Thread for Linus Tech Tips Video Suggestions

[DERPmaster]

Everything I ned to know about moniters, 

that subject is kinf of hazy,

A deep dive is needed

 

[vaccarodylan94]

I was just watching this video from @PlasmaChannel where he’s working on ionic thrusters:

I was wondering if you guys would be down for contacting him about a collab where you cool a PC with ionic thrusters instead of pc fans! That would be AWESOME!

[vaccarodylan94]

You guys have made some amazing roundup videos of keyboards, mice, headsets and such. Have you considered making one for portable monitors?

with more and more people getting into portable computing, I feel a video discussing portable monitors, their pros and cons and which ones are worth buying would be awesome - not to mention it would be a fun project for labs to disprove a ton of manufactures’ claims.

[OddOod]

As mentioned here, in theory you should be able to map a network drive as an install location for Steam. I would love to see what that looks like and any drawbacks inherent. 
 

 

[GeorgeMKane]

Modern system building in a HTPC case. Can it be done well? How is airflow? Good for a retro / entertainment setup?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/case/#m=63&t=11&sort=price&f=2,7

[nicco79]

Quote

 

We know Linus is $$$$$RICH$$$$$

 

But is he "If I ever win the lottery I'm making a keyboard out of pure tungsten including keycaps" rich?

 

And does THE LAB have the skills and resources to pull this off?

 

Or are they going to fuck it up poorly and waste a ton of money, just like this segue to our sponsor, DBRAND!

 

There I started your script for you.

[sacb0y]

A video on the abysmal support of Avif HDR images across a wide range of needs. If you want to produce and show HDR images it is basically impossible.

 

Much of this is discussed on this website which is a FANTASTIC source, and I highly recommend viewing on a PC with HDR on. Visiting this site will also reveal some of the issues for some of you.

Create and edit true HDR (High Dynamic Range) images - Greg Benz Photography

 

But here's a outline of some of the problems.

 

Creation:

• Photoshop at least on windows does not support HDR display in its viewport, it only supports display HDR in Camera Raw which is effectively a second program beside photoshop that takes weird steps to open up. It's worthless for working with PSD's. 
• You cannot save AVIF or JXL without using Camera Raw in photoshop, same problems.
• Affinity photo does not let you save AVIF. Why not use JXL? I'll explain later. 
• JXR, the most common consumer HDR image format thanks to Xbox and Xbox Gamebar, CANNOT be created otherwise. All solutions for saving the format are either too old and out of date, or simply don't save an HDR image.

Viewing:

• AVIF support is on chrome, GREAT! But for some reason it's not on Edge and Firefox (which has ZERO HDR support) a combined 20% of the market share. (Edge apparently blames this on a licensing issue?)
• JXL support was removed from chrome recently for some reason, which is effectively making it a dead format
• There is no gallery or social media website you can upload HDR AVIF files.
• Windows photos app supports HDR JXR images and displays them as such, it's fucking awesome but only is viable for game screenshots (Example). It does not do this with any other format. AVIF images worked for a bit in photo's though not in HDR but recently they stopped. 
• Other image viewers that support the formats don't support showing them in HDR (Looking at you XnView)
• No android device supports HDR images despite like every goddamned phone supporting HDR and having HDR screens. 

Seemingly only Apple is ahead of the curve on this shit.

 

AVIF is awesome cause the Images are tiny, even in HDR. An AVIF is 200kb maintaining HDR color, while an EXR, HDR, JXL is 8-20MB. This format SHOULD replace jpeg.

 

I'm a painter who wants to show the glory of HDR to his audience and it's basically impossible! I thought JXR would at least be semi viable but it's just impossible to create that format. I can't find a remotely viable way to show HDR images to people. 

[Elektra57]

Help Kallmekris with a security system at her new house. This is heartbreaking. People found her house and she has had some scary stalking situations. Of course without showing her house or layout. She seems really scared. It's affecting her mental health. https://youtu.be/iO5rYBVB56s

[Jean-Francois E]

Given that you've reviewed the Starlink service before, and that spaceX is now moving faster in the development of starship allowing the deployment of larger starlink satellites, do you have any plans or wishes to cover the satellite technology directly, perhaps by visiting Starbase (it looks like Luke loves to visit facilities)

[vaccarodylan94]

OMG!!!

