I decided to compare and look at these to video websites by watching movie trailers. I do not use either website often but I am vaguely familiar with what each has to offer. First I went to YouTube and searched for the upcoming movie I want to see, "127 Hours trailer". Here I found a number of different links and videos, from "Official" and "Full Length", etc. My search yielded 1240 results, so I decided to start by watching the ones with the most hits. On YouTube I found that the quality is very mixed. The first trailer I watched was clear but the next two were blurry and not as clear. Also, I found that my videos kept on buffering and took time to load. This was frustrating as I kept on hitting pause and waited for the videos to load. One thing I found helpful and useful on this website was that it would show me related videos and recommendations on the side of other similar videos. I was able to click around and watch a number of trailers and clips from the movie.
I then went on Hulu and saw that there was a tab right on top labeled trailers. This was a very simple process for me as it only took me 2 steps to click trailers and then scroll down and click on 127 hours. Here the website gave only a few options for trailers to watch but all were official. I found that on Hulu the quality was guaranteed to be good and there was no problem or wait loading the videos. To me the simplicity and few options made my experience better on Hulu. For what I was searching for Hulu was definitely easier and more reliable. YouTube however offers more of a variety and freedom on the site. When I want to watch something that is less "official", I would definitely go to YouTube, the content is more user based- uploaded by whoever and a range in content, but Hulu's quality and convenience is very appealing.
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