But what about video quality ? What about usability ? That’s an area where MSN Video really does great. The biggest advantage in my opinion is the fact that you can watch videos while browsing and searching on the site. New videos can be added to the playlist with a mouse click and will be played once the current video finishes.

I can’t see a quality difference between the videos on both websites. MSN Video has more professional created videos which look better than user generated most of the time. All channels are accessible from the main window and user generated content is just one category amongst others including Money, Sports and News.

Youtube on the other hand has a strong focus on user generated content which made the website so famous. This includes comments and ratings which seem to miss on MSN Video completely but the user generated content.

I think it’s funny that MSN Video is offering the more user friendly portal but lacks in community features which is where Youtube excels in.