TrustedReviews Video Launches

A video showing the product is one thing but must we really see your ugly mugs too ;-)

I predict management will be replacing you with professional booth bunny VJs in no time at all.

and how did the business case for the Porsche go .... yeah we really need a Porsche for videoing SatNav and ICE gadgets !?

I think we should be told.

Excellent, Excellent, Excellent!

TR has taken the next step!

All you need now is Keeley Hazel for VJ haha! - Wait thats been done before!! we'll have to stick to your mugs instead!

What a brilliant idea! I've seen video reviews on other sites, but the ones i've seen here so far are much better, being more critical of large flaws (something that sites like cnet don't seem to fussed about...). I hope that you still write the normal reviews in tamdem, so that we have as much info to go off when making a purchase - the video review for a proper feel for the device, and the text for specs and stuff :)

Again - nice work guys, nice to see expansion at TR!

Awesome! Really looking forward to this! Keep it up guys!

female presenters please!

Wow, impressive quality video stream....almost looks CGI...but then you would have altered your faces. haw haw
Seriously though, some TR branded polo shirts might help rather than the least stained tee shirt from the washing pile (I'm exaggerating I know, but it would look a lot more pro without much outlay), and perhaps, seeing as you got the Porsche, the company could foot the bill for some styling, i.e. just some more appealing hairstyles.

I know, I know, you can't polish a turd, but if one goes video then you gotta expect some other expectations beyond poetic prose.

Very professionaly done otherwise, good work.

Excellent. It is a little disturbing, a bit like listening to someone on the radio for years not knowing what they look like and then having them creep into your bedroom and touch your leg.
Actually, having given it some more thought it is not really like that at all.
Fine work, I give you 9/10 (lady presenter and haircut for Mr Chester away from a ten).

anyone know why i am unable to view any of them? are they in a special codec?

I dunno, I can identify with the ugly fellas in these videos! I don't want some ditzy bimbo telling me about a USD port.

@ Ed. Prizes are good:
3G iphone, Sony reader or your severed pony tail in a jiffy bag.
I would see any two of these as suitable recompense for my wit.
You decide.

I don't care if its a male or female, as long as he or she is a competent reviewer and demonstrates the device fairly to the best of their ability.

@Andy - yeah latest flash latest everything i do get asked if i want to run Quicktime on pretty much every page, apart from the one the video is on, u rekon i should allow that? just makes load up times slower if i allow it

Be sure to include cameras in the reviews, particularly DSLRs.

I expect some kit will now get higher usability marks, it it's You Tube compliant.

no need, you're right it was my adblocker stopping it. i just didnt assume it because it has never blocked these type of videos before.
Thanks for the help :)

also i am loving the reviews it is perfect for the site and really good quality

Gets my vote, Excellent.
Kinda fun to see you guys too ..I'm just looking forward to a certain Mr Kelly reading the news! ;)

*Applause* The video compression is great, The presenters are very audible and professional. Your videos give more information other than its specs, visual description and verdict unlike some media "insert adjective here" *cough* cnet but boy! we need some sort of makeover...nothing too extreme lol! just a few tweaks to make you more err...."friendly"

sigfreud said
female presenters please!

^ Yes, preferably naked!
Just kidding. Gender of the presenters doesn't bother me.

Very very cool reviews! Thank you for making my day. :)

So that's what you lot look like then :-~ So let's move quickly on...
;-)
Great quality video/sound & no real delay when start playing :-)
Watched most currently available reviews & you seem to have used the new medium to it's best advantage e.g. show the product from all angles and don't just regurgitate statistics from the review text. A common request going forward will be for more video reviews
Hopefully the video review will always be posted at the same time as text review [or you post it again on your front page] as I usually only look at review once

Hopefully you won't in future allow comments by video!

I also had trouble seeing the videos. I use Kaspersky and tried adding trustedreviews.com to the white-list of the content filtering section but this didn't work.

I discovered that the videos are hosted by brightcove.com so added that to the white-list and 'hey presto' the vids are working.

Hope this can help anyone else having problems.

TrustedReviews Polo T-Shirts is a great idea! Just to give you guys a more professional look, and a cool look also! ;-)

great job TR these video reviews are actually very usefull unlike the video reviews over at CNET.co.uk which are completely useless and also I noticed that the quality of their written revies is falling so I think soon I will only be checking TR and take CNET out of my bookmarks.

Great addition guys! It's amusingly interesting to see what you look like now!

I agree with sugob, you've obviously thought properly about how best to do the video reviews and have addressed things at just the right angle!

Bit of a suggestion though: When you have a review that's text based as normal, and also video reviewed (eg iPhone 3G), have a video icon and/or "watch video" link next to or above the "leave a comment/x comments" link in the front page. At the moment, unless I missed it, unless you click the "go to latest video reviews" link at the top of the page there doesn't seem to be an obvious indication that a product review has a video counter-part

anyway, great job guys!

I was just viewing the iPhone video review and I do have a couple of comments:

1. It's a phone so it would have been nice to see how it handled phone functionality like contacts and text messaging.

2. Some video of other smartphone interfaces would be nice to back up the revolutionary claim. (Even just the next best one would do).

Also generally it would be nice if you did technology videos similar to the technology articles. While the articles cover things like HD DVD and Blu-ray or CUDA and CTM the videos could cover the differences between LCD technologies (TN/MVA/PVA/IPS) and the relative sizes, weights and bootup times of netbooks (for weight you could have them all hanging from science lab springs with the heavier ones stretching the springs further).

What would be nice (if possible) is to be able to pause the video while it carries on downloading the next part so that you could watch it once it's all cached.

My net connection isn't the greatest/fastest (although it would be nice to get the speed that I'm paying "up to") and so when trying to watch the iPhone video I was able to watch it - but only in about 4 or 5 chunks as I'd watched upto what I'd downloaded and then had to wait for the streaming to catch up again. That's rather irritating waiting for it to catch up (and I wasn't doing anything else online either to use my bandwidth)