[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
Incredibly well done. The creator's both talented and creative. I've seen professional work with far less polish and rhythm.

Some random comments:

1) The first 3/4s of the video did a good job of showcasing the trials of both Nvidia and Asus in getting the Prime to market including touching on some well documented Nvidia specific problems with Teg3.

2) In the last 1/4 of the video the creator mentions the TF300 and TF700 as possible/probable solutions for Asus to dig themselves out of the mess outlined in the first 3/4s. If that's the case, there's no bridge to the creator's conclusion at the end of the video or rationale for his continuing adoration other than the Prime's potential possibly outweighing his presentation of its reality. In the harsh light of the real world, potential has never trumped reality.

3) The creator hails the coming of a middle-level marketing manager as salvation which isn't realistic. A single manager at Asus or any other company can't solve issues, especially design and engineering issues, affecting potentially one million users if Asus hits its sales targets. If they could, it would be a lot cheaper just to eliminate Directors, VPs, SVPs, and EVPs and have a thousand Manager's report directly to the CEO.

4) In his closing, in spite of all that was revealed, the creator teases with "it's still the best device in the world" and watch the review to come in order to find out why. We know how that's going to end and will be focused (like most other reviews) on (a working) Prime's positive attributes. But using the creator's own well-presented logic, the TF700 will become "the best device in the world" upon its launch. No one on this forum disagrees that the Prime has the potential to live up to that lofty claim, but Asus' execution was poor at best (the creator’s description, not mine) and until that's resolved there's always going to be the struggle over the Prime's potential vs. its reality. At least for some percentage of users. A 300HP car that gets 40MPG in the city for $25K holds great potential. If it only randomly starts or each one produced varies anywhere between 10MPG and 50MPG I think we'd all agree, with reality setting in, the potential's pretty much irrelevant.

Once Asus releases the other two devices maybe the creator will produce a third and final segment. The ending of that could be happy and a tale of a manufacturer learning from its mistakes and overcoming them. Or it could be sad with the Prime quietly fading in to the sunset after the other two devices are launched never having been given a chance to achieve its full potential. It is way too early in the story for anyone to write the final chapter and that includes me, you, the creator of the video, and even Gary starring in the role of middle-level marketing manager.

No matter how anyone feels about the Prime, you have to admit its great entertainment. ;)

---------- Post added at 07:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:33 PM ----------

In my opinion, that's one of the things I liked. The flat "here's how it is" narration suited the content and allowed listeners to focus on the material vs. the delivery. But "art" is even more subjective than the Prime. ;)