Stage 6 was a highly successful video portal created and maintained by the creators of the DIVX codec to showcase among other things the power and quality of the DIVX codec. This was reached by providing high quality videos on the portal opposed to lower quality videos on other portals like Youtube. The service however [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Miro 1.2 released
I was really skeptical when I heard about Miro back then when it was still named the Democracy Player. That did change when I finally managed to test Miro and it really blew me away. If you never heard of Miro before let me explain the main concept. Miro is not just another media player, [...]
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Stage6 to shut down
Stage6 is shutting down. That’s the announcement on the main page of the video portal that was posted today. Let me fill you in if you are amongst the many that have never heard of that video portal before. Stage6 is directly connected to the developers of the Divx codec, a high definition video portal.
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Find out how its done with Wonder How To
Ever wanted to know how to tie a Windsor knot, Reuse an old PC as a server or eavesdrop on a bluetooth headset ? If you answered that question with yes you should be heading out to Wonder How To, a website containing thousands of how to videos that explain things visually the easy way.
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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MSN Video vs. Google Youtube
Youtube is a well established video portal with the huge advantage that content is added every second by its visitors. Most Internet users probably do not know that Microsoft has its own video portal called MSN Video. That is probably the greatest weakness of MSN Video that hardly anyone knows about it and that this has direct impact on the amount of available videos.
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Take a Sneak Peak at the Videobay
As soon as the news was out that the infamous Pirate Bay was starting a new user driven video portal the first wave of visitors hit the official Video Bay website only to find out that there was nothing there except two lines stating that the project was currently in closed beta and that the service would be available for the public when it is done.
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Google To Host Home-Video Uploads
The home video uploads that Google has been testing back in 2005 turned into a service called Google Video
