This is not news. I wish I could say, “Oh! I PREDICT this is going to happen” but I can’t because stage6.com has been out for a while. Stage6 is this website that allows you to stream divx videos through your browser, similar to how youtube streams flash videos. The quality is amazing and because it’s still a fairly new website, the company (DivX) allows you to upload videos of limitless length. There are some issues, like it needs high bandwidth and there are copyright issues because people upload full length movies, but, I have been using this site for a few months now and I love it, especially BECAUSE! people can upload copyrighted material, again, at the moment.
From a quality-of-product perspective, it is better than Youtube. If Stage6 puts more money/time into marketing and if it can ward off companies who will sue because of copyright infringement, I can see it being the next major step of public online video, meaning, it would knock Youtube off its throne.
My computer is not ready for blu-ray or HD-DVD but I can play really high quality divx for some reason. When I see tiny details in a video on my laptop of 3 years old, I tear. Seriously a single tear-drop runs down my left cheek. It is beautiful and amazing. What’s great is that the stage6 website has really high bandwidth. I can stream a 800 meg video and just close my browser after I’m done watching. There are sites that actually track the stage6 site whenever somebody uploads something illegal, like joox.net or divxpawa.com.
Until Stage6 either shuts down or becomes the next Youtube and decides to monitor very closely the uploaded content, I recommend you to enjoy it.
stop letting the cat out of the bag!
no but seriously, those sites, especially joox, helped me through days/nights of boredom and procrastination.
good site ; should be back