1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,000 I don't know about you, but personally, I like getting a lot of bang for my 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:10,400 buck. That's why I'm such a big fan of mini PCs like this. They're of course 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:14,719 small, as the name implies, but more importantly, they pack a ton of 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:18,240 performance in that small form factor, usually for not a lot of money. But 5 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:22,720 there is kind of a problem with them. At least for me, it seems like a perfect 6 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:26,400 home lab or a server for your small business. Look, they've even got dual 10 7 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:30,480 GB networking right there. That's SFP. That's enterprise, baby. But you know 8 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:33,760 what's not enterprise? If you have any problem with these dang machines and 9 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:37,520 your operating system crashes or what have you, you just you can't access it 10 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:42,000 anymore. There's no remote management like you would get in a server that 11 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:46,079 allows you to to fix stuff remotely even if the computer is broky. And that's 12 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:50,559 where this comes into play. And thanks to a sponsorship from GLet, we're going 13 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:54,960 to be checking out their Comet. It aims to solve that problem. You can take 14 00:00:52,719 --> 00:01:00,079 pretty much any computer you have, whether it be a a beefy minis forum or 15 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:04,960 your desktop or hell, a computer in a factory if you want an embedded machine, 16 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:08,400 and allows you to add remote management. So, if you have a problem with the 17 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:13,280 machine, you can still access it. And this one in particular is pretty cool 18 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:17,600 cuz it doesn't rely on you having to, you know, configure some fancy schmancy 19 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:21,600 VPN or whatever through their software. They already have the remote management 20 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:25,040 functionality built in. At least that's what they've told me. So, you should be 21 00:01:23,119 --> 00:01:29,200 able to just take this Bag Girl, we'll go over the ports in a second, plug it 22 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:33,200 into your computer and um be off to the races, ready to control it from anywhere 23 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:37,119 without having to do any network wizardry, which sounds pretty sweet from 24 00:01:35,439 --> 00:01:42,159 the get- go. Oh, this is nice. I like these flat Ethernet cables. How long you 25 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:47,680 think this is? It's an 80 cm cable. That's an oddly specific length. And 26 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:49,759 then we've got a USB A to C cable, which 27 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:54,079 I assume is to power the thing, but we'll find out in a sec. And that one is 28 00:01:51,759 --> 00:01:58,799 100 centimetersish. I'm measuring this properly. Look how scientific this is. 29 00:01:55,840 --> 00:02:03,200 It's like even. But enough of cables. Let's take a look at the actual star of 30 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:07,360 the show, the Comet itself. It's a nice like anodized aluminum housing. I like 31 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:11,280 that because I honestly I feel like I could just toss this in my backpack and 32 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:16,959 not be worried about damaging it. We've got a USB 2.0 0 type A port HDMI. Like 33 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:20,000 to be clear, it's a KVM. It can do 4K, which is cool. We'll get into that a 34 00:02:18,239 --> 00:02:24,480 little bit more later, but don't expect to be doing 4K, you know, 144 hertz or 35 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:29,280 something like that. It's not for gaming. It's for remote management. Uh 36 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:33,360 we've got the USB type-C port, and if we look really closely, you can actually 37 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:39,120 see uh a keyboard and a mouse icon. So, I suspect that that's what you'll use to 38 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:43,200 take this thing and plug it into a computer and actually send your keyboard 39 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:47,200 and mouse commands remotely to that computer. Uh, maybe also provide power, 40 00:02:45,519 --> 00:02:52,080 but we'll see in a sec. There's another port. Okay, wait, that says 5V 2 amps. 41 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:56,080 Do I need two? Yes. Okay, we'll get to that in a sec. And then we have Ethernet 42 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:59,040 