Free Video Websites for HD Videos Enjoyment

Watching videos of high definition online is becoming an irreversible trend these days. For many people would like to watch videos through internet, the free video websites for HD videos below certainly could be their favorites.

1. YouTube HD

No need to mention that it is the leader of video sharing websites worldwide, YouTube offers impressive improvements during the years, including HD videos. Earlier this year in April, YouTube launched the trail function of 1080P video 3D mode selection function. It’s of no need to introduce more about this I believe as most of us have used it already.You can change quality of 720P or 1080P by simple clicking the "Change quality " button.

2. The Akamai The HD Web

The Akamai The HD Web features HD videos from several networks such as BBC, MTV, CBS Gannett, NBA, Cnet, etc. There are two viewing options: 720 or 1080P. But if your network condition is not well enough say below 7.5Mbps of available bandwidth, the Bandwidth Check would remind you that you may meet difficulty in viewing HD videos. Files of no larger than 120MB will be downloaded to your computer and can be viewed through Quicktime or Windows Media.

3. versuz.org

Here, it seems all kind of TV series can be available, and most in high quality. The most popular ones like The Big Bang Theory, Supernatural, Gossip Girl, etc. are all shown in the list. Well, it’s no need to register or pay, just click the videos you want to watch and answer the question of common sense knowledge. It also allows video downloading. BTW, ads always come out.

4. Monetize Media

Monetize Media is a white-label online video platform for LIVE and ON-DEMAND video streaming. Users can upload, share and monetize contents, and also create their own channels, much like YouTube. You can find HD videos from there.

5. Vimeo

As a rapidly-growing online videos sharing hub, Vimeo possesses a HD video channel where it provides videos sharing of 720P resolution. Comparing to the standard 320*240 resolutions, 1280*720 is way better (12 times better) with 24 frames per second.

6. For music videos
Rocknrollview
This is mostly for music video shows for those music lovers. HD videos of music can be found here.
Highdefinitionmusicvideos
It also provides music videos of high quality. Well, these videos from two websites seem to originally come from YouTube.

There are, of course, many more wonderful free websites for video viewing, of which some provides high definition videos. If you know some cool ones or better ones, you can share in the comment box. And, for high quality videos, it calls for smooth network connection.

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5 Video Sites that can Replace YouTube

YouTube was created in 2005, but much like Google, it feels like it’s been around forever. We post our videos on YouTube, look for some silly entertainment during boring afternoons and send videos along to friends much like old ladies used to spread gossip around town not very long ago.

But should you be limited to YouTube? Let’s be honest, there is a whole world of streaming video online that most people have never seen because they have settled for YouTube. Most sites have the same features, or features even better than YouTube has and some have a more specialized selection or much higher quality videos.

So here is a small sample of video sites you should check out that many people feel are better than YouTube.

1.Current TV

 

Current TV is a website that is also a TV channel, but unlike all other tv sites, that post their content from tv on their sites, Current plays the content from their website on TV. People post their videos, or pods, on the site which get voted by the community and the highest ranking ones get on their television channel. Current has an enticing variety of videos, but the heart of the site is its amazing independent journalism. On Current, you can see all the reports that usually don’t get on television, or a whole new approach to the news you do see. For video producers, it’s a chance to get your video on tv and a little bit of cash to go with it.

2.TED

 

TED is unique in the world of streaming video, and it is brilliant in its own way. TED’s whole concept is to spread ideas, and to accomplish that, it has enlisted some of the most brilliant minds in the world to create “talks” about topics as diverse as Eve Ensler’s “Embrace your inner child”, Murray Gell-Mann’s ”Beauty and truth in physics” or Bill Gates’ “Mosquitos, malaria and education”. Better than YouTube in another way, the search on the site also works in an ingenious way, letting you search by keywords or by themes such as: inspiring, beautiful or fascinating. For those of us who are eternal students, TED is a jewel of endless facets.

3.Big Think

 

Following a very similar style to TED, Big Think takes an interview approach to its video instead of a prepared talk. The result is a very interesting group of answers that make you feel like you actually got to ask a famous expert the question yourself and he had the kindness to reply. It’s not as evolved as TED is, but it is certainly biting at its heels.

4.Atom

If you think YouTube videos are funny, you’ve never visited Atom, previously Atom Films. With an enormous array of animations, comedy shorts and sketches, Atom hasn’t lost its edge after its acquisition by MTV. Because of its huge selection of talented filmmakers who normally contribute to the site and with their own staff filmmakers, who were selected from some of the funniest sites online, Atom manages to consistently have shorts that will lighten up the most boring of days.

5.Blip.tv

Created on May 11, 2005, the same year as YouTube, Blip.tv has mimicked what network television channels offer but using the same resource Current TV uses: independent producers. It currently has about 48,000 independently produced Web shows and approximately 22,000,000 viewers. They share the revenue of their ads with the producers, which allows them to make some income from their shows and keep producing them and in exchange, Blip.tv gets a constant supply of episodes for their site. So what can you find on Blip.tv? Mostly, the site consists of series of shows, much like television shows, with genres like dating, technology, animation and a diverse group of fiction stories.

There are of course many more video websites for you, you can choose one for yourslef. For entertainment or information, these websites above are great.

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World's Second Largest Video Sharing Website-Dailymotion

Dailymotion is a French video-sharing website on which users can upload, share and view videos. Its headquarters are in the 18th arrondissement, Paris, France. According to Comscore, Dailymotion is the second largest video site in the world after YouTube.

As of October 2010, the site was getting over 93 million unique visitors monthly and is the 32nd most visited website in the world.

Since February 18, 2008, the site supports video content that can play at 720p on a HD set, but the bit rate is significantly less than the 5–9 megabits for expected HD quality.

On January 25, 2011, France Telecom's Orange entered exclusive negotiations with Dailymotion with a view to acquiring a 49% stake in the company for EUR 62M (hence valuing the company at EUR120M). According to LesEchos.fr, Orange is considering to acquire the 51% stakes left of the company to fully own DailyMotion. This potential buyout couldn't exceed €72M, and the transaction date would occur during the first quarter of 2013.

The dailymotion.com domain name was registered one month after youtube.com was registered. Dailymotion allows users to browse and upload videos by searching tags, channels or user-created groups; the search system also introduces results based on things other users have searched for. The maximum size of a video file is 2 GB. The length of the video file is also limited to 60 minutes, except for the MotionMakers and the Official Users.

MotionMaker is a group for the original content creators. Official User is a group for the official content producers (i.e.: record labels, film studios, news media, television channels, sports associations, political parties, etc.)

A MotionMaker or an Official User can :

• Customize his/her profile
• Upload videos of unlimited length
• Upload Full HD quality videos (1920*1080p), whereas regular users are limited to Half HD (1280*720p)
• Benefit from an increased visibility
• Have an OfficialContent/CreativeContent overlay affixed on his video thumbnails

Dailymotion with the help of Audible Magic, implemented an acoustic fingerprinting system that can detect copyrighted videos and not publish them. Dailymotion is also the first video sharing website to implement a video fingerprinting solution supplied by INA.

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