One good historical novel can be read faster than a 10-part documentary and connects better with the thinking language process. A single video may be sufficient for visual information about that subject. Choose the most economical media for the subject. A video is slower and more expensive than a book, but cheaper than most classes and much cheaper than a trip to Europe. Books may do the job better.
Videos can be helpful babysitters . . .
Video hour used to be the hour before dinner. I was tired and trying to get dinner together while the little ones were falling apart with hunger. Now, video hour might happen when I'm trying to read to my older children, when we are doing experiments, when we are studying foreign languages, when I'm sick, when it's raining . . . We have three situations where we allow videos. The first is when I am studying French and Latin with the older kids.