because of course you need to network this thing to be able to talk to it 43 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:03,440 remotely. And on the back, what's this? A reset button. What does that do? I 44 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:06,879 don't know. I guess we'll find out. Let's plug it in. And since it is so 45 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:10,959 perfect for this, I am quite literally just going to use this minis forum as 46 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:14,800 our remote computer. We've got our A to C cable for HID or the human interface 47 00:03:13,599 --> 00:03:22,640 device, otherwise known as a keyboard and mouse. So, we'll plug that into our minis forum here. And then we have a 48 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:27,440 USBC power cable. So, there is two separate cables. You need 5V 2 amp. Uh 49 00:03:24,959 --> 00:03:31,440 it does actually come with the USB power cable. It's just that our unit is like a 50 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:35,840 really early sample. Uh, so it didn't come with it, but if you buy one, it will come with both the USB cables you 51 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:38,879 need and an HDMI and of course the Ethernet we talked about before. All 52 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:42,799 right, we've got the GLKBM app installed. I'm logged in. Let's add the 53 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:49,599 device. Hey, look at that right there. It's immediately caught it. Add device. 54 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:53,440 We'll name this Minis Forum Guardian. 55 00:03:49,599 --> 00:03:55,920 Yeah, binding device successfully bound. 56 00:03:53,440 --> 00:04:00,400 Oh, GLKVM would like to add VPN configurations. Interesting. Wow, 57 00:03:58,319 --> 00:04:04,720 there's a lot of stuff in here. However, we don't have an output right now 58 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:07,840 because our computer is off. Oh, hey, 59 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:10,159 look. Look at that. Minis form LT. Let's 60 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:14,879 go. Immediately, it's it's up and running. Let's dive into GLKVM. We've 61 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:21,440 got two-actor authentication, dark mode. Oh, thank God. Yes. Virtual keyboard. 62 00:04:18,959 --> 00:04:25,680 We've got audio. Did you hear that? I just got the 63 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:30,320 Windows like boot sound through my MacBook. Let's go to lossless quality 64 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:35,680 mode. I want that. I want that full full quality. This does have a quadcore ARM 65 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:40,240 processor in it. So, it can do 4K30 hardware accelerated encoding, which 66 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:43,919 means the like lossless quality mode should still perform really good. 67 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:47,280 Obviously, if you're remote, like you're on the other side of the country, you're 68 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:50,880 going to have the inherent latency of your connection, right? Uh, but this 69 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:54,479 seems like obviously on the same internet 70 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:58,160 connection really good. There's obviously some input delay, but it's 71 00:04:56,639 --> 00:05:03,360 it's not much. Now, if you're planning to use the Comet with a like actual ATX 72 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:07,840 desktop computer, they do sell or you can buy it in a bundle. This accessory, 73 00:05:05,840 --> 00:05:12,160 uh, it's like a little PCIe card that doesn't actually connect. Uh, it just 74 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:17,280 sits in the slot. Um, you connect that to the Comet with a USBC cable and then 75 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:21,199 you plug this guy, which if you look really closely, actually has labels for 76 00:05:19,039 --> 00:05:24,560 power button and stuff into the headers of your computer. And then I think you 77 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:28,080 can actually even pass it through with these extra set of ports. So your power 78 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:33,840 button still works. But then since it's actually physically connected, the Comet 79 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:35,919 can send a like physical button press of 80 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:39,440 the power button, the reset button, all of those sort of things. So that if your 81 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:43,440 operating system does crash, you still have that physical control. That would 82 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:46,800 mean you could also get into the BIOS, for instance, if the operating system 83 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:51,039 was like fully crashed, which is really the main selling feature here. So for an 84 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:55,199 ATX computer, this is perfect. It doesn't work with our minis forum. So, 85 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:59,199 they actually came up with a solution for that, too. Um, which I guess would 86 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:02,639 work with like a if you had a Mac or something like that, which is this. It's 87 00:06:01,039 --> 00:06:07,080 called a fingerbot. Look, there's a button in there. I press the button and 88 00:06:07,199 --> 00:06:14,080 I'm sure you can see where this is going, right? 