WEBVTT 00:00:00.170 --> 00:00:03.750 - This video may contain my most blatant conflict of interest yet, 00:00:03.750 --> 00:00:08.270 but you guys don't care because you love the drama. And neither does our sponsor dbrand. 00:00:08.270 --> 00:00:13.680 That's right, dbrand's not only sponsored this video, but they actually bought me two sets 00:00:13.680 --> 00:00:17.540 of Sony, geez, PlayStation 5 console covers, 00:00:17.540 --> 00:00:20.910 assuming probably, that I was going to compare them 00:00:20.910 --> 00:00:25.760 to dbrand's own Darkplates, which I gotta say dbrand, 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:29.830 I'm not really a fan of the false advertising that you've got going on here. 00:00:29.830 --> 00:00:34.030 I mean, I ordered a Darkplate and this is very clearly light. 00:00:34.030 --> 00:00:39.140 Okay? Can we all just take a moment to shout out dbrand for deceptive advertising practices? 00:00:39.140 --> 00:00:43.340 Darkplate? Excuse me? God, I hate those guys so much. 00:00:43.340 --> 00:00:47.336 Anyway. I've also got a PlayStation, sorry, Jono. This is your PlayStation 5. 00:00:47.336 --> 00:00:51.970 - [Jono] It's fine. - I've also got a PlayStation 5 00:00:51.970 --> 00:00:56.000 that we can try out the official, first-party console covers on. 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:59.493 So what color do you guys wanna start with today? You wanna do black or do you wanna do pink? 00:00:59.493 --> 00:01:04.130 - Start with black. - Start with black? All right. - It's not pink, it's red. - It's red? 00:01:04.130 --> 00:01:08.417 Cosmic Red. I'd say that color's a little nebulous if you ask me. 00:01:08.417 --> 00:01:11.433 (drum rolls) Ah. 00:01:13.320 --> 00:01:16.480 No? All right. It's a whole galaxy of puns up here. 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:20.513 Ah, I left my Jerry-rig-everything box cutter at home. Still got my spider comb. 00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:25.820 What does Sony have to say for themselves? Okay, for PS5 consoles with a disc drive. 00:01:25.820 --> 00:01:31.030 Fair enough. Midnight black cover, blah, match them with a matching dual sense wireless controller 00:01:31.030 --> 00:01:34.793 to complete the look. Ah, that would be amazing. Good solid packaging. 00:01:35.780 --> 00:01:39.700 Definitely love to see minimal use of plastics 00:01:39.700 --> 00:01:44.230 and other non-recyclable materials, especially for products like this 00:01:44.230 --> 00:01:47.693 that are not especially fragile, right? 00:01:48.740 --> 00:01:52.400 I mean, I didn't say none. I said minimal, minimal. Okay, hmm. 00:01:54.100 --> 00:01:58.800 I actually kind of like the finish here. Sony knows a thing or two 00:01:58.800 --> 00:02:03.220 about plastic molding and I will tell you that much. 00:02:03.220 --> 00:02:07.570 Absolutely immaculate surface finish on this 00:02:07.570 --> 00:02:12.360 and a very pleasing, almost soft touch feel to it. 00:02:12.360 --> 00:02:17.510 You wanna touch it, Andy? Is it the same or better? - Ooh. - It's got kind of like a velvety feel to it, doesn't it? 00:02:17.510 --> 00:02:22.540 - Yeah. - I like it. Let's have a look at how it's gonna do in terms of like fingerprint resistance. 00:02:22.540 --> 00:02:26.230 Horst, help me a out here. I say, 00:02:26.230 --> 00:02:30.530 that this is a pretty fingerprint resistant surface. 00:02:30.530 --> 00:02:35.560 Well, I've been told that you are the fingerprint king. - Fingerprints are a bit of a bug bear on Mac Address 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:38.610 and my hands are quite clammy today. So let's see. 00:02:38.610 --> 00:02:43.870 - Yep, we did manage to, I will say you're, (Horst chuckles) you are definitely more finger printy than me, 00:02:43.870 --> 00:02:48.610 but watch this. Without even a microfiber cloth or anything. 00:02:48.610 --> 00:02:52.310 If I just like give it a little. - It's, it's an improvement, yeah? 00:02:52.310 --> 00:02:55.496 If only iPhone screens were like that. 00:02:55.496 --> 00:03:00.110 (everyone laughs) Subscribe to Mac Address. Lots of great Apple content over there. 00:03:00.110 --> 00:03:03.623 He tries to use an iPad as a phone for like two weeks. 00:03:04.810 --> 00:03:09.440 Anyway, one of the big controversies around the first-party Sony plates 00:03:09.440 --> 00:03:13.490 has been that the colors do not match, the controllers they're supposed to match. 00:03:13.490 --> 00:03:18.240 I've heard a lot of criticism, notably from dbrand, sponsoring this video, 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:24.750 that the black looks more like dark blue. Frankly, I've seen pictures that are convincing 00:03:24.750 --> 00:03:30.550 that the black is more of a dark blue. My sample looks great. 00:03:30.550 --> 00:03:36.960 And honestly, the light makes more of a difference than the the actual difference in color here. 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:40.740 It's not blue at all. Aargh. - Pull on the PS logo. 00:03:40.740 --> 00:03:44.920 Every single time. That's what I'm pulling on. I'm pulling on the PS logo, Andy, come on. 00:03:44.920 --> 00:03:49.680 I swear, every time I try to do it. It's really easy once you know how to do it. 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:53.053 I always wanna pull it up, but it's not up, which makes sense, 00:03:53.053 --> 00:03:58.790 because if you were to pick up your console by the popped collar here then that would be bad, right? 