VidZone today launched on European and Australian PS3's via the PSN. AATG had a look at release features and decided it won't beat Youtube for checking out videos, but the service will be great for parties and having friends over.
Your journey to music video Nirvana can be very rewarding but potentially just a little bit lonely. We here at VidZone think that this journey would be better shared with friends and fellow music lovers. What if you could break out and explore other people’s MyZone to discover someone else’s perfect playlist, follow a fellow Rock Lover or RnB Fan or even follow your favourite artists. Well guess what? Now you can, and a whole lot more.
It’s been a little time since we have updated the application, and what better time for a spring clean than… well spring! We have been once again listening to you and subsequently tweaked, sped up, prettied and smoothed over the whole application to make you experience an even better one! We hope you like what we have done! The patch is available now so see below for to see exactly what to look out for.
PushSquare: "T'is almost the season to be jolly -- and Sony's online music video streaming service, VidZone, is preparing for the holidays in style. Knowing that its best chance of getting attention is running in the background during those holiday get togethers, Sony's announced a full reboot for the service, including a snappier interface and a bunch of new features."
and i have to say i was pretty impressed, also i have to disagree with the aritcle in the sense that youtube is better, as more often than not the vids jump all the time and the picture quality is much worse than vidzone, i have 20mb broadband so i never saw why the youtube vids would judder so much... i will agree tho that the search function should be changed to allow you to type the name in and not have to scroll to each letter... also cos of the high demand it was not loading up sometimes and giving various errors, but i guess thats to be expected as its a new thing, hopefully over time they can make some improvements but for now its pretty darn good and im very happy with it.
i think its really awesome. and its much better than youtube in quality.
its great ads are small and subtle its the ultimate party jukebox, interface is smart and its FREE thats a pure win from me.
Anyone tried it outside the permitted countries?
I downloaded it, but it keeps on giving me an error every time i launched it...
LOL I looked the most frequently viewed videos and Rick Astley was near the top.