WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:07.440 it's pretty rare these days that a piece of commodity hardware really blows me 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:13.519 away with its pricing the last time it happened with a notebook was the acer 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:16.800 helios 300 and at 1100 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:20.000 one of its 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:21.199 big selling points was a 1080p ips 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:31.480 display well this here fusion 5 laptop also has a 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:34.880 full hd ips display but for only 00:00:31.480 --> 00:00:34.880 160 bucks 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:49.440 tunnelbear for teams makes it easy to secure your wi-fi on any network and 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:52.800 comes with priority support and easy team management try it for free at the 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:56.640 link below unboxing the fusion 5 my initial 00:00:54.800 --> 00:01:01.280 impressions i was actually pretty impressed the build quality is not 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:07.439 amazing or anything but the i o is adequate with two usb type-a full-size 00:01:04.239 --> 00:01:10.799 ports though full-size sd and HDMI would 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:13.040 have been nice but for 160 bucks like 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:16.799 this thing has a full version of Windows 10 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:22.720 for 160 dollars damn anyway yeah so for the price the 00:01:18.960 --> 00:01:24.799 plastics feel okay the screen is rigid 00:01:22.720 --> 00:01:29.600 enough and the bottom half of the clam shell is pretty okay too even if it 00:01:28.080 --> 00:01:34.640 rattles enough that you could offer it to a bandmate 00:01:32.320 --> 00:01:42.400 who forgot her snare drum that day and that's before we get to the real 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:44.720 star of the show here the screen ours 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:49.200 did come with a dead pixel but aside from that i'd consider it stunning 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:54.880 for the money compared to our 200 dell laptop the 00:01:52.240 --> 00:02:00.479 screen on the fusion 5 is in a whole other league the blacks are blacker the 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:03.600 whites are whiter the colors are color 00:02:01.520 --> 00:02:07.680 and the viewing angles are anglier however 00:02:05.600 --> 00:02:12.560 we may have a small problem here can the fusion 5 even play back 1080p 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:19.040 content rocking an Intel atom quad core 2 gigs 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:22.879 of RAM and 32 gigs of emmc storage this 00:02:19.040 --> 00:02:24.239 laptop plows through tasks like 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:29.840 a plow but not that plow 00:02:26.239 --> 00:02:32.640 this plow i mean to be clear it can do 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:37.760 stuff and even delivers smooth playback with high bitrate hd web content like 00:02:35.519 --> 00:02:43.200 that found on Floatplane club hashtag plug and the screen folds out 180 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:47.519 degrees for easy viewing so if you're looking for a cheap little machine to 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:50.800 watch youtube and netflix on it's actually pretty 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:54.720 compelling if you're looking to do much of anything else 00:02:52.800 --> 00:03:00.400 you probably want to stay the hell away first of all you will need headphones 00:02:57.920 --> 00:03:05.599 for watching videos since the speakers are worse than a mid-grade 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:12.560 smartphone and video calls no with this webcam you won't have a 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:14.879 good side but really Linus a bad webcam 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:17.519 that's your deal breaker no 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:20.800 the real deal breakers come when you start trying to use it for any kind of 00:03:19.440 --> 00:03:25.040 productivity for starters typing on the fusion 5 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:31.200 laptop is a slog the keys are spaced so close together 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:37.040 the tactile feel is best described as damp and adding insult to injury 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:39.519 keystrokes don't always register making 00:03:37.040 --> 00:03:43.440 typing even this simple paragraph a church 00:03:40.799 --> 00:03:47.680 see do you see what i'm talking about and these problems also mean that you'll 00:03:45.440 --> 00:03:51.680 be regularly reaching for the backspace key conveniently located right 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:57.120 underneath the power button i mean don't worry you can turn off tap 