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This really felt like bootleg Unbox Therapy.

Reviving with a couple more infos (if they help) - the plastic feet at the bottom could rotate on the outside, giving it a more stable feel - it had a LOCKING side panel, with a key (you could lock it shut) - it was very heavy Still on the look, if you even want to give it a shot and post here a picture of what you think it might be, I'd be very grateful. Thanks

bumping again, in case anyone knows

How much then?

Those figures are per month? per year? On what brand would you put those figures?

First of all, I know this forum, it is like reddit so I don't expect any quality reply from this question. I am not a hater, I am just plain curious. I follow them since 2010 and I'm only happy to see that they're successful. The question still stands because honestly it might prove useful to me in the future if I reach such a level of "popularity". How much do they get per sponsor? I know it depends, that it's variable and the sponsor name and "size" matters a lot, I'm also assuming there's some sort of NDA on that information but still, an estimate would be nice. You can feel free to estimate (using that inch of your brain that can answer seriously and not with memes and other retarded stuff) a quote, and we'll discuss if it makes sense. Sponsors like Ting, TunnelBear, SquareSpace, DBrand... how much do they give him? Usually he does receive free stuff for reviews/projects from brands like Intel, Razer, Seagate but what about those that just buy Ad Space? I'm curious.

one more thing I just remembered If I recall correctly (I might be wrong) between the two huge lights there should be a small flap where two usb ports + some more shit was hidden, it was really far down, like in op pic where I left a white rectangle between the lights. Help me out please thanks

And again, another proof that they don't need a RED camera and they cannot use it! Amazing what you can do with sponsor money.

You forgot to agree Jamiec's latest post, whoopsie! Here, I did it for you. So it seems like you actually are ganged up against me and I'm in the wrong. That's how reddit works right?

Can we please stay on topic? Or is that too hard?

I suggest you read the whole comment again, you'll see i've put plenty of constructive criticism, I blacked out all the cursing and I didn't belittle anyone.

Cheesy aside, I'm complaining because they are a 4.5 million subs channel with extremely good resources and the content they produce (quality wise, nowadays) is much worser than when they had fewer people and less budget. I wouldn't complain if they had like, 100k subs or less, or if they weren't LTT, because they're a staple in the tech community and they should be top notch everytime, considering the amount of care and effort @LinusTech has put into this company. "For free" isn't a great argument because literally thousands of other people do it for free as well and the quality is better. Daily? GMM used to be daily, there are many talk shows that are daily (GMM was shot with GH4 + Atomos and RED and it was daily) so it isn't really an issue there. [SMALL OT: this is like Reddit, looking back every single post that isn't mine or that was against what I'm saying has "thumbs up" and "agree", I'm literally cringing, but at least there are 2-3 people ITT whom you can have a decent argument with]

I addressed this in my comment too. As an example, Luke's video in the old studio (which was shot with maybe 10k of camera equipment) was SO much better than what they are producing now. I feel like it's because back then with limited budget and workforce you really had to plan out your ideas, you had that camera and that equipment and they made very excellent videos where they worked around the limitations and possible solutions for their particular setup. Nowadays they just buy very expensive stuff and complain about the cost / drawbacks when it's clear they're playing with stuff that is out of their range. RED footage needs to be treated with care, it can deliver a lot of good stuff if you know how to use, and certainly (sadly) it isn't something that you can mass produce on a daily basis. For their kind of videos I think they would have been better served with 3-4 Canon C500s with respective Atomos recorders, for a fraction of what they spent on the REDs. Maybe with time the videos will improve, but right now the quality is sub-par even when compared to footage from cameras that cost a fraction of the RED. The only good quality video they shot with RED was the sponsored 8K one for the desk pc. But it's clear that they've put MUCH more thought and care into what they were doing, because it was a one-time situation there. @Slick might agree with me on this. BY THE WAY on the indian thing: it was a random example, because I know (and follow personally) a lot of tech youtubers who are indians and produce honestly impressive content with the equipment they have. I didn't mean to be racist (lol) or anything else.

It's ok if you don't understand them, just stop posting and let some real discussion happen. By the way, there's the other thread now.

Shooting at 8K allows you to have amazing results, even in 4k or 2k. It isn't about budget because they literally have unlimited budget (maybe only hollywood productions have more money than them) and it's not even about workforce because in every new video you see a new face, a new addition to the team.