89 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:18,560 It's a little finger bot. Uh, which I guess we can stick to the front of our 90 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:21,759 minis form and use it to turn it on. Is that what this USBA is for? Because 91 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:25,280 there's there's a little like wireless dongle. Looks like a like a a mouse 92 00:06:23,840 --> 00:06:28,280 dongle. Okay, that must be what this is for. 93 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:37,360 It turned it on. Now, the fingerbot isn't something that they include by 94 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:42,160 default. It is an accessory, but if you need it, this could be a pretty useful 95 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:46,160 little add-on here. Now, if you were going to buy this yourself, you probably 96 00:06:43,919 --> 00:06:49,759 want to let this adhesive cure for like 24 hours before you try it. But for me, 97 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:53,360 I really just need it to work like once or twice. And then actually I do want it 98 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:58,639 to come off. So I'm just going to full send it right now. And hopefully that 99 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:04,800 doesn't fall off on the very first try. Oh, accessories. Fingerpot strength. 100 00:07:00,639 --> 00:07:06,479 Lightly press. Oh. Oh. Oh, wait. I see 101 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:10,160 what the thingies are for now. It like clips into the end. It's like an 102 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:13,919 extender and they're like a little pusher things. Obviously with something 103 00:07:12,479 --> 00:07:19,360 that's like physical like this, you know, there's going to be a little bit of trial and error to get it how it 104 00:07:17,199 --> 00:07:25,840 should be. But once you got this dialed in, it is a mildly hilarious but also 105 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:29,680 totally practical way to deal with something like this. You also could take 106 00:07:27,199 --> 00:07:32,960 the ATX board and like solder it to the power button on the minis form, I'm 107 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:36,880 sure, if you really wanted to. But this way, no modifications required. You 108 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:42,960 could also hooked this fingerbot up to like a power switch or like a a reset 109 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:46,960 button on a power bar or something like that maybe. So that if something was 110 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:50,400 really dead and really not responsive even to the power button, you could shut 111 00:07:48,479 --> 00:07:55,919 the power off with that. That would be pretty smart. Let's try this again. 112 00:07:53,120 --> 00:08:00,240 Did it press? It works. And you can even change the 113 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:04,800 time to be like 8 seconds or something like that. So you can you can like hard 114 00:08:03,599 --> 00:08:13,680 shut it down. You know, it's not responsive. Hold the power button until it's off. Off. So, we're doing 2560 115 00:08:08,639 --> 00:08:15,280 x440. Can I change the resolution to 4K? 116 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:19,120 Okay. I tried to set the thing to 4K and I couldn't figure it out. And then I realized there's a software update. 117 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:24,639 There's a bunch of settings that are missing because we haven't done the software update. Oopsie. Here we go. 118 00:08:22,639 --> 00:08:28,720 Now, we can change it to 4K. So, the highest resolution you can do at 60 FPS 119 00:08:26,319 --> 00:08:33,599 is 1440p, which is great. But if we want to do 4K, we got to drop it down to 30. 120 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:38,800 This is changing the EDID, which is basically like uh the information your 121 00:08:37,039 --> 00:08:42,880 monitor sends to your computer to tell it what resolution and refresh rate it 122 00:08:40,399 --> 00:08:47,440 can do. Or in this case, our monitor, which is the GLET comment. It's 123 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:52,959 basically just telling the computer, yeah, now I can do 4K. There we go. 124 00:08:49,279 --> 00:08:55,440 Beautiful. 3840 by 2160. Uh you can also 125 00:08:52,959 --> 00:08:59,200 make custom EDID. It's not exactly the easiest thing in the world to figure out 126 00:08:57,680 --> 00:09:02,480 how to do custom EDID if you haven't ever done it before, but there's some 127 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:07,040 online tools for it if you really need it for whatever reason. I mean, even at 128 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:10,880 30 FPS, the latency is still pretty good. We can rotate the monitor. We've 129 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:13,200 got dark mode. We've got a virtual keyboard. That's a nice touch. Oo, I 130 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:19,880 like the way that comes up from the bottom. We've got audio support. What if 131 00:09:15,519 --> 00:09:19,880 I play a YouTube video or something? 