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Anyone else want lower production value on some of Linus' videos?

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Before you call me crazy for asking for lower production value, read my explanation or at least the TL;DR

 

Back in the earlier "unboxing" days, Linus was able to pump out multiple videos a day, whereas now it seems to have become ~1 video a day, with a larger team behind him.  I assume this is due to the high ramp up in production value, having to write scripts, using teleprompters, cute editing, fancy cinematography, etc.  However, it seems that Linus and co try to apply this higher production value to all of their videos across the board, and I think that if they were to scale back to have a quicker turnaround time, it would be beneficial to the viewer.

 

From my viewpoint at least, there are two reasons I tune into Linus' channel.  

 

The first reason is I plan on buying X product, and I check if he has made a review on it.  For these reviews, I appreciate the higher quality videos, with more in-depth reviews and opinions.

 

The second reason I watch videos is to learn about products I have never heard about before, that interest me to see what it is and what it does, and whether or not I impulse buy it.  Products like that book lamp.  It seems the team spent an excessive amount of time on the book lamp.  The main purpose of the video, to me at least, was to make me aware of the product rather than to convince me to buy the product.

For these videos, I think Linus should go back to his older 'unboxing' style videos.  It is not that I don't value these "show-and-tell" type products, but the chances I buy a product that I was unaware of before and just learned about from Linus' video is slim.  Like finding a needle in a haystack.  Therefore quantity > quality.  Churn more of them out with a lower production value than your "Tier 1" products.

 

TL;DR Trade some production value on some less-big-market videos to make more videos.

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I say keep the High production quality and longer videos for things like motherboards etc. and make some lower production quality and shorter videos on those cool little gadgets that make life easier but either way I'm happy that he makes videos and can feed his family.

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I don't think Linus and his team should put quantity over quality.

Video editing on a professional level sure takes a lot of time but if i wanted to see someone unbox an item and then talk about it for 5mins theres tons of such videos on YT already. It's perfectly fine if Linus does research and testing on the products and takes his time doing so, because it results in a higher quality product that stands out.

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From what I see, Linus didn't start making less videos with higher value, he just focused his ideas.

Most of his reviews nowadays have more numbers and benchmarks (thanks Slick) and the review and analysis part comes from a long period of time, instead of an overview. Spending his personal time on this products allows him to go deeper into the review (thing that we always asked him to do).

For example: Headphone and Speaker reviews. Look up older reviews regarding this products and see for yourself. Gone are days were he just told everyone to get an Asus soundcard and a pair of Corsair SP25000s. He doesn't talk about the box and first impressions anymore, but a deep and plentiful impression of the products, which includes value, build quality, comparison to other products on the same price range, and above all, the consumer experience.

The extra staff hired not only gives the videos a more professional look, but also allows him to do more proper reviews, whereas on the old days, he couldn't afford that much time.

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I don't think Linus and his team should put quantity over quality.

Video editing on a professional level sure takes a lot of time but if i wanted to see someone unbox an item and then talk about it for 5mins theres tons of such videos on YT already. It's perfectly fine if Linus does research and testing on the products and takes his time doing so, because it results in a higher quality product that stands out.

I meant to lower quality on the items that I would otherwise never know about. Even if there are tons of such videos on YT, I would never have searched for them. The stick-and-find, the book lamp are obvious ones that come to mind that should focus on quantity over quality. Obvious ones that should focus on quality on things like motherboards, cases, etc. Debatable ones are things like the fungoo bluetooth speakers, and other semi-gadgety things.

From what I see, Linus didn't start making less videos with higher value, he just focused his ideas.

Most of his reviews nowadays have more numbers and benchmarks (thanks Slick) and the review and analysis part comes from a long period of time, instead of an overview. Spending his personal time on this products allows him to go deeper into the review (thing that we always asked him to do).

For example: Headphone and Speaker reviews. Look up older reviews regarding this products and see for yourself. Gone are days were he just told everyone to get an Asus soundcard and a pair of Corsair SP25000s. He doesn't talk about the box and first impressions anymore, but a deep and plentiful impression of the products, which includes value, build quality, comparison to other products on the same price range, and above all, the consumer experience.