Finally a decent reply. I won't even bother with the other who would even be fine with a cheap trash shot with a budget camcorder because "hey it's ltt, everything is good if they do it" I don't hate ltt, I have been following them since 2012, mine is just constructive criticism and I really don't feel like it's necessary for their defense force to attack me as if I've insulted them directly.

How is that spamming or derailing topic? It's a constructive criticism about the video on the topic related to the video. How is that spamming? Make me laugh.

Okay, I don't care if I get banned or I get lots of hate from Linus' most loyal fans, but this isn't reddit and you can't downvote because you feel triggered by it so here's my complaints about this video. It's mostly technical stuff, but I'd like to see it improved considering you have TWO FUCKI** RED HELIUMS: 1) [ 0:25 ] - LENONVO. Seriously? I'm sure it was a typo, will be corrected next tim- oh. [ 0:57 ] AGAIN? This is what happens when your editor uses waaaay too many shortcuts and can't be arsed to spellcheck and correct a very simple mistake that catches the eye and is very annoying to look at. 2) [ 1:10 ] The CPUs falling down. Another editing mistake, I KNOW that you pride your own speed and efficiency mr. editor (Not sure if it was Taran, but nonetheless I watched his very long editing tutorial and therefore I assumed it was him who edited this video) but you know, how long would it take to cut out the background of a fuckin* cpu? Seriously? Look at THIS it's legit non-shopped (there's timestamp for proof) and you can see it's clearly a google taken picture that was thrown in the video without the least amount of effort. Okay, say you can't be arsed to open photoshop for two whole minutes, grab the pen tool (or even the magic selection tool, considering the object is so simple) and cut out the white, how long would it take for you to write "png" or "render" after "Haswell" in your google search and obtain a render? My god. 3) [ 2:01 ] Those fingerprints. 70k+ of camera equipment, can't even polish the subject properly. Oh right, I know that fingerprint stains can become permanent, but am I the only one who remembers a video made by Luke that addresses this issue directly? Considering nobody at LTT does this, then yeah I'm probably the only one. 4) [ 3:32 ] Out of focus thumbs up. Oh Brandon. I shouldn't even be telling you. With those beautiful Sigma Cine Lenses and that marvelous RED camera that they gave you, why the fuc* did you make such a simple mistake? Considering 70% of the parameters on that camera is metadata that can be fixed later, why the F*** couldn't you get the focus right? It's not that hard you know. Considering you had to get two things in focus at the same time, why didn't you just put a higher f/stop value and increase the lightning? Or maybe put the thumbs up closer to the focal plane that you currently were using like in [ 4:11 ]? (That is not a good enough result either, but it's slightly better than out of focus galore) 5) Video quality. This video was bad. Oh gaudy it was bad. Just by accident earlier while linking Luke's cleaning video I happened to watch it again and oh boy, the quality is SO much better. You shot that with an FS700 and Odyssey, and the quality was beautiful. Crisp, clear, well lit and composed. Now you have 130k+ of camera equipment and the final result is THIS??? Color grading done so badly that you managed to make it lose information in the shadows and highlights, Terrible composition, terrible focus choice, everything has bright spots (made by the overhead lights you use) and overall it isn't a great thing to watch. Why am I complaining so much? Because with 200k+ (total) equipment value you cannot present to us (the audience) such a quality with a straight face. Check the comments on every red video you made, everyone who is a semi-competent videomaker complains that it looks much worse than MKBHD or Devin Graham (RED Users). The RED is the simplest camera you can possibly use, it's literally foolproof. All you have to do is not screw up the focus, the composition and the histogram values (so even if you're shooting raw at base iso everything is not clipped or too dark) and the editor does the rest. Why screw up the color so badly? Just use RedGamma4 and DragonColor color space, it will produce a brilliant result. I know nobody worth a dime is going to read this (from inside the company that is) but if Taran or Brandon or Linus or someone else manages to read this please, step up your game because you're one of the biggest tech channels around and you really shouldn't give us a quality that an indian kid with 2000 subs can outdo with 1/200th of the budget. Thanks. ------------------------------------------- Here's the video link so you can jump directly to my timestamps (adding links would make you open a new tab every time)

If you wish to hear my honest complaint about your videos, check this reply on the other thread I won't paste it here because it would be considered as doubleposting or something. Thanks.

