Is podcasting at its 14th minute?

Quick, what's more fun than listening to radio? Watching video, of course. Here's another question for you: Would you rather hear a description of the man in a barrel going over Niagara Falls, or would you rather watch it yourself? Ok, one more: You can listen to a podcast and engage the "theatre of the mind," or watch a vodcast, and see the speaker as well as exactly what s/he is talking about. Which are you going to choose? Me, too. More after the jump.

I've always been a lukewarm fan of podcasting. It's not the content, as there are some very well done, interesting and fun podcasts available.
I've just never found one that jumped right out and grabbed me, really held my attention and convinced me to click that "Subscribe" button. In contrast, I've become addicted to DTV.
Seeing other people and what their lives are like in other parts of the world is infinitely interesting to me. Given the choice, I'll pick vodcast over podcast every time. Now that I can watch homegrown video right on my iPod or TV, well, my choice has been made. Don't get me wrong, I think homegrown radio is cool. But homegrown TV is just so much better.

The only hindrance is, of course, bandwidth and time. Producing a podcast is a much less time consuming process that shooting/editing/narrating video. Plus, you need the online storage space and bandwidth to distribute your work to the masses. These are no minor hurdles. I don't know what the answer is, other than tossing wads of cash at your online host of choice, but I'm betting some enterprising young geek is way ahead of me on this one.