Encode and publish your own HD video site on your own custom domain or embed individual videos using your choice of player stack. (We transcode, store, and stream H.264, Ogg, and WebM.)
It was a pitch, but it wasn't spam. He was just telling you that he had something similar to what you were looking for. People talk about their products here all the time. Heck, Patrick McKenzie's posts about his product are some of the most popular in HN history. Talking about startups is one of the stated purposes of Hacker News. Surely you've noticed this in all the time you've been a member.
Our site has HTML5 embeds (mp4), QR Codes for each video, and is free to use. Hit me up at info(at)moovatom.com if you want a beta account which lets you brand videos, get extensive reporting etc. Go here to try it free w/o needing to sign up:
Slightly off topic but I really hate how youtube tests stuff. I'm sure theres some rhyme or reason to it but from the end-user's perspective it just seems random. Example: I really like the "lower lights" feature on hulu which darkens the page background around the video. I remember for several months I would come across a button to do the same thing on youtube but it would only show up maybe 5% of the time. I can see no reason why that feature would be dependent on the video itself because it has to be just a simple CSS/JS trick.
Vimeo has always been one of my favourite video sites. If they would allow "gaming" videos I would use them for hosting too.