The extra staff hired not only gives the videos a more professional look, but also allows him to do more proper reviews, whereas on the old days, he couldn't afford that much time.

Oh I definitely appreciate the higher effort put into the speaker reviews. You can immediately tell he spent a lot of time off-camera "actually" reviewing the things, instead of just, open it, ramble on for 5 minutes, and conclude his thoughts.

However, one of the best recent examples I can give is still the Book Lamp review. Look at the number of cuts, edits, shots, editing, etc. that they put into it. Don't give me wrong, I'm not hating on the book lamp, I'm just saying, in the time they spent on creating the video, they probably could have reviewed another gadget as well. And I would like to see two of these kinds of reviews instead of one.

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I'd love to see some funny shit video on his channel too specially with the sausage one.

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I agree to some extent, albeit for different reasons. 

Personally, I mentioned my dislike of the new style some time ago. TL;DR of my posts on that thread,

I don't like the new style. I get bored easily watching his videos. In the past, when I started watching Linus, I did so because it was educational, and I enjoyed his content as entertainment. I feel he sacrificed the entertainment part for professionalism (i.e. higher production value). I understand why he did this. He needs moneyz. However, I believe he could have done it in a different, better way. 

/TL;DR

I don't watch videos now unless I'm learning about new products and I usually go to other videos I enjoy more anyway because, to me, now there's no real difference that I care about between him and other reviewers. 

I may be alone in this, but as time has gone on, I've seen multiple other threads similar to this one come up, about things people would like to see changed. i.e. lower production value (for this one), no telemprompter (for the one I posted in), and just a general "get away from professionalism" vibe. 

You might say he does this from time to time anyway, like for the Dollar Shave Club How to Basic parody, but that is different from what his original charm was. It's not the same thing imo.

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I think Linus could have a small second channel where he could make updates, have rants and do some really quick and casual unboxings like his old videos. These videos wouldn't need a script, Teleprompter and fancy editing. I doubt this channel would happen because Linus is too busy to manage another channel.  

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Yeah that Dollar shave basic whatever was....not all that enjoyable to watch, same goes of the sausage thing, he is trying to hard in a weird way. in the world of anime we call them "fillers" and MOST of the time they are bad.

Even though i didn't enjoy them i did finish the videos, why? i keep telling myself that something interesting will show up, sadly it was just "Linus humor" in the videos.

Edit: i don't mind ads, but the weird ones i do get bothered by.

edit2: Funcman was great though!

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I meant to lower quality on the items that I would otherwise never know about.  Even if there are tons of such videos on YT, I would never have searched for them.  The stick-and-find, the book lamp are obvious ones that come to mind that should focus on quantity over quality.  Obvious ones that should focus on quality on things like motherboards, cases, etc.  Debatable ones are things like the fungoo bluetooth speakers, and other semi-gadgety things.

But by lowering the quality of his videos that you find boring, means lowering the quality of videos other people find boring.. Then we're stuck with crappy quality videos all over the joint.

I don't really care about how many videos they put out, personally. I like the fact that Linus and his team are putting effort into each and every video. It shows they care enough to give us brilliant content persistently.

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Ok I think I get the idea now.

The best option here would probably be starting a new format called 'quick review' or whatever. I don't think a separate channel would make a lot of sense because of subscribers and number of views.

Also keep in mind things like the lumio book lamp thing are sent to them to review as far as i know so if the manufacturer isn't happy with the video they won't send them other products for a review.

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I prefer the big videos but I would love a second channel for his own personal random videos. Say vlogging? Behind the scenes? His rigs? More information about Linus Media Group?

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I would say, they don't how to make lower production. Some of this has to be high quality. I think he is simply taking a different approach to these videos then they use to.

 

I would say maybe do simple things that don't need much of a script and Linus just Rambling such as unboxings. Then later make a professional video of the product. I think people might be just missing the few simple unboxings he did and simple videos just to quickly check out some products.

