Every app store has its bleak and early days, when quality apps are rare, buried in heaps of throw-it-against-the-wall-to-see-what-sticks, fart apps, poorly coded abominations, and general dreck. The iTunes App Store had them. The Play Store—formerly Android Market—had them. The Window Store, well, it's dredged in those early days right now—but video apps are a shining star amongst the quagmire.
The modern UI beating at the heart of all Windows 8 and Windows RT apps ensures a similar experience across all of the apps you'll find in the Windows Store, making them simple and clean and designed to run full-screen. For many types of content, this isn’t ideal. For video, it’s perfect.
Here are seven Windows 8 video apps that don't suck. Your mileage shouldn't vary.