Okay, I don't care if I get banned or I get lots of hate from Linus' most loyal fans, but this isn't reddit and you can't downvote because you feel triggered by it so here's my complaints about this video. It's mostly technical stuff, but I'd like to see it improved considering you have TWO FUCKI** RED HELIUMS: 1) [ 0:25 ] - LENONVO. Seriously? I'm sure it was a typo, will be corrected next tim- oh. [ 0:57 ] AGAIN? This is what happens when your editor uses waaaay too many shortcuts and can't be arsed to spellcheck and correct a very simple mistake that catches the eye and is very annoying to look at. 2) [ 1:10 ] The CPUs falling down. Another editing mistake, I KNOW that you pride your own speed and efficiency mr. editor (Not sure if it was Taran, but nonetheless I watched his very long editing tutorial and therefore I assumed it was him who edited this video) but you know, how long would it take to cut out the background of a fuckin* cpu? Seriously? Look at THIS it's legit non-shopped (there's timestamp for proof) and you can see it's clearly a google taken picture that was thrown in the video without the least amount of effort. Okay, say you can't be arsed to open photoshop for two whole minutes, grab the pen tool (or even the magic selection tool, considering the object is so simple) and cut out the white, how long would it take for you to write "png" or "render" after "Haswell" in your google search and obtain a render? My god. 3) [ 2:01 ] Those fingerprints. 70k+ of camera equipment, can't even polish the subject properly. Oh right, I know that fingerprint stains can become permanent, but am I the only one who remembers a video made by Luke that addresses this issue directly? Considering nobody at LTT does this, then yeah I'm probably the only one. 4) [ 3:32 ] Out of focus thumbs up. Oh Brandon. I shouldn't even be telling you. With those beautiful Sigma Cine Lenses and that marvelous RED camera that they gave you, why the fuc* did you make such a simple mistake? Considering 70% of the parameters on that camera is metadata that can be fixed later, why the F*** couldn't you get the focus right? It's not that hard you know. Considering you had to get two things in focus at the same time, why didn't you just put a higher f/stop value and increase the lightning? Or maybe put the thumbs up closer to the focal plane that you currently were using like in [ 4:11 ]? (That is not a good enough result either, but it's slightly better than out of focus galore) 5) Video quality. This video was bad. Oh gaudy it was bad. Just by accident earlier while linking Luke's cleaning video I happened to watch it again and oh boy, the quality is SO much better. You shot that with an FS700 and Odyssey, and the quality was beautiful. Crisp, clear, well lit and composed. Now you have 130k+ of camera equipment and the final result is THIS??? Color grading done so badly that you managed to make it lose information in the shadows and highlights, Terrible composition, terrible focus choice, everything has bright spots (made by the overhead lights you use) and overall it isn't a great thing to watch. Why am I complaining so much? Because with 200k+ (total) equipment value you cannot present to us (the audience) such a quality with a straight face. Check the comments on every red video you made, everyone who is a semi-competent videomaker complains that it looks much worse than MKBHD or Devin Graham (RED Users). The RED is the simplest camera you can possibly use, it's literally foolproof. All you have to do is not screw up the focus, the composition and the histogram values (so even if you're shooting raw at base iso everything is not clipped or too dark) and the editor does the rest. Why screw up the color so badly? Just use RedGamma4 and DragonColor color space, it will produce a brilliant result. I know nobody worth a dime is going to read this (from inside the company that is) but if Taran or Brandon or Linus or someone else manages to read this please, step up your game because you're one of the biggest tech channels around and you really shouldn't give us a quality that an indian kid with 2000 subs can outdo with 1/200th of the budget. Thanks. ------------------------------------------- Here's the video link so you can jump directly to my timestamps (adding links would make you open a new tab every time)

This isn't promoting my own channel.

Resolution and framerate are only a fraction of what makes the filesize. Codec, bitrate and color depth is what matters.

Your issues are probably user errors of some sort. I have the X99-E WS and it's the best piece of computer equipment I've bought since I started building computers. It's expensive, and has lots of things the average consumer doesn't even need to know about. Love it.

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