You know how the big three networks are all over Hulu and YouTube about copyright and how they fear/need the internet to survive? Blip.tv is what they fear. Today, Blip announced some big changes that are going to mean something to anyone with a TiVo, has Verizon FIOS, or a Sony TV with Ethernet jack.

One important piece of software essential to any computer (Windows, Mac, or Linux) is a video player. There are many good, free, available programs out there, yet many users shy away from some that they haven’t heard of before. Within this post, I’m going to take a look at five different programs and some key features about each.