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The original was posted on /r/linustechtips by /u/SpaceBoJangles on 2023-08-18 21:51:30+00:00.
I wish LTT went back to doing more videos about laptops, consumer reviews, and phone reviews. Just reviews in general. Mac laptops vs. windows laptops (Mrwhostheboss), monitor reviews (Hardware Unboxed), Phone exposes (Jon Rettinger/MKBHD). Hell, throw in some projector and TV stuff, give Techspot and Rtings a run for their money! They have the staff, they have the know how. I get it, they do unboxing and first impressions on Short circuit, but that usually means they actually review it and put it on the main channel. I feel like they went too far into the “gotta fix the $20,000 server every other video” vibe and forgot why I think a lot of us subscribed to this channnel for in the first place: Linus and Co. testing new products.
Like, when was the last time they did a proper phone review? Or a vide about the state of gaming laptops with the new generation of Ada GPUs vs. Ampere and Turing, etc.? Why aren’t there more reviews of windows laptops? I get the conflict on Linus’ side, but there are plenty of other staff members that can take an Alienware 16 or Razer Blade or one of the new MiniLED Asus laptops out for a spin.
Tech is not that boring right now, and just because GPUs aren’t as affordable/competitive as they used to be shouldn’t mean their videos are just Linus screwing around with Jake on a server worth more than most people’s cars.
Edit 1: getting a little long winded, but here is another thing.
There is an incredible amount of possibility for experimentation in format, style, content.
What about adventures featuring supposedly hardened tech; Apple Watch ultra vs. some Samsung wearable for hiking the Canadian Rockies? Does iPhone’s emergency calling accident awareness actually work? How easy is it to make a module for the Framework 16? What kind of camera setup is required for a proper car video (featuring Jake in his ridiculous M5 V10, god bless him)? What kind of hardware is inside of Linus’ Porsche Taycan (insanely expensive and technical, but I bet they could get it done)? How are people adding memory modules to their graphics cards (Linus can play with the solder gun on this one to the terror of Alex)? What kinds of third party coolers are there like the Morpheus and do they work?
What the fuck happened to mineral oil PCs? Perfect video idea to get Luke back in the presenter spotlight so that he can complain about LInus making him buy another fish tank XD.
That was literallly just off the top of my head, all projects that a team of 3 or 4 could do and with amazing results that leverage all of their unique resources, give the writing/editing teams some serious challenges, and are unique enough that LTT would be adding to the niche, not just cluttering it.