When YouTube hit, everything changed. Now there are a thousand video sites where you can watch 400x300 pixel videos of your pets and favorite bootlegged moments from Family Guy.

What's next? JOOST is on the horizon, designed to bring high-end content and high resolution video. They've got deals with Fox, Sony, and Time Warner. That might be hard for the indie filmmaker to break into.

Today I uploaded a short to VUZE, (formerly ZUDEO), an on-demand service from Azureus. Using VUZE requires downloading a special browser. There's a ton of content, from movie trailers to A&E programs and the sci-fi show Red Dwarf. I believe the content is downloaded to your computer using bit-torrent, but I'm not sure yet.

To download the full version visit vuze.com

Another site I've been toying with is DOVETAIL, which is aimed at independents. Again, you need to install a special program.

What worries me is that none of these is available in your standard browser. It will take a lot of persuading to get the bulk of mainstream users to download a new program.

It could happen -- just look at iTunes. That interface had the advantage of being tied into the Mac operating system and the popular Quicktime player, though.