Thread for Linus Tech Tips Video Suggestions

[Cmbbo88]

So, UniFi has a new switch called the leaf. It seems to be the equivalent to the Dell EMC switch the did a video on earlier. But it cost $15,000. The UniFi switch cost $1,999 US. It’s be cool to see a comparison video for the UniFi switch. 

[Schabel]

I'm incredibly particular about the clarity of motion in games. I use an old VG248QE monitor with a strobing software mod and it's my favorite solution to eliminate motion blur in games. I tried to find an LTT video covering the topic, because the difference in motion clarity is jarring, and it's not a new thing, just relatively unknown. When using the StrobeLight mod, I can track moving targets in FPS games no matter how close they are, or how fast they are moving. With strobing off, there are too many after images, and it creates too much visual clutter for me.

 

Here is the mod: https://www.monitortests.com/forum/Thread-Strobelight-LightBoost-Utility-for-AMD-ATI-and-NVIDIA

 

The biggest limitation is that this modification only works on ASUS or BenQ LightBoost-capable monitors (BenQ Z-series and newer monitors are not supported)

 

If LTT hasn't already seen this, I think you  will get a real kick out of how smooth it is.

[Quackers101]

6 hours ago, Schabel said:

I'm incredibly particular about the clarity of motion in games. I use an old VG248QE monitor with a strobing software mod and it's my favorite solution to eliminate motion blur in games. I tried to find an LTT video covering the topic, because the difference in motion clarity is jarring, and it's not a new thing, just relatively unknown.

 

If LTT hasn't already seen this, I think you  will get a real kick out of how smooth it is.

Don't know about the mod, but they have covered strobing to some degree. It can be a quick topic, as maybe not everyone likes it or hurts them by using it from all the strobing effects and might not be the best thing to show on camera for a long time? and on some screens it can make more of an after effect that can be really bad.

[NimrodS]

On 3/20/2019 at 11:16 PM, CPotter said:

Hit us with your best Linus Tech Tips video suggestions! This is to replace our old "What should we review next" thread. Linus or one of the writers will read these suggestions, but they may not reply to you in this thread directly.

 

Linus Tech Tips

https://www.youtube.com/LinusTechTips

 

It's about a speaker that only you can hear, even if there are several people in the room.

They are starting Kickstarter in a few days.

 

https://noveto.com/

 

 I sent an email to linustechtips@gmail.com as well. I'm sorry if I wasn't supposed to send it there.

[Quackers101]

1 minute ago, NimrodS said:

It's about a speaker that only you can hear, even if there are several people in the room.

They are starting Kickstarter in a few days.

they have to be quite special ones, since similar speakers have been around for a while?

[NimrodS]

1 minute ago, Quackers101 said:

they have to be quite special ones, since similar speakers have been around for a while?

I dunno, its the first one I've heard of. It might be an old consept, they certainly advertise it like one.

[Schabel]

8 hours ago, Quackers101 said:

Don't know about the mod, but they have covered strobing to some degree. It can be a quick topic, as maybe not everyone likes it or hurts them by using it from all the strobing effects and might not be the best thing to show on camera for a long time? and on some screens it can make more of an after effect that can be really bad.

That's a good thought. I'd love to see the downsides, and as to why strobing isn't the greatest solution to the problem. I think some of the most enjoyable LTT videos are the ones where they examine failed technology and show what evolved from it.

[OverclockedToaster]

The Great Canadian Build Off

The basic concept is a cross over of the great british bake off and forged in fire, a weapon smithing competition show.  Basically 3 rounds all with different challenges for competitors to make their machine stand out and survive. 

 

It begins with 4 contestants all given a mid tower Dell Optiplex with the same specs, something like a 9010 with a standard motherboard and power supply layout.  Each contestant also beings with $500 dollars to spend on upgrades.  

 

Before the first stage there will be an auction for contestants to bid on components to upgrade with.  This allows contestants an opportunity to focus on a build path and prioritize certain components. There will be 8 to 12 items that are auctioned off before contestants go to assemble. The remaining items will be given a set purchase prices and can be bought after each round.  

 

The twist is for every $100 dollars the contestants have remaining at the end of each round they receive an extra $25. At the end of each round the winner is given first choice on components upgrades, each contestant can purchase up to two upgrade items per round.  

 

Round One: The technical

Each contestant will be given 45 minutes to install their new upgrades and tune the system.  The goal of this first stage is simply to have the best scores in the synthetic benchmarks.  It is really just about balancing the system to run well.  

 

The scores will be an aggregate of all the tests with the highest score winning the contest.  

Contestants will also be given some extra money for each of their performance points over the original system test scores.  

