Apple Watch - My First Impressions

[Syntaxvgm]

I think the sex humor is a bit to far in this video...In my opinion.....I mean you are married man almost sounds like you're talking about your wife

is that luke grunting? 

(is he really that boring? )

[ChrisxIxCross]

What's with the baked in ads in the video? Looks to me like you guys uploaded the YT version by mistake

[Syntaxvgm]

Seems to be some kind of colour space issue. We are working with Vessel on it.

Now, I may be basing this off of older LTT videos, but my impression was that you bitch slapped luke and used the hand print for white balance 

 

 

@LinusTech

After seeing the most recent video

Find Marques Brownlee

Bow before him

Kiss his boot.

Ask him for color correction tips.

Sorry.

(It even looks bad on my really old TN panel,l and a video about a monitor should have good color editing. )

[Mew]

@nicklmg why are the contrasts of the vessel video whitewashed ? it's perfectly fine on youtube, but on vessel vidoes it's just awful to watch.

 

 

My experience tends to be the opposite, Youtube looks washed out compared to Vessel. Not really an apples to apples comparison though since I compared 2 different videos, but Vessel tends to look better for me. 

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

My experience tends to be the opposite, Youtube looks washed out compared to Vessel. Not really an apples to apples comparison though since I compared 2 different videos, but Vessel tends to look better for me. 

 

what browser are you using, it still is washed out for me in chrome 43.0.2357.134 m

EDIT :  both images below are vessel vidoes, one is my screencap of vessel of luke and the 2nd is vessel screencap you proved me from your PC. i haven't compared them with youtube as it's not on youtube yet

[Syntaxvgm]

what browser are you using, it still is washed out for me in chrome 43.0.2357.134 m

he's comparing 2 different shots in different vids. LTT's color correction is not that consistent

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

he's comparing 2 different shots in different vids. LTT's color correction is not that consistent

i'm comparing his screencap of the same video with mine, it's still washed out,ignore him comparing 2 videos, i am comparing the luck'e screen cap he sent from his system, taken against my screencap of the same lukes video, and it's still washed out for me in my PC.

Edit : those are both vessel video's i'm not comparing them against youtube. his vessel screencap seems to be better than mine which is washed out.

Edit 2: also the video is not out on youtube yet, so ofcourse i'm comparing the same videos from vessel. 

[Syntaxvgm]

i'm comparing his screencap of the same video with mine, it's still washed out,ignore him comparing 2 videos, i am comparing the luck'e screen cap he sent from his system, taken against my screencap of the same lukes video, and it's still washed out for me in my PC.

Edit : those are both vessel video's i'm not comparing them against youtube. his vessel screencap seems to be better than mine which is washed out.

Edit 2: also the video is not out on youtube yet, so ofcourse i'm comparing the same videos from vessel. 

I was referring to kurahk7 comparing the keyboard review to the phone review 

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

I was referring to kurahk7 comparing the keyboard review to the phone review 

oh, you quoted me, so i could only assume you were referring to me  nvm then. 

[Syntaxvgm]

oh, you quoted me, so i could only assume you were referring to me  nvm then. 

yah, referring to you referring to him 

[Mew]

what browser are you using, it still is washed out for me in chrome 43.0.2357.134 m

EDIT : both images below are vessel vidoes, one is my screencap of vessel of luke and the 2nd is vessel screencap you proved me from your PC. i haven't compared them with youtube as it's not on youtube yet

I'm using latest version of chrome as well.

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

I'm using latest version of chrome as well.

well,you can see the difference between your vessel and mine above , if you look at the gif created below, it seems its not only me.

 

This was epic:

 

 

 between yours and mine

[Seantitmarsh]

I'm pretty surprised with the video - I was expecting a much harsher video from what I heard on the WAN show.

 

I thought I'd also give some of my impresions too, just for the hell of it. I bought a 42mm Stainless Steel watch with the Milanese loop - the big brother to the one Linus got.

 

I actually agree with some of Linus' points - particularly the turn-off time for the screen. My watch uses about 50% every 24 hours, from leaving work at 3pm on Friday, I hit 2% - and therefore Power Reserve - at about 6pm Sunday. Given that I am getting (what I think is) decent battery life, it would be nice to be able to spend some of that battery life on a longer time before turning off the screen.

 

That kind of ties in to Linus' complaint about notifications not turning on the screen. I like this personally, but it would be good to see the option to automatically turn on the screen.

 

There are a couple of things that can be done that Linus complained about - you can use Siri without touching the buttons, raise your wrist so the screen will turn on, then say "Hey Siri" It works for me in the car. It's also possible to automatically have it open to music - just turn on "open to last app" and as long as you used music last, it will open to music.

 

Those fixes are kind of klunky though, and this is the main thing that I agree with Linus - the watch is a bit before it's time. The OS is usable, but not perfect. There are sacrifices made for battery life, which seems to be the next big hurdle in computing. Once we have better batteries, I can see devices like this being viable as mainstream devices.