 

I personally like some of these improved detailed videos. Though I can see why some of you think it is getting slower. They are doing lots of different stuff to now with the Quick as possible and such. So, I would say there is just more on the plate and they can't get all of the products that you want out as fast.

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I personally think his videos are too long. An 8 minute video with an additional 2 minutes of plugging a sponsor is a long time to hold someones attention.

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I agree to some extent, albeit for different reasons. 

Personally, I mentioned my dislike of the new style some time ago. TL;DR of my posts on that thread,

I don't like the new style. I get bored easily watching his videos. In the past, when I started watching Linus, I did so because it was educational, and I enjoyed his content as entertainment. I feel he sacrificed the entertainment part for professionalism (i.e. higher production value). I understand why he did this. He needs moneyz. However, I believe he could have done it in a different, better way. 

/TL;DR

I don't watch videos now unless I'm learning about new products and I usually go to other videos I enjoy more anyway because, to me, now there's no real difference that I care about between him and other reviewers. 

I may be alone in this, but as time has gone on, I've seen multiple other threads similar to this one come up, about things people would like to see changed. i.e. lower production value (for this one), no telemprompter (for the one I posted in), and just a general "get away from professionalism" vibe. 

You might say he does this from time to time anyway, like for the Dollar Shave Club How to Basic parody, but that is different from what his original charm was. It's not the same thing imo.

I totally agree.  It's not even about quantity over quality. He already puts out a video every day. I don't know what more people want... But the whole charm of his channel is that we were discovering the product with him. He'd always have those little comments like, "Oh! That's really neat." or something to that extent. So while I still enjoy his videos now, they do feel a bit commercially. I'd presume that when he receives the products, he still does his usual unboxing once over so if we could just get a rinky-dink handycam and follow those processes with quick cuts to grab that screwdriver he never had, that would bring some life back into it.

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I'm content with 1 good video vs many simple unboxings. I know this might be blasphemy to some, but I don't even miss the unboxings to be honest. The more recent "hide the sausage" video..oman from simple unboxings to that is amazing. It's nice seeing Linus and Slick getting along like best friends vs "I SAW CAMERA GUY IN THAT REFLECTION AT 3:10!" in the older unboxing videos. Linus and crew seem more relaxed now and I like this.

 

 

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Just popping in to let you guys know I read this.

Figuring out the right content formula is a moving target - one that continues to evolve as our audience continues to evolve.

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As I understand it, the upcoming Toys&Games channel will address this a bit - I am presuming that Linus is intending to put more products like the book lamp (thing) on that channel in a more succinct and informal way to address your concerns about the incredibly niche products taking up production time on the channel, thus replacing more "useful" videos. If you weren't intending to put that sort of stuff on that channel, I think it would be a great way to meet everyone in the middle and have your old "laid back personality" back without compromising on the quality of your videos, and maintaining your channel as #1 tech channel on youtube.

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No, but seriosuly, i don't think linus should degrade the quality of his videos.... He himself said that the audience is growing and evolving, Linus should do the same with his videos so everyone could enjoy his content as much as he can.

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I must be the only person that thinks you are all mental

 

I love the more professional edge and presentation to tech products. I can watch anybody fumble open a box in badly lit room with terrible audio quality tell me it has such and such a feature. 

 

I think the LTT team have a really nice balance, i find it casual/professional. Linus has the knowledge and experiance to give a professional opinion and insight on the product, but the chemisty of the team still shines through and the humour and light heartedness is still there. I can still tell when he is showing genuine enthusiasm for a product, and equally I can tell when he is trying to be objective for a product that doesnt suit him. This is hard to do

 

Also lots of other tech youtubers have very high quality videos, MKBHD/Unbox Therapy for example,  videos are gorgeous, and LTT have made some equally stuff. 

 

I want product porn AND linus/slicks experienced insight into the product. I prefer 5 well constructed videos a week with great cinematics and superb write up/benchmarks, to 20 rambling usless unboxings.

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