132 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:27,040 We've got clipboard. That's huge. If you're like remoting into a machine, 133 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:31,279 you're trying to like boot into a recovery environment for instance, uh 134 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:35,120 having to like type out commands, which sometimes can be really long is a huge 135 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:38,800 pain in the butt, especially if you have like a disaster uh response plan and you 136 00:09:37,680 --> 00:09:47,120 already know what commands you need to do. This way, you can just paste something in here like Jake likes small 137 00:09:43,519 --> 00:09:50,080 computers. Haha, cool. And then if we 138 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:52,959 open up a text box and click paste. Boom. We've got a wake on land feature 139 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:58,959 which is pretty cool if you got that configured. Virtual media. Oh, can I 140 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:04,240 mount a Yo, how about this Blender image? Okay, 141 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:08,800 now I can mount this file sharing wise, which I guess should give me just like a 142 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:15,920 folder. Yeah, there we go. There's a folder. We've got our Blender file. We can copy it over. Sweet. 30 megabytes a 143 00:10:12,959 --> 00:10:20,320 second. Wow. Okay. But really what's the more important version of this 144 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:23,920 functionality is image mounting. So say you need to reinstall your operating 145 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:28,959 system remotely. You could upload like an Ubuntu ISO or Proxmox or Trunass or 146 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:32,640 whatever it is and then you can mount it like an ISO, reboot the machine, which 147 00:10:30,959 --> 00:10:36,959 in our case would be with the SwitchBot and then you can install an operating 148 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:42,240 system again without having to go anywhere near the computer fully remote. 149 00:10:39,839 --> 00:10:45,360 We've got tail scale in the app center. Then I guess I can access this over tail 150 00:10:43,839 --> 00:10:50,079 scale rather than the built-in VPN, which is nice if you uh if you want to 151 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:54,240 be able to have control over over the remote connection and and tunnel it 152 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:59,279 through your own stuff. All right, last thing I want to try here. We've got a 8K 153 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:04,640 YouTube video playing. I just want to like use this to get an a vibe for how 154 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:08,720 the compression looks. And in the full quality mode, it looks great. It's 155 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:12,240 responsive. definitely responsive enough to do the stuff you'd need to do, 156 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:15,680 especially if it was just a terminal. We got our fingerbot that works. We've got 157 00:11:14,079 --> 00:11:21,920 tail scale. It's basically got all of the features um that you could want in a 158 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:23,839 KVM. It doesn't have a web page level 159 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:26,560 kind of access yet. You need to use the app. So, that's something to keep in 160 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:31,120 mind. But, if you're looking to pick up a GLET Comet KVM like this one right 161 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:34,800 here, um also keep in mind that they're coming out with a PoE version. And if 162 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:39,600 you're not familiar, that basically just means instead of needing USBC power, 163 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:43,360 you'll power this thing over the Ethernet cable that plugs into it. So if 164 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:46,800 you had this in a server room or maybe in an industrial application where you 165 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:50,240 already have Ethernet, you don't need to somehow figure out USB power, just PoE. 166 00:11:48,959 --> 00:11:54,480 And overall, seems like a pretty great KVM. It doesn't make any noise. It does 167 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:59,760 what it says it does. The quality and latency is great. It's got lots of customization. And you can check it out 168 00:11:58,079 --> 00:12:03,200 down at the link in the description where you can also check out maybe 169 00:12:01,519 --> 00:12:11,920 another video you could watch. Like how about the time that I unboxed this 170 00:12:07,839 --> 00:12:14,240 particular minis forum at CES. That was 171 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:18,560 fun. I'm going to unbox it again because it's a new version. Cool, right?