I conduct a full review of the Microsoft Surface Studio to try and uncover why the price tag is so steep for something built with mostly yesterday's hardware. The device I review is the top specifications you can get with a i7, 32gb ram and 980m graphics chipset. I know, I was surprised that it didn't have a 1080 also.
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Q) Come on, that has to be fake!!! The way he gets thrown into the seat is theatrics right?
A) I've noticed a few people in the comments are skeptical about how I am thrown back into the seat in the video. I can assure you 100% this is not theatrics! This car produces 1.67G's instantly at launch and I weight ~300 lb (167kg). That means that at launch my body weighs ~614lb (278kg). So it's like me laying the seat flat and having a clone of me sit on my chest while wearing a backpack with ~14lb of extra crap in it. I hope this helps paint the visual pictures for all you disbelievers. If for some reason you still don't believe it just show up at a Tesla event where they are giving joy rides in Ludicrous mode. It won't be as fast as 'Secret Sauce' but you will quickly understand what I'm talking about.
Q) Dragsters jerk you half of what he displays!
A) The funniest comment I've read so far is that I'm faking it "because not even dragsters push the driver back this hard". Let me point out a few obvious things here to help you wrap your head around this. When you're in a dragster you are in a form fitting bucket seat strapped down to it with a 5 point harness that is tightened so hard you can't hardly move. This is because if you were loose in your seat you run the risk of 'pushing back into the seat' or 'riding up the seat' at launch and losing control of the vehicle. This is why you don't see the driver get slammed into his seat like I do just wearing a over the shoulder strap with a seat containing actual padding. Also the drivers in a dragster have their helmets pressed firmly back into the seat at launch and a strap connecting it to their shoulders to prevent rocking movement so the driver doesn't get whiplash or worse. I'm just glad the vast majority understand what is real and why it's real instead of just trying to down me in a river to see if I'm a witch.
Q) How much HP does the car have?
A) Well, I can't really say right now because of NDA but I can say that P85D Ludicrous is 762hp (torque over 3000ftlb) and this is a 'huge' upgrade over that...
Q) The footage showing the dash 0-60 looks like 2.9 seconds when it should be faster? Right?
A) The only footage we got of the cluster was during the 3rd or 4th launch and it was on a new surface and the car was fishing for traction more then the previous runs, it was noticeably slower. Unfortunately since it was the only footage I had of the dash cluster that is what I put in the video. Also I just stomped on the gas from a stop and didn't enable launch mode. Don't get me wrong though even at 2.9 second 0-60 the force this car puts on you is freaking dramatic. The fastest 0-60 was the run we did with the launch control and you immediately notice the difference when you lift your foot off the brake!
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and there was a ton of damage so the car is TOTALED. We're just waiting to hear back on what happens next then we will look for a cheap, used, safe car to replace it for my wife and son to drive. Something that is AWD. Would love to get a Tesla Model 3 but it's not in the cards right now, but one day I hope that we both drive Tesla's.
Driving home from a party on Christmas Eve 2017 we lost traction going down a very steep snow covered hill because it concealed a patch of ice and we went on the roller coaster ride of a lifetime. I had my wife and my 7 year old son Xander in the car with me & I've never felt so helpless. Please comment below on your similar experiences and let me know how long it's going to take for me to not be nervous behind the wheel again.
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Now that I have my system completely rock stable and tweaked a bit I wanted to start running some benchmarks. This is the 2nd benchmark I tried after running 3DMark (new version) in my last video. This demo is run in 1280x720 (720p) since that is all the demo supports. The only tweaks I have is a 131% of power target overclock on the GPU's in EVGA Precision X and I also disabled vsync globally and set for maximum performance in nVidia control panel. This test was done on a single screen but the desktop was running in nVidia surround at 5760x1080 to enable SLI functionality.
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Corrections - (1) The projector is 2400 Lumen not 2500 (2) LG CF-181D is not for poor people, I actually loved that projector!
Thanks to our favorite violent shopping day of the year (Black Friday) I was able to get a deal on this Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 5030UB HDTV projector through http://projectorpeople.com. This is my 3rd projector I've purchased from them because they have never given me any problems and have had great support. Before this projector I had an LG CF-181D which was a good projector at 1800 lumins and before that I had a Panasonic AX-100U. It blows my mind how much better these projectors get every couple of years. Well I was at the end of life on my second bulb in the LG CF-181D so I decided instead of going for a 3rd bulb I will just go for the latest and greatest technology since I'm a total technology whore.
I went with the Epson for a few reasons. I read reviews online and people generally loved the projector and it's THX certified. The 3D feature of the projector is more of a gimmick to me then anything since I don't like wearing glasses to watch a movie. But I found that 3D projectors seemed to have higher overall lumen output to compensate for the drop in brightness wearing the glasses which gave me what I was after anyways (MORE BRIGHT!).
All I can say after hooking up this projector is a big "WOW". I can honestly say that paired with my Screen Innovations Black Diamond 1.4 gain screen the picture looks as good (if not better) then a Samsung top end flat panel and the brightness is insane. This is the first projector I've owned that seems to produce flawless black (absense of light) which maintaining very bright colors. My old projector would have to raise the black level and produce gray to be able to get in the range of vivid colors. The contrast between the two is night and day. I'm sorry I didn't show this in the video but I was so excited I took the old projector down before taking some video of it. Just check out some of my old videos of it for comparison.
I hope you guys enjoy my unboxing, installation and review. I used Forza 5 and Battlefield 4 on XBOX one as my demo since they both look amazing. The video of the screen was shot with a Canon 5D Mark II at ISO 2000 and when I put the projector on Living Room it was actually over exposing the camera. The projector is a proper light canon for sure!
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I picked up a few SYLVANIA Mosaic Flexible LED Light Kit's from Costco Wholesale today to deck out the Man Cave. In this video I unbox the units and review them and take them through there paces. It turns out they are bright enough to be a light replacement for the room which is exactly what I did with them and they don't produce any glare on the computer screens which is really nice.
MOSAIC™ Flexible Light
Fun, flexible, and versatile, the Mosaic Flexible Light is limited only by what you can imagine. Its adhesive back and flexible body allows it to attach itself to any clean and dry surface—no matter how odd its shape. And with its connectors, the Mosaic Flexible Light is able to make sharp turns around corners.
The kit comes with four 2-foot flexible light strips, connectors and a remote allowing the user to create a unique ambiance in any room.
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The Mosaic Flexible Light's flexibility allows the user to contour its shape around any object
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I attended Vlogger Fair 2016 creator day at Adobe in Seattle, WA and the highlight of the day was my talk on cyber security and protecting yourself as a content creator. I gave this talk completely off the cuff with Jon Prosser from Front Page Tech here on YouTube and let's just say we scared the hell out of everyone.
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