You guys NEED TO SET UP A TOUR with these guys to check this out!!!

This would EASILY be my new favorite LTT video if it was made!!!

 

https://interestingengineering.com/science/dna-data-storage-capsule

[olliecoding321]

I was scrolling on Jaycar's nz website and I found this. I remember Linus saying something about PCMCIA cards in a video a while ago and I thought that this would be quite interesting. https://www.jaycar.co.nz/pcmcia-fingerprint-id-for-laptops/p/XC4843

[z3pt3pi]

Maybe a video on those Raspberry PI clusters? They could try to build one and see how fast it is

[Golamas2000]

Possibly about PWM flickering in many olds and lcd screens making many modern devices unusable. Maybe labs testing or a tech quickie.

[danmitchell]

386 sold on AliExpress?

Looks like is a newi model? That is also a hand held?

MS DOS Windows 95, sound card? 

https://m.aliexpress.us/item/1005005542582463.html?gatewayAdapt=Pc2Msite4itemAdapt

 

[jasongan1]

Build your own budget 1u rack mount NAS. 4 bay.

[FuuMasta]

A thread should exist on the forum specifically for Hot Takes.... then it also make goods videos.

 

[Exit7568]

explain AMD's product naming scheme(s?) like I'm 5 

 

 

[Mizino7]

You guys do a lot of videos on odd controller and keyboard types. You know things that are intended to be for people with differences. However you’ve never really had anyone on that was differently abled. I’m a left hand amputee, I play some console games and pc games. I’m also a software engineer, a long time pc builder, photographer, and much more. All of which I do with out my left hand. I’d actually like to propose that I come on to be interviewed and discuss what I personally do to game on the different platforms, things and trends in gaming that seem steps in the right or wrong direction, and so on. Perhaps you guys would be interested in such a video?

[Hexxagone]

Make the most powerful PC with parts off AliExpress

[japers]

Always wondered about rack mounting a consumer water cooling radiator or having a completely separate, self-built water cooling system in a rack. Just because the airflow could be fantastic and you take much of the risk out of the case housing all of the main components. The enterprise grade ones are very expensive and for a home lab could be a great addition.

 

480mm radiators are essentially the same size as a 19" rack. You could probably do some really cool stuff with a self-build external water cooling system that lives in a completely separate case in a rack taking up say 3 or 4 U's and can handle cooling for a main system and a storage server. Takes much of the risk out of the main systems and places it into its own case. You'd have much less size restriction so could in theory have a really good pump and decent sized reservoir.

[Poor LTT fan]

how bout a video  that's  a build a PC where every part  for it costs 100 dollars each, 100 dollars U.S.

The Case costs 100 dollars

the CPU costs 100 dollars 

a 100 dollar motherboard

100 dollars of ram and so on

if LTT already has a video using that idea I didn't see it

[Diablo365]

Hi, I have seen DIY videos on crazy projects where Linus uses a car radiator and or big industrial radiators for cooling and have wondered why he didn't use any air hoses in builds with quick connects. I use them in my job for cooling big bearings that go over 150 degrees in temperature. They leak really rarely and are easy to replace.

[Kilrah]

1 hour ago, Diablo365 said:

Hi, I have seen DIY videos on crazy projects where Linus uses a car radiator and or big industrial radiators for cooling and have wondered why he didn't use any air hoses in builds with quick connects. I use them in my job for cooling big bearings that go over 150 degrees in temperature. They leak really rarely and are easy to replace.

Diameter would be a bit small for the flow needed to remove that much heat unless you got to the biggest diameters, then the hose becomes really rigid because that's needed for the fittings to still stay tight. Your bearing may get hot but the actual power to remove would be a fraction of what a PC component puts out. Should still be possible though, you "just" have to work it like hardline tubing.

[mrfragz]

I recently factory ordered a new vehicle with a wireless charger added on. I'm now learning that wireless Android Auto isn't available without a 3rd party accessory. Would love to see a video around the various wireless Android Auto products available. Didn't expect this to be an issue needing resolution in 2023

[Psittac]

Not sure if this is the right spot for this, but last time I suggested a product from this company it became a video, the $100 hdmi cable with a processing chip in it.  Anyways here is a "Video card for your console"