YouTube Desktop is Now iDesktop.TV

You may remember YouTube Desktop, a video aggregator that came on the scene at the height of the video aggregator onslaught. You can read our initial review here. Well, we haven’t heard from the company since the launch, but that’s probably because its team has been behind the scenes working on its new version, which is a complete relaunch of the service. And given its name, perhaps it’s gotten in some hot water due to its namesake video-sharing network. Whatever the case may be, part of this relaunch is a name change. YouTube Desktop is now iDesktop TV.

As great as this name change is, let’s talk about its new features. One of the biggest new features is the ability to download videos, converting them to pretty much any format–AVI, MP4, 3GP, WMV, FLV, ZIP, etc. This means you can view the videos on your mobile as well. An import option has been added for the integration of your YouTube account, or for other YouTube users that you’d like to follow through iDesktop TV. This imports their playlists or favorites.

Speaking of favorites, this seems to be a new option for users as well, which appears as a star icon on each video thumbnail. Another helpful feature is search filtering, which lets you better sort through your results. Enhancements to the player include new themes, and the option of being opened in a new window. All these new features add onto an already easy-to-use aggregation tool for collecting videos from across the web.

iDesktop TV is still sticking to YouTube for gathering all of its content, which makes for a unified experience in dealing with the videos you aggregate on the site (download options, etc.) I don’t think it’s focus on YouTube is necessarily a hindrance in this case. However, as YouTube continues to add features and search options into its own service, the necessity for parasitic aggregators may eventually be minimized.

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