The Successor to Stage6: Veoh
The internet always has a backup. I saw a post about this site soon after the Stage6 shutdown announcement, but now even the defunct Stage6 has put up an endorsement of the site, encouraging its former users to move to Veoh.
Stage6 is introducing Veoh Networks Inc. as a site that promises to offer our users a smooth transition. Millions of people use Veoh each month and we feel it is a great fit for our users.
Veoh enables you to upload, download, and watch high quality videos, including any DivX file.
Sounds alright to me. As a bonus, it also appears to have a search engine that wasn’t coded by a teenaged chimpanzee.
First impressions:
- You have to download the VeohTV program. Reminds me of Joost, which I tried out once and never opened again, soon deleting it.
- There’s a massive amount of channels available. Many of the same TV shows and episodes on Hulu are on here.
- The quality of the Muse concert I am watching right now is nowhere near what Stage6 was capable of. This looks slightly above shit YouTube quality, and that’s debatable.
- Speaking of YouTube, you can choose to search the net (through Google) for videos, so you can watch crappy YouTube videos if you wish.
- Some of the videos I get as search results on veoh.com are not showing up when I search on the VeohTV client. I have no idea what’s going on there, but it’s not cool. Maybe I spoke too soon about the search engine.
- It appears the reason why many of the same TV episodes of Hulu are on VeohTV is due to the fact that VeohTV is pulling the episodes directly from Hulu. And as a result, they actually look decent!
- Ok, it seems like that was just a shitty video before. I’m downloading it anyway, since it’s Muse.
- Veoh is no Stage6. Try it if you’re desperate, but it kinda sucks.
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