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Hey guys,

Long time no write! Sorry for the lack of posting but today’s topic is what has actually been using most of my time. Vimeo has long been REP’s hosting service for Matt and Craig and my own personal videos. I’ve been very active on the site as a user and have made a good relationship with the staff, helping out in the forums and such.

Today however was a different day at Vimeo, today was the day Plus released. Plus is Vimeo’s new Pro service which allows users some advanced features that were not normally possible on the site. I was luckily enough to be chosen to beta test Plus before it was released (which is when I made the video above), and I have to say I’m very happy. Before Plus, Vimeo was already in my opinion the best hosting service out there. They allowed 500MB a week of upload space, supported HD videos, and their community and overall site design was a pleasure to be involved with.

But with Plus comes some major upgrades. As a Plus user you will now be allowed to upload up to 2GB per week, with a max of 1GB per file. You can now embed your HD videos in HD (previously not allowed even if it was HD on the Vimeo site), get priority uploading and higher conversion quality, and you can control the buttons on the embed players and where they can be embedded. All this for $59.95 a year with 1,000 free HD embed plays. The HD embeds work in packages, once your 1,000 plays are used up, you can purchase more starting at $9.95 for 1,000. With this upgrade also comes the changing of the free account, which now limits you to how many channels, albums, and groups you can create. You can also only upload one HD video per week.

Now in my opinion that is more than fare, after all if you plan on using Vimeo for anything more than that, you really should be considered a power user at that point anyway and pay Vimeo for their work. Either way Vimeo has always been the best in video hosting; quality wise, community wise, and technology wise. With the addition of Plus, this will only guarantee Vimeo’s long lasting success and prosperity.

Enjoy!

-Matt