WEBVTT 00:00:01.920 --> 00:00:08.639 welcome welcome everyone to the 2015 00:00:05.680 --> 00:00:12.719 Linus tech tips technology awards i'm your host 00:00:09.840 --> 00:00:14.960 Linus tech tips actually my last name sebastian don't worry too much about 00:00:13.920 --> 00:00:20.480 that so we're going to keep the show pretty simple today and we're going to be talking about some of the top and 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:25.039 some of the well less top products of 2015 that we have had our hands on so 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:30.480 stay tuned because it's going to be one heck of a ride 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:33.439 just like that one night 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:33.439 when i rode a camel 00:00:42.160 --> 00:00:49.280 the logitech g303 features a lightweight design and advanced optical sensor with 00:00:46.559 --> 00:00:53.120 delta zero technology and RGB lighting check out the link in the video 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:58.480 description to learn more our first award of the night is the 00:00:55.280 --> 00:01:02.719 snake oil award for being the biggest 00:00:58.480 --> 00:01:02.719 pile of snake oil 00:01:03.120 --> 00:01:11.600 and it's the pono player from neil young 00:01:07.600 --> 00:01:15.040 yes the pono player brought to us a 400 00:01:11.600 --> 00:01:17.040 mp3 player that was going to redefine 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:21.680 the way we listened to music along with a music store full of high quality music 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:26.720 that turned out to make no difference whatsoever in a blind a b 00:01:25.520 --> 00:01:32.000 trial thank you pono player for giving us a 00:01:29.439 --> 00:01:37.520 product that has so much snake oil which is a liquid that we actually managed to 00:01:34.240 --> 00:01:40.079 make a pile of the snake oil 00:01:37.520 --> 00:01:44.799 our next award is the reinvention of the wheel award for reinventing a product 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:49.280 that no one really asked to be reinvented 00:01:46.240 --> 00:01:52.479 and this one goes to valve for the steam 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:54.880 controller the steam controller 00:01:52.479 --> 00:02:00.560 adds touch pads to the handheld controller experience which is not great 00:01:57.360 --> 00:02:03.600 for some gaming genres but makes it 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:05.920 possible to play mouse and keyboard 00:02:03.600 --> 00:02:10.800 interaction games like civilization or papers please on the couch 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:15.760 on the big screen in a way that wasn't possible before 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:20.879 our next award is the square wheel made of cheese award for 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:25.520 reinventing a product that no one asked to be reinventing 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:29.760 and it not ending up being particularly good 00:02:26.720 --> 00:02:34.080 and it's valve again this time with 00:02:29.760 --> 00:02:35.440 steam machines the pc slash console 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:39.920 things that cost as much as a pc minus a Windows 00:02:37.920 --> 00:02:44.480 license but don't have all of the benefits of a pc like all that game 00:02:42.319 --> 00:02:49.280 compatibility and actually don't even have a lot of the benefits of a console 00:02:46.480 --> 00:02:51.599 like exclusive titles or netflix apps or really anything else 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:57.599 and might improve later but for now 00:02:54.160 --> 00:03:00.640 are taking home this award in 2015. 00:02:57.599 --> 00:03:02.400 our best smartphone of 2015 award goes 00:03:00.640 --> 00:03:07.680 to wow i don't think anyone's going to see 00:03:03.760 --> 00:03:10.959 this one coming the iphone 6s 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:12.879 now to be clear the iphone 6s did not 00:03:10.959 --> 00:03:14.800 win a place in my pocket as my daily driver 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:21.360 but best is such a funny word and what apple 00:03:18.959 --> 00:03:24.720 did this year was drove forward the industry in terms of smartphone 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:31.280 performance both in terms of the actual CPU and in 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:37.280 terms of the rest of the subsystem with faster storage and faster wi-fi by a 00:03:34.239 --> 00:03:39.680 long shot than anyone else is delivering 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:46.319 and i personally think 3d touch is going to be a huge thing for smartphones in 00:03:42.799 --> 00:03:48.959 2016 and beyond so we gotta give kudos 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:54.239 where kudos is due which leads us to the biggest 00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:58.799 disappointment award and 00:03:56.480 --> 00:04:02.159 while i can't necessarily claim to have been that disappointed by the products 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:07.760 because i really didn't have high hopes for it from the beginning this one goes 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:13.280 to the apple watch everything the apple watch wants to be is great a phone 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:16.479 extension that you can have on your wrist so you can actually carry 00:04:14.959 --> 00:04:22.320 conversations with the speaker and microphone the gorgeous multi-color 00:04:19.359 --> 00:04:28.479 screen the apps and all that stuff all let down by an soc and battery that only 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:33.759 allow it to be on for a few hours a day and make you rely on goofy gestures in 00:04:30.960 --> 00:04:38.720 order to turn it on when you want to use it the shark in the toilet award for 00:04:36.479 --> 00:04:45.680 being the biggest surprise of the year goes to the google on hub which we 00:04:41.840 --> 00:04:48.720 actually expected to be a total turd i 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:51.600 mean who wants a router with only one 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:55.520 Ethernet port on it that's ridiculous right 00:04:52.479 --> 00:04:58.080 but the wi-fi range and performance of 00:04:55.520 --> 00:05:03.280 the tp-link variant of the google onhub absolutely blew us away in our review 00:05:01.440 --> 00:05:07.360 and i think it's a great option for people who really don't need to rely on 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:12.160 a wired connection or who are willing to add a breakout