Unboxing videos: Stop the madness!!!
It seems there isn't a product being released these days that doesn't get an unboxing video or twelve. I have to admit, I am not really a fan. I understand why they are popular, just don't see the need myself.
The biggest problem with these videos is not the product but the producer. I think too many reviewers have gotten it into their heads that unboxings are all about dwelling on the box. That is not the case!!! Stop it already!!!
I was just watching an unboxing (name withheld, protecting the innocent, blah...) and in the 5 minute long video it took 2.5 minutes before you even SEE the product!! Such a waste of time.
Unboxings should be about the reviewers reaction to seeing the contents for the first time and in showing potential buyers what they get. We don't need to have reviewers reading the outside of the box to us and certainly don't need to dwell on the manuals, "...and there is French on this side. Oh look! Spanish and German..."
To the reviewers: keep doing your unboxing videos, but get to the goods quickly!!!!