YouTube, owned by Google, released a new look for their site made especially for viewing on television.  The new version of the site can be reached at http://www.youtube.com/xl

Our initial impressions are that it’s an improvement.  Although this view is made for visitors using their TVs to visit the site, there are none of the annoying comments that plague the site.  With such a clean look and easy navigation, many visitors will be using it as their default view.

Using the Wii, we (ha, ha) tested out viewing YouTube/XL.  What was interesting was that instead of a black background, YouTube XL was white.  The videos displayed nicely although, the low res videos were a little blocky.

All in all, it’s an improviement, and we like it.