When I first started watching Geek Beat TV, back in the early stages of this online show, it was a diamond in the rough. Back then, it was hard to find a well put together tech show, about what’s new in tech and the tech world. I watched it daily and there was always something of interest to me, as they focused on what was new on tech hardware, tech news and they did interesting reviews.
Now I personally find very little of the original content style in this broadcast. They no longer seem to produce a daily tech news show in the same feed as I signed up for. Now they substitute random reviews from what I guess are affiliate contacts, and they like to show what they carry in their back packs, and their personal opinion on whatever interests them currently. Little of which I originally signed up for.
Let’s not leave out the unprofessional and annoying “bloopers” they add at the beginning of the show, the middle of the show and the end of the show. Most of which appear to me to be generated and completely fake bloopers, in my observation. And even if they are not, I can’t see why any mature person would care to watch these manufactured “bloopers”. It adds nothing to a show for those of us grown-ups that are looking for tech news.
I’ve watched the Geek Beat TV show grow from a struggling podcast that was made in their home, to downsizing their home to another location so they could focus on leaving their day jobs and working on creating a quality tech podcast, to changing distribution companies, and moving into a professional office space with more room, equipment and personnel. And in my own observation and opinion, the show climaxed in professionalism and quality somewhere in the middle between now and when they started this show under another name.
In general, I’ve seen many podcasts grow and get overwhelmed with their own success, heads swollen with self importance, and loose sight of the content and intent of the original show. I think the reason for this is often that these shows have no actual producers or production companies behind them, to keep them inline and focused. They do what they want based on their whims, and the celebrity of the person behind the mike. I’m not saying this is what happened to Geek Beat, but my observation is a common problem in podcasting in my own opinion.
Regardless, I have sadly deleted the Geek Beat TV feed from my DVR and I am replacing it with shows from CNet.