00:03:55.280 --> 00:04:02.239 to sleep but like then why even have a power button now 00:03:59.920 --> 00:04:06.480 alex normally writes an entire laptop review on that laptop to get a really 00:04:04.720 --> 00:04:12.400 good feel for what it's like to work on it but this is the first time that the 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:18.079 device's rubbish keyboard and wicked case of narcolepsy forced him to give up 00:04:16.320 --> 00:04:23.600 and having used it myself for a little while i admire that he even got this far 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:30.080 now you could say yeah but Linus that little handheld thing you checked out recently 00:04:26.400 --> 00:04:32.720 had a bad keyboard too but yeah it had 00:04:30.080 --> 00:04:36.960 super pocketable portability on its side and it still gets worse i mean moving 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:40.880 down from the keyboard there's this really small track pad which is only 00:04:38.960 --> 00:04:44.880 part of the problem because the fact that it's finished in the same way as 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:49.199 the wrist rest means that there's very little noticeable feel when you move 00:04:47.280 --> 00:04:55.120 outside of its bounds something that's frustrating it's noticeably laggy but 00:04:52.720 --> 00:05:00.400 then that's hardly even the worst issue when it regularly registers a single 00:04:57.280 --> 00:05:00.400 click as two 00:05:00.960 --> 00:05:07.039 or even three and clicking and dragging to highlight 00:05:04.479 --> 00:05:11.759 words or resize Windows is an exercise in futility 00:05:08.880 --> 00:05:16.320 i closed it and unfortunately or fortunately if you like ranty reviews of 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:20.479 terrible products the problems don't stop there 00:05:17.840 --> 00:05:26.400 while we were charging the device the battery got hotter than the creamy 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:30.800 melted center of a delicious 00:05:28.080 --> 00:05:34.000 hot pocket that you know what i'm kind of hungry i'll be 00:05:32.400 --> 00:05:37.199 right back sorry that's better 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:42.720 oh hot but here's a positive point the left 00:05:40.960 --> 00:05:46.639 side of the keyboard gets so toasty during youth 00:05:44.479 --> 00:05:52.160 that you can actually use it to keep this warm in between bites more bad 00:05:49.039 --> 00:05:54.720 stuff though the battery life is okay 00:05:52.160 --> 00:06:00.400 but the power supply that's included is so weak that when using the laptop 00:05:57.600 --> 00:06:05.919 while plugged in it actually slowly loses charge if you're doing anything 00:06:02.880 --> 00:06:09.039 too intensive and it takes over five 00:06:05.919 --> 00:06:12.720 hours of it being plugged in and powered 00:06:09.039 --> 00:06:15.520 off to fully charge so in a nutshell i'm 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:19.039 encouraged by the fusion 5. i mean sure it's a bad experience and you shouldn't 00:06:18.080 --> 00:06:23.919 buy it but i like the prospect of in the coming 00:06:22.960 --> 00:06:29.360 years us starting to see some really 00:06:26.479 --> 00:06:32.720 impressive screens trickling down into budget options 00:06:31.039 --> 00:06:37.840 like it oh hey no way we're doing a spot for the 00:06:34.479 --> 00:06:41.360 Corsair one it's the fast quiet and 00:06:37.840 --> 00:06:43.520 compact gaming pc from Corsair it's 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:47.120 built with premium bead blasted aluminum and highlighted by subtle ambient 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:53.520 lighting effects it's powered by an Intel core i7 7700 processor and runs 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:55.840 GeForce gtx graphics from MSI the base 00:06:53.520 --> 00:07:00.240 model is air cooled while the rest are actually liquid cooled and it uses 00:06:58.400 --> 00:07:05.759 standard size components to enable the user to upgrade it in the future it's 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:09.840 quiet producing just 20 decibels at idle and you can learn more and buy one for 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:13.120 yourself at the link in the video description 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:17.440 so thanks for watching guys if you disliked this video you can hit that 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:20.080 button i haven't had any of these in years 00:07:18.400 --> 00:07:22.960 but if you liked it you can hit that like button get subscribed maybe check 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:26.240 out where to buy the stuff we featured at the link in the video description 00:07:24.880 --> 00:07:31.360 also linked in the description is our merch store which has cool shirts like this one and our community forum which 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:36.000 you should totally join well they're hot though when you uh come 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:41.280 well microwave for starters typing on the fusion 5 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:44.560 laptop is a slog 00:07:41.280 --> 00:07:44.560 shut up