 

Round Two: Style 

This is a style round where looks and flash rule the day.  Contestants will be given access to purchase additional materials such as: LED strips, paint, decals,  LED fans, colored cables, plexiglass sheets, and any other creative materials.  

 

The catch here is that contestants can earn extra money for every gram of weight they remove from the system.  This encourages them to remove material and customize the heavy steel case more.  

 

A panel of style judges will determine a winner at the end based on appearance. 

Round Three: The Hot Box

The contestant will have to prepare their machines to be placed inside a hot box (not weed, just you know, a heated up box….). The box will be heated up to something like 45C so, hot. All of the contestants will be given a LTT store water bottle full of ice water because merch right.  Then they will have the opportunity to buy water cooling supplies ranging from legit to janky AF (like give them the option to buy like just a huge block of ice because that would be amazing).   The contestants will be given like 2 hours to get it ready.  Then they will be tossed into the box where they will run benchmarks or games.  Lowest average temperature plus best scores wins the round, extra money counts for nothing so spending it during this round is important. 
 

The End

The winner is selected based on their performance in all 3 rounds, and winner will get a prize or nothing doesn’t really matter.  
 

[C3re8rum]

In of the discord servers I am in I stumbled across a "custom laptop builder", https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/

 

Essentially their laptop builders(haven't checked any of the others out yet) have an insane amount of customizability, going as far in some cases as in storage you can even pick what brand of SSD you want installed. There seems to be a lot here(for example their gaming 15 inch lineup seems to be using desktop chips?) Maybe an interesting idea

[91825125h1]

Basically, PC fans apparently can get a lot quieter by putting teeth/scalloping the trailing edges of the fans. Should be easy enough to test. Get Alex on it, please. 

https://lookmovie.io/shows/view/2510740-richard-hammonds-miracles-of-nature-2012#S1-E3-108282, S01E03 (Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature 2012), the owl section starts around 33m.

[cottechguy]

7th gen Intel: worth it in 2021?

[techguy4568]

Physical machine security: What are evil maid attacks etc and how to prevent them.

[Guest]

VR as a gym/workout routine. 

 

The quest 2 has a workout app but it's basically a clone of beat saber and also beat saber can be pretty active. Moving left & right and flailing arms and squatting down and jumping up. 

 

There's a few other games too but just curious if there can be a video to see how viable or non-viable video games are for a workout. 

[FAHEYGF87]

I think it'd be interesting to see the performance differences in two systems from opposite ends of the performance/cost spectrum.

 

Something like this: https://www.newegg.com/lenovo-thinkstation-s30-18-ln-s30-ws-00/p/N82E16859100282?Item=9SIAANWAK11177

 

VS

 

Something like this: https://www.newegg.com/acer-aspire-tc-875-ur11-student-home-office/p/N82E16883101815?&quicklink=true

 

Both can be had for under $400, but which one is "better". You may use whatever definition of "better" that you like.

[n3rding]

Not just a retro PC build...

 

Premise: Build the best PC you can.. but it's the year 2000 ish...

 

However don't do this as a retro PC build! It should be filmed in exactly the same way as every current build, but getting hyped about 2k tech..

 

Re-live the golden era of of Voodoo SLI and the Pentium III SLOT 1!

 

For added effect.. 2k clothes , 2k video quality.. but would possibly be better if the only thing retro was the tech and no breaking character in believing what you were assembling was state of the art!

 

So much want for this to happen!

[Lii]

when you do gpu benches please include also redshift and octane as benchmarks, they are the only decent gpu renders around

vray is a weird mess/trash, other renders like arnold need to carthup with gpus, they are still in trash mode with gpus

 

also it would be great a video where you confront linux systems vs windows systems on cuda/optix intensive applications 

there are like no recent benches online for that

[kev790]

Hey LTT,

 

Time again for the next and #9 "Scrapyard Wars"!

 

It's been awhile so think would be good choice and I have a neat idea i think.

This time it will be teams of 2 and theme will be "Couples Setup" Each team will need to create a complete 2 system His/Hers setup(covering desk, both computers, any perfs 'keyboar/mouse, monitors a must others bonus pts;

 

rules -

budget - $800

Retail outlets/stores (Off Limits)

no influence use

no heating (mr.sebastion) lol

 

judging criteria -

theme fit of male/female noticeability

unique customization (paint, etc....

specs as nice as possible (maybe cpl benches for testing)

 

Thanks for reading also have another bigger idea for the next after big SW#10

[cottechguy]

LG-27GI650-B 1440p 144hz gsync pivot 3

[cottechguy]

Review the LG-27GI650-B 1440p 144hz gsync pivot 3

[mongldroid]

On 3/20/2019 at 4:16 PM, CPotter said:

Hit us with your best Linus Tech Tips video suggestions! This is to replace our old "What should we review next" thread. Linus or one of the writers will read these suggestions, but they may not reply to you in this thread directly.

