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Youtube Video Here it is! The debut of inestimable news anchor Regina Eggbert - bringing you the top headlines of this week in a style that only The Reg would approve of, generated by our pioneering inhouse lean-CGI technology. The full story behind Regina's headlines this week can be found here, here, here and here. ® …

  1. Barry Rueger

    Video... not more video....

    Despite the seemingly endless onslaught of such things, I will hardly ever click on video - on news sites, on Facebook or Twitter, or on The Reg.

    There are very, very few times when video is the best or more efficient way to get information across - especially technical information, and I will always prefer to read than watch and listen. In my experience the vast majority of "informational" videos can be summed up in one short paragraph with no loss of meaning.

    Although I'm sure the video is cute, I didn't watch it. There are, simply, better things to do with my time.

    1. PleebSmash

      Re: Video... not more video....

      This is El Reg Weekend Edition, a noble experiment in journalism history.

      1. RegGuy1 Silver badge

        Re: Video... not more video....

        Scriptable -- and if it takes its input from news.bbc.co.uk it could replace (and improve on) BBC News 24*.

        * ok, I know it's now officially BBC News, but £1bn won't change my mind.

    2. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Video... not more video....

      "n my experience the vast majority of "informational" videos can be summed up in one short paragraph with no loss of meaning."

      Most BBC science programs fall into that category. They take something that could be explained in 3 minutes on a whiteboard and stretch it into hour long programs usually consisting mostly of the presenter looking thoughtfully into the distance on a mountain top while some portentious music plays or them striding purposefully to or from camera or the we've-run-out-of-ideas favourite - some naff "sciency" graphics the intern knocked up with Maya or Blender when bored with a voiceover takes a minute to say a single sentence.

    3. Lars Silver badge
      Happy

      Re: Video... not more video....

      What video, it was a spoken text with some pics. I liked it.

    4. Graham Marsden
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      @ Barry Rueger - Re: Video... not more video....

      Hear hear! Or, rather I'd prefer not to hear (or watch) it.

      I can read a damn sight faster than someone can speak and I can zip through the text transcript of an hour long "webinar" (ugh, horrible neologism!) in a time substantially shorter than that hour, thus leaving me time to actually do something useful.

  2. Steven Raith

    Playmobile

    Come on, surely it was obvious? You could use it for reconstructions.....er, I mean, live feeds, too.

    Optimus Prime would approve, I'm sure.

    Steven R

  3. Chris G

    Regina

    Looks hot...... and a little hard boiled.

    Good start though but can, and I expect will, do better.

    1. Elmer Phud
      Pint

      Re: Regina

      Eggs you on?

      Could end up like many journo's --poached

      1. Anomalous Cowturd
        Pint

        @ Elmer re: poached.

        Knowing their reputation, I'd think pickled would be more likely...

        :o)

      2. Knoydart
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        Re: Regina

        Loving the eye brow action from Regina

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Was the audio for this recorded in a toilet cubicle while the boss wasn't watching, with a potato?

    1. Trainee grumpy old ****
      Trollface

      Re: boss wasn't watching, with a potato

      Does the presence of a potato make a difference to the boss watching or not watching?

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Coat

        Re: boss wasn't watching, with a potato

        Without an observer, da' Boss, it's all virtual!

        Hmmm... if potato and an egg were boiled, then the egg and reg worker, do we still have Friday's Liquid And Potato Salad Lunch if no PHB were to notice?

  5. Cipher
    Pint

    Good stuff...

    ...well done.

  6. Captain DaFt

    Have no idea what this was about

    I was totally enthralled by that itty-bitty plush El Reg logo coffee cup!

    Someone has some serious sewing skills!

  7. chivo243 Silver badge
    Holmes

    Could be a hit

    if the duration is kept to 2 minutes, and only one per week.

  8. Chad H.

    I liked her voice. Good work guys.

  9. Ugotta B. Kiddingme

    VERY well done on the intro and exit logo animation

    that, for me, was the best part

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