STREETFIRE BLOG

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

While on the subject of S2000's...TunerVlog.com

I've been saving this video for a feature until we could collect some stats comparing us to the other guys, but first....

.....let me gush about this video for a second. Great job, great editing, and I see they had a bit of fun at the end. TunerVlog.com did a great job with this video. The car? It's immaculate, and I love the mods, aggressive yet tasteful. The car's owner, Stephen Tran of Team RPM has a great ride, and now that I've seen a boosted S2000 can crack out a 12.25@113mph, I have to admit I have a new found appreciation for Hondas with more than two wheels....yes I'm a CBR snob.

[Video: Team RPM S2000 by TunerVlog]

So now time to toot our own horn. This same video was uploaded to both YouTube and StreetFire on August 22. A week later and this video has received 872 views on YouTube .... nice ... respectable .... but a whopping 2,350 views on StreetFire, almost 4 times more exposure in 7 days. (note I'm sure the views will go up after this Blog post, but this is what they are at time of writing)

So more exposure is nice, but here is a direct side by side quality comparison. We encode at 528Kbps to YouTube's 330Kbps, which doesn't make much sense to non-techie types, so here is a picture worth a thousand words...or at least an extra 198Kbps... notice the detailing in the leaves and street.

So, more exposure, higher quality, and best of all, keeping it "in the car family" But if you still insist on using third party video hosts, ... hey we support that too.

[Discussion: StreetFire.net vs. YouTube]

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