switch to their wireless 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:16.160 router that is to say as long as they don't mind google being the gateway to 00:05:14.479 --> 00:05:21.919 their internet connection the coolest manufacturer swag award was 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:27.759 no contest at all and it goes to lg 00:05:24.479 --> 00:05:29.840 for the 3d printed figurine of me 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:35.840 and then a later one with socks and sandals for accuracy as well as the 00:05:32.880 --> 00:05:42.960 gigantic box of socks that go with those sandals that we unboxed in front of a 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:45.360 crowd here at our meetup thanks lg for 00:05:42.960 --> 00:05:52.479 really thinking outside the box in terms of swag items the re-badge award we've 00:05:49.360 --> 00:05:53.759 actually got two winners for this one it 00:05:52.479 --> 00:06:02.000 goes to jaybird and to AMD for rebadging the jaybird 00:05:59.039 --> 00:06:07.919 bluebuds x as the x2 with a slightly different carrying case and package and 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:09.919 AMD for well rebadging most of their 00:06:07.919 --> 00:06:18.000 video cards this year although the most notable one is probably the uh 00:06:13.400 --> 00:06:20.880 390 series the 390 and the 390 x 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:26.560 the best monitor ever award for being the best monitor ever 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:31.039 was a pretty difficult one as it's one that we awarded multiple times this year 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:35.520 might just be the best i've ever seen my coveted editor's choice award the only 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:40.160 choice 4k is off my wishlist my new top choice top dog gaming monitor but of 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:48.720 course we're going to go with the most recent co-winners the acer predator x34 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:52.600 with its 34 inches of ultra wide 100 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:56.560 hertzness and the ASUS rog swift 00:06:52.600 --> 00:06:59.680 pg279q which operates at a stunning 165 00:06:56.560 --> 00:07:01.680 hertz refresh rate at 1440p 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:08.000 with both of them featuring NVIDIA g-sync technology 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:10.400 which leads us to our final award 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:13.680 the award for the best fans 00:07:11.840 --> 00:07:19.360 and that one it should come as no surprise goes to me 00:07:16.960 --> 00:07:24.960 for collaborating with Noctua to create the nf f12 and nfa14 LTT edition fans 00:07:23.039 --> 00:07:29.280 now i'm just kidding it's you guys thank you so much for this absolutely awesome 00:07:27.039 --> 00:07:33.680 year thank you for coming along with us for the ride as we explored all these 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:38.400 products did a bunch of crazy projects i mean can you believe that whole room 00:07:35.599 --> 00:07:44.880 water cooling wrapped up this year scrap yard wars started this year uh we did 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:48.880 two gamers one CPU this year luke's epic fallout for build all that happened this 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:52.400 year at least i hope it happened this year this entire Linus media group thing 00:07:50.960 --> 00:07:57.840 has sort of been a blur but thank you guys all for being part of it all 2.1 00:07:54.720 --> 00:08:00.960 million or so of you and we hope that 00:07:57.840 --> 00:08:02.560 2016 is going to be just as fun and 00:08:00.960 --> 00:08:06.720 exciting and speaking of awards shows the award 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:10.560 for the the the desk 00:08:08.400 --> 00:08:15.520 that goes the most up and down with electronic control allowing you to sit 00:08:12.960 --> 00:08:21.199 or stand or adjust to any height you could possibly want goes to updesk these 00:08:19.039 --> 00:08:25.520 guys kitted out our entire office here almost poor nick and Colton don't have 00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:30.800 up desks but what are you gonna do they equipped our entire office with their 00:08:27.440 --> 00:08:33.680 fantastic power up up desks allowing us 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:36.640 to set three different presets a low a high and then a somewhere in the middle 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:42.240 i guess if you're one of those people who kind of like crouches in an action 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:44.800 stance while you work at your keyboard 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:49.040 and mouse they're extremely high quality they're nice and quiet as they raise and 00:08:46.800 --> 00:08:52.720 lower and they come in a wide variety of configurations 00:08:50.560 --> 00:08:56.480 luke and john are actually equipped with their squared up desks these are corner 00:08:55.040 --> 00:09:02.160 desks that have the same height adjust features they've got a bunch of different tabletops and if you guys want 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:07.200 to check it out and get yourself a standing slash sitting desk we've got a 00:09:04.640 --> 00:09:10.640 link in the video description and while there's been a lot of study on the 00:09:08.640 --> 00:09:15.600 benefits of standing versus sitting the thing we can all agree on is that moving 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:19.519 around is good although there seems to be some evidence that just standing all 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:23.040 day is not really that great even compared to just sitting all day what's 00:09:21.279 --> 00:09:26.720 cool about the updesk is thanks to its design it can actually be equipped with 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:30.240 a treadmill underneath so if you want to really take your game to the next level 00:09:28.640 --> 00:09:35.360 you get a treadmill going and you can actually work and walk at the same time 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:38.720 pretty great stuff so thanks for watching guys if you 00:09:36.720 --> 00:09:42.720 enjoyed this video hit the like button if you didn't hit the dislike button but 00:09:40.560 --> 00:09:46.240 i hope you enjoyed it and if you did get subscribed to Linus tech tips um maybe 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:50.880 even get subscribed maybe 00:09:48.800 --> 00:09:54.480 like the video yes like the 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