 

Linus Tech Tips

https://www.youtube.com/LinusTechTips

 

Hi, saw a video recently that Linus was really wanting to do a home renovation tech series. I just inherited a totally dilapidated house and happen to be an electrical and computer engineering PHD student at Texas A&M. I am in a situation where I am forced to basically rebuild everything by hand due to finances and also plan to make the house as Jetson like as possible. I was wondering if you had any interest to use my house as a project base for the series. I am pretty flexible but here are my plans...

 

Physical System

 

Run ethernet through the entire house for not only networking but DC power to the entire smart home network using POE+ switches I got when a Texas A&M datacenter shut down. This provides 48V and connectivity to all IOT endpoints and decent wattage for whatever the task may be. This also provides a single source to provide a back up power system exclusively for the smart system. I plan to use WESP32 devices which are basically a POE shield for an ESP32 with a 12V breakout that can handle the full POE wattage standard.

 

This config allows me to have a complete hardwired system for power and data without batteries or isolated DC > DC converters that become inefficient and requires permits in situations. This route provides complete freedom in the DIY homeowner space across the US for electrical code also since ethernet is so common.

 

Every electronically controlled device must have a local physical switch/control meaning if for some reason the entire system looses power then the house can continue to function completely normally.

 

Devices will communicate with each other through a local server run on a Raspi 4b and headless Linux. I have written the base for the server and TCP connections last year and ready for testing.

 

Devices Managed

 

Door locks, shower nozzles, lights, AC, kitchen appliances and gadgets, IP cameras, smart film, garage door, what else? I got some crazy ideas...

[Alexeygridnev1993]

"Life without the Big Tech".

 

A lot of people nowadays are aware of - and infuriated by - completely atrocious data collection practices by the Big Tech (Facebook and Google primarily, but also Microsoft and Amazon, to a lesser degree Apple). But they cannot really do anything about it, as switching yourself from  these services or even trying to minimize the data collection is really hard!

 

So, you can make a video on how to get of the Big Tech. Alternative messengers (Telegram, Signal), alternative OSes (desktop Linux, LineageOS without Google services), alternative video hosting platforms (nice way to plug in Floatplane ad!), and so on! Let's see how hard it is to show a big **** you to those guys!

[Frugivore8894]

can we get a scrapyard wars COVID-19 edition. Where its CVID-19 stuff and scalpers that stuff.

[ImpossibleTech]

On 3/20/2019 at 3:16 PM, CPotter said:

Hit us with your best Linus Tech Tips video suggestions! This is to replace our old "What should we review next" thread. Linus or one of the writers will read these suggestions, but they may not reply to you in this thread directly

Server room water-cooling like whole room water cooling

[Wutgaspump]

On 3/20/2019 at 3:16 PM, CPotter said:

Hit us with your best Linus Tech Tips video suggestions! This is to replace our old "What should we review next" thread. Linus or one of the writers will read these suggestions, but they may not reply to you in this thread directly.

 

Linus Tech Tips

https://www.youtube.com/LinusTechTips

@CPotterI just sent it to the LMG email account but here's one for you: Linus taught me everything I know about computer hardware and is single-handedly responsible for my interest in performance PCs and the PCMR. That being said, I think think I stand a chance to beat him, or anyone else on staff, in a heads-up building race. But the kicker is, I've never actually built a system. I feel like it could make for a fun and interesting stream, and serve as the test of LMG's teaching skills.

 

I'm on a fixed income from the VA due to becoming permanently disabled while serving in the U.S. Army, but I should have enough saved up to build my dream rig once inventory normalizes. In the meantime, I have an old system that my friend lent to me, which I could tear down and use to go up against anyone in the office. And to keep it fair and honest, I could have my friend tear it down completely in order to be able to say that I'm going into it with 0 hands-on experience inside of a PC. It's an old I7-4930k with a gtx 1060 6gb, and XSPC waterblocks cooling the cpu, VRM and the motherboard chipset. 

 

Edit:

Oooohhhh! We could get Linus, Alex, Anthony and me all on the building race, and find out who the true champion is! Winner gets to keep the system? 

[Scruffy Guy]

Here is a "million dollar" idea.

 

PoE Security camera bullet time rig.

or

PoE Security camera full body 3D scanner.

 

sounds like it is made for a sponsorship

 

You could do a massive like 60 camera bullet time rig and get your staff to freeze mid air.