 

Do I regret buying the watch at all? No. The watch does everything that I need from it, it acts as a remote for my music, and tracks my fitness (I use the metrics as a yardstick for the amount of activity I do relative to other days, not to hit a certain numerical target). I've found that it's encouraged me to be more active, think about my health more, and be more organised with siri on my wrist.

 

While I don't regret it at all, and I think it's having a positive influence on me, I also don't think that it's a product for everyone. I'm going to wait until the 3rd or 4th generation to think about replacing my watch, and I think that's likely the best idea for everyone else too.

 

TL;DR:

I like mine, but it's not for everyone.

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

TL;DR:

I like mine, but it's not for everyone.

 

Well the fact you own one makes it so that your subconsciousness is wired to justify it. 

[SourApples]

You guys should not be payed by Vessel for this video because of the integrated ads in it.

It was a mistake, this version should have gone on youtube but still...

I`m paying for the service because of the no ads policy. If I go to the store and I pay for something and I do not receive that item for my money it`s not fair. This is not acceptable in a commercial situation it should not be accepted in this particular case either.I paid for this service I want to receive what I paid for.

[CtW]

Didn't this video come out a while ago? I remember watching this vid (or something similar) a week or 2 ago, yet I can't seem to find it on Vessel.

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

Didn't this video come out a while ago? I remember watching this vid (or something similar) a week or 2 ago, yet I can't seem to find it on Vessel.

i think you mistook it for the iMac review.

[CtW]

i think you mistook it for the iMac review.

Nope, I distinctly remember seeing a review of the iWatch that was much more of a rant about the device in the last month. The vid was much more scathing than this one and basically dismissed the thing as a piece of junk that nobody should buy. Idk if he took it down and made a review that was much less rant-ish (for example, in the original he went on for a decent amount of time about how crap at controlling a music app the thing was while in this vid it was a quick mention)

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

Nope, I distinctly remember seeing a review of the iWatch that was much more of a rant about the device in the last month. The vid was much more scathing than this one and basically dismissed the thing as a piece of junk that nobody should buy. Idk if he took it down and made a review that was much less rant-ish (for example, in the original he went on for a decent amount of time about how crap at controlling a music app the thing was while in this vid it was a quick mention)

the last time linus ranted was i switched to -iSwitched to Mac videos and the recent macbook 12. i've not missed any videos since years now, so either dejavu or you mistook it for another wearable linus ranted about. 

there are all the videos of wearables he made

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8mG-RkN2uTw-LzOf_qwtEn36vDQnZIrg

OR

you just saw Linus rambling in the WAN show 2 weeks ago. 

[RedRound2]

You guys should not be payed by Vessel for this video because of the integrated ads in it.

It was a mistake, this version should have gone on youtube but still...

I`m paying for the service because of the no ads policy. If I go to the store and I pay for something and I do not receive that item for my money it`s not fair. This is not acceptable in a commercial situation it should not be accepted in this particular case either.I paid for this service I want to receive what I paid for.

 

Vessel has ads (haven't you seen water.org, product RED, code,etc). So you don't have to go on a rant on how you're paying money and BS.

You're  for early access to LMG content. 

Anyways, it was just a small mistake from their part and you should learn to let it slide. 

[Hunter259]

You guys should not be payed by Vessel for this video because of the integrated ads in it.

It was a mistake, this version should have gone on youtube but still...

I`m paying for the service because of the no ads policy. If I go to the store and I pay for something and I do not receive that item for my money it`s not fair. This is not acceptable in a commercial situation it should not be accepted in this particular case either.I paid for this service I want to receive what I paid for.

Wow. Made an account to whine about a mistake. Really making a mountain out of a mole hill.

[Mew]

Well the fact you own one makes it so that your subconsciousness is wired to justify it.

I own a chromecast and I can't justify paying more than $5 for it.

[coyotebutt]

Just a quick heads up, the Apple Watch actually has 8 GB storage, not 4 GB.

[LinusTech]

Just a quick heads up, the Apple Watch actually has 8 GB storage, not 4 GB.

 

Haha yeah I caught that today. I don't know where that came from. It's 8GB total, 2GB usable for music.. I really don't know how I ended up splitting the difference in my script!

[LinusTech]

You guys should not be payed by Vessel for this video because of the integrated ads in it.

It was a mistake, this version should have gone on youtube but still...

I`m paying for the service because of the no ads policy. If I go to the store and I pay for something and I do not receive that item for my money it`s not fair. This is not acceptable in a commercial situation it should not be accepted in this particular case either.I paid for this service I want to receive what I paid for.

 

It's nowhere in Vessel's terms of service that the content can't have baked in ads. We just don't put them in because we feel like that's a better experience for the paying customer. 

 

We (I) forgot on this one.

 

Mistakes happen.