This is why I have always turned down every offer of in-video sponsorship.
Apparently it works well for Twit.tv. I don't think it would fly here. Leo use to hock an anti virus program.....one "This week in Tech"....before the show started, on the pre-show live stream, he said something about what crappy software it was.....so yea....
In the same fashion....not telling us if you "had to pay"/"got it for free"/"have to return it" a piece of review equipment always raises an eyebrow with me. I know you're the kind of guy that it won't effect your opinion (I honestly don't - totally, totally trust your reviews - I know you're the kind of guy that will tell it like it is - even if someone gave you a $100k scope and you slammed it) But it would be a 5 word sentence in the video. Why not just tell us? What's the big secret? And don't say that people will make assumptions. We already do! So spill the beans!
And speaking of in video ad......A free piece of equipment isn't a product placement ad? No? If I was a marking director, and I knew I had an amazing scope(for example), that Dave would approve of, of course I'd send you one for free. You would be puddy in my hands....like taking candy from a baby....fish in a barrel.
I think it should be up front. I'm sure you've ranted on about this in the past....Blah! Think of it from the viewers perspective....that's all.
Sorry if this post was kinda negative. I do love your vids - always give a thumbs up! Learning more and more! Thanks Dave!
If a woman ran an electronics blog, would you just stare at her breasts the whole time?
Yes
And this I why I never recommend this forum to people.