Comments on: Open your eyes: everything is about to change for travelers http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/open-your-eyes-everything-is-about-to-change-for-travelers/ The last honest travel site Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:39:03 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Joe Buhler http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/open-your-eyes-everything-is-about-to-change-for-travelers/comment-page-1/#comment-13010 Joe Buhler Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:31:59 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=15546#comment-13010 It will give even more meaning to the old saying "a picture is worth a thousand words" - like maybe video = ten thousand words. It will give even more meaning to the old saying “a picture is worth a thousand words” – like maybe video = ten thousand words.

]]> By: Jeremy Head http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/open-your-eyes-everything-is-about-to-change-for-travelers/comment-page-1/#comment-13005 Jeremy Head Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:27:51 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=15546#comment-13005 Hi chris I don't disagree with you, but a caveat. The quality of much of the video online even now is quite poor... and presumably this will continnue to be the case with footage from iPhones for a while at least. I'd rather look at still pics and read reviews than look at wonky, grainy video footage. This will all change over time - and probably quite quickly too - but right now sites that are built solely around UGC video alone are a poor research tool. I was going to reference Trip TV as an example.. (http://www.tvtrip.com) but just went and looked at it to discover that they have clearly invested in pro-content... last time I looked (about 9 months ago) it was full of awful wonky clips with lousy voiceovers... managed to make even the best luxury hotel look horrific! Now the clips are at least fairly consistent best Jeremy Hi chris
I don’t disagree with you, but a caveat. The quality of much of the video online even now is quite poor… and presumably this will continnue to be the case with footage from iPhones for a while at least.
I’d rather look at still pics and read reviews than look at wonky, grainy video footage. This will all change over time – and probably quite quickly too – but right now sites that are built solely around UGC video alone are a poor research tool. I was going to reference Trip TV as an example.. (http://www.tvtrip.com) but just went and looked at it to discover that they have clearly invested in pro-content… last time I looked (about 9 months ago) it was full of awful wonky clips with lousy voiceovers… managed to make even the best luxury hotel look horrific! Now the clips are at least fairly consistent
best
Jeremy

]]> By: chris http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/open-your-eyes-everything-is-about-to-change-for-travelers/comment-page-1/#comment-13003 chris Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:54:07 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=15546#comment-13003 I don't think the revolution will happen until the iPhone is available on networks other than AT&T. In many major cities and important business travel and tourism destinations, AT&T coverage is spotty at best. (Even in tech savvy San Francisco, where you'd expect perfect signals everywhere.) Big probs in LA, too. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-apple9-2009jun09,1,5860217.story Buyer beware. I don’t think the revolution will happen until the iPhone is available on networks other than AT&T. In many major cities and important business travel and tourism destinations, AT&T coverage is spotty at best. (Even in tech savvy San Francisco, where you’d expect perfect signals everywhere.) Big probs in LA, too.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-apple9-2009jun09,1,5860217.story

Buyer beware.

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