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