Good news: You can run the DivX content you upload here on a vast variety of DivX compatible DVD players installed in entertainment systems, cars, computers, portables, etc. Bad news: You can only upload DivX content on this site. However, there's a 2GB size limit (!)... which should be plentiful for about 2 hours of video content. Also is high-quality display even at full screen. There are some plans for providing Pay-Per-Download service (May 2007), but at present it's all free downloads.

Appeal: It's Google. | Interface: Typically clean and sparse Google layout. Uploading requires you download the Google Video Uploader. Allows you to add plenty of metadata, including a transcript. You can monetize your content by assigning a sale price to each clip (you can also give users a "day pass," giving them access to the content for a limited time, but not ownership). | Editing: None. | Sharing: See below. | Verdict: Google Video requires a "video verification" process, where your submission is reviewed to ensure it conforms to Google's technical standards and legal policies. This process "may take several days," so check back for an update.

Mostly created for the social networking crowd who wants to mix live streaming, broadcast videos, photos and music and even polls into channels. These can be shown in the Kyte website, widgets placed in blogs or any location that accepts embeddable HTML, as well as on mobile phones!

Allows high-quality display, and accepts large series of content.

Appeal: Flickr for video. | Interface: Nice and clean, uses a flash wrapper to play native formats. No download required, simple and easy uploads. Tagging, commenting, voting. Nice player with a volume control and no burned-in logo. | Editing: None in the current version. | Sharing: Post to Flickr, send to del.icio.us, download original file, embed in your MySpace profile or blog, create an RSS feed. | Verdict: Good video quality. Embedding the video in Wordpress worked flawlessly.

An online social networking service and video platform that helps community members to communicate and share content. Users can choose from a number of Creative Commons licenses during the upload process.

Appeal: The video-sharing site everyone's already heard of. Mindshare-winner by a mile. | Interface: Tabbed pages feature ratings, favorites, flagging, tagging, and commenting. Create playlists, subscribe to other's uploads, subscribe to tags. The player only features a mute button (rather than level control), and full-screening the video opens a new window and starts playback over. | Editing: None. | Sharing: Embed in other websites, including Friendster, eBay, Blogger, MySpace. | Verdict: Easy to use, no major issues. Decent video quality, audio sounds compressed. Video embedded in Wordpress fine (but was off-center). But: No progress bar for uploading. Fairly lengthy "processing" delay before you (or anyone else) can watch your video.