Blog Post 6-Hulu vs. YouTube

For this assignment I decided to watch The Avengers movie trailer on both YouTube and Hulu. I started out with YouTube and of course there was an ad first. But it wasn't a normal ad you would see anywhere it was a negative political ad about Scott Walker that supported Tom Barrett. Also, even though the ad was about a minute long I was able to Skip the Ad when it was 5 seconds in. When it got to the video it was a high quality video that I had not seen before-aka it was not the one that was shown in theaters. The video was 2 minutes and 4 seconds long and then at the very end there was a screen with multiple other movie trailers that you could click on and watch.

After watching the YouTube version I went onto Hulu and searched for The Avengers trailer. I clicked on the link and there was just a static five second ad about the 5 hour energy drink. This version of the trailer was one I had seen before, because it was the one that was shown in theaters. The video was about 2 minutes and 30 seconds long, so a bit longer than the YouTube video which was nice because I really like watching longer movie trailers. After the video ended there was a small LeanCuisine ad and it said that another video would start in 5 seconds. The next movie trailer, which was A Little Bit of Heaven, played right after if I did not close the window or stop it.

I think the Hulu version was a bit better in quality but I don't really like the fact that another trailer (that you don't choose) starts right away. I like the fact that on YouTube there are multiple different trailers to choose from after the video is over. Personally I still like Hulu's version better just because YouTube is sometimes hard to navigate and it is hard to find the "main" trailer because there are so many versions. Hulu's video was simple and straightforward and really only offered one video from the search menu. So Hulu wins my vote.