Triple Video Throwdown

November 30, 2006 10:00 AM

YouTube vs. Google Video vs. Revver Watch three videos at the same time. Less artistic than The Flaming Lips' Zaireeka, but more so than the opening sequence of The Brady Bunch. So basically, right in that cultural sweet spot. [via]
posted by ba (19 comments total)

Cute. Thanks.
posted by dobbs at 10:07 AM on November 30, 2006

Google loses.
posted by pepcorn at 10:08 AM on November 30, 2006

Interesting.

I hope I am not the only one overwhelmed with disgust at the propect that thousands upon thousands of twenty and thirty somethings are out there setting up little home tv studios with carefully placed end tables and curtain backdrops and overhead camera positions hiding double chins, all in the name of fleeting youtube fame.

I fear for the republic.
posted by Pastabagel at 10:12 AM on November 30, 2006

Wow, youtube finished over a minute before the other two (which kept a relatively close sync) for me.
posted by SmileyChewtrain at 10:17 AM on November 30, 2006

Too bad he couldn't think of anything more interesting to do with the effect.
posted by dhartung at 10:20 AM on November 30, 2006

Yeah, youtube was the only one that didn't have to wait and buffer at some point while I was watching.
posted by Lazlo Hollyfeld at 10:32 AM on November 30, 2006

I want to hit that person so badly. And I am not ashamed of my anger.
posted by koeselitz at 11:04 AM on November 30, 2006

Needs more giant centipede
posted by Flashman at 11:34 AM on November 30, 2006

What dhartung said. He didn't even actually try to create a dialog, it was just screaming over himself. Blah.
posted by ddf at 11:43 AM on November 30, 2006

I couldn't actually get the google video to work.
posted by bob sarabia at 12:05 PM on November 30, 2006

Jeez, he could've handed something from one frame to the next, or had them punching eachother. At least.
posted by fungible at 12:07 PM on November 30, 2006

For me, the Google one loaded, then I had to wait 30 seconds or so for the others. Interesting, the effect still worked.
posted by MrMoonPie at 12:13 PM on November 30, 2006

Row Row Row your boat...
posted by robot at 12:36 PM on November 30, 2006

Well, that pretty much insures I'll neve be able to hear "Row Your Boat" again without having nightmares afterwards.
posted by thivaia at 12:41 PM on November 30, 2006

robot: "Row Row Row your boat..."

Dear AskMe:

What's that word for when a link in a comment to a post is better than the original link itself?
posted by koeselitz at 1:12 PM on November 30, 2006

Sigh.


Agreed.
posted by ba at 1:35 PM on November 30, 2006

Link is borked. Also, what's Revver? Is this something I'd need to click on a caret to know about?
posted by Eideteker at 1:37 PM on November 30, 2006

What's the intended effect? I just get the usual stuttering unwatchable nonsense that I get from those sites anyway. (Yeah, I know. I need to buy a better computer...)
posted by jack_mo at 5:33 PM on November 30, 2006

is this a test to see which video upload service conveys his asshatedness the least? because they all do so swimmingly. I like the idea fine enough, but that's a damned long 90 secs,
posted by Busithoth at 9:37 PM on November 30, 2006