00:03:58.790 --> 00:04:02.180 So you wanna, there you go, right. Come off down. 00:04:02.180 --> 00:04:07.630 All right. So let's take this white console and make our lives a little less white. 00:04:07.630 --> 00:04:11.370 Shall we? Oops, this is this side. For those of you who are wondering, by the way, 00:04:11.370 --> 00:04:15.560 as I'm finishing applying these actually dark plates 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:18.640 to the PlayStation 5, why dbrand would sponsor 00:04:18.640 --> 00:04:21.903 a video showcasing their competitor's product, you can check out 00:04:21.903 --> 00:04:26.460 our full unboxing of dbrand's Darkplates 2.0, 00:04:26.460 --> 00:04:30.040 which also of course have matching skins and all of that good stuff, 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:33.300 here on ShortCircuit. We go into the whole legal drama 00:04:33.300 --> 00:04:38.370 between dbrand and Sony that led to the release of the Darkplates 2.0 version, 00:04:38.370 --> 00:04:42.130 rather than the ones that are styled like the original PlayStation 1. 00:04:42.130 --> 00:04:46.413 And that styling really, is where a lot of the polarizability? 00:04:48.670 --> 00:04:53.030 Polarizationess? Where a lot of the controversy 00:04:53.030 --> 00:04:56.530 around the look of the PlayStation 5 comes from. 00:04:56.530 --> 00:04:59.760 Though, I have to say in spite of the weird shape 00:04:59.760 --> 00:05:03.223 it undeniably looks better in black just like it did 00:05:03.223 --> 00:05:06.740 when we checked out dbrand's original Darkplates, way back in the day, 00:05:06.740 --> 00:05:10.130 which looked pretty much like this, with a couple of changes. 00:05:10.130 --> 00:05:14.460 Sony of course didn't have to go with a non infringing pattern on the inside. 00:05:14.460 --> 00:05:20.680 So it has the original. Here we go. PlayStation circle, square, triangle stuff. 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:24.720 How much are these? - $54.99. - $54.99. 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:30.180 So they're priced about the same, but the functionality is not quite the same. 00:05:30.180 --> 00:05:33.240 So here's the difference. Oh, dbrand's version. 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:37.630 Darkplates 2.0, obviously available in different colors. 00:05:37.630 --> 00:05:42.410 So they've got this delightful, retro gray, that personally I absolutely love, 00:05:42.410 --> 00:05:47.030 really reminds me of the original PlayStation 1. And they've got a different shape, 00:05:47.030 --> 00:05:51.770 which allowed them to actually produce them without infringing Sony's patent 00:05:51.770 --> 00:05:55.620 on this particular popped collar shape. 00:05:55.620 --> 00:06:01.990 And of course the cooling fans. So dbrand has little filtered openings for, 00:06:01.990 --> 00:06:05.350 here, hold on. Let's actually, yeah, let's go ahead and pop this one. 00:06:05.350 --> 00:06:09.470 For both the intake of the cooling fan on the PlayStation 5 00:06:09.470 --> 00:06:13.540 as well as the other more different intake on the PlayStation 5. 00:06:13.540 --> 00:06:16.810 These are easily, you just got it. There you go. 00:06:16.810 --> 00:06:20.290 Can clean them and pop them back into place, if you're into that sort of thing. 00:06:20.290 --> 00:06:25.710 Now I haven't personally tested it, but Gamers Nexus did a really great video, 00:06:25.710 --> 00:06:30.900 showcasing how much of a difference it makes to the internal temperatures of the PlayStation 5, 00:06:30.900 --> 00:06:34.890 if you don't have the intake fans covered. It's obviously kind of common sense 00:06:34.890 --> 00:06:39.210 that covering intake fans is not as good as not covering intake fans, but there you go. 00:06:39.210 --> 00:06:44.290 Now let's take a look at the red color, shall we? We're gonna put light strips onto a console 00:06:44.290 --> 00:06:47.935 with the Sony plates. - Whoa. 00:06:47.935 --> 00:06:52.290 - Yeah, that's right. See, just because you buy the first-party one from Sony 00:06:52.290 --> 00:06:56.930 'cause maybe you like the color. Maybe you like the popped collar look, 00:06:56.930 --> 00:07:01.580 doesn't mean can't still trick out your consoles with dbrand skins and light strips, 00:07:01.580 --> 00:07:04.700 and all kinds of cool stuff. Did I mention dbrand is the sponsor of this video? 00:07:04.700 --> 00:07:08.750 'Cause they are. They paid us money to talk about their competitor's product. 00:07:08.750 --> 00:07:11.940 Look at that. God, they're stupid. Pricing's very similar. 00:07:11.940 --> 00:07:15.750 So it comes down to whether you care about buying the official Sony product 00:07:15.750 --> 00:07:19.523 or having like better cooling on your console. Let's have a look. 00:07:19.523 --> 00:07:23.940 Wow, camera really does not capture this color very well. 00:07:23.940 --> 00:07:26.913 I'm gonna get my color checker back out here, ladies and gentlemen, 00:07:28.200 --> 00:07:31.690 'cause this has like got a very pinky look to it, in my opinion, 00:07:31.690 --> 00:07:35.470 supposed to be Cosmic Red. Okay, so they actually have a pink one. 00:07:35.470 --> 00:07:38.830 Yeah, this isn't pretty pinky red. I don't know. I'm not saying I don't like it. 00:07:38.830 --> 00:07:42.760 I think it looks great, but the camera says red. 00:07:42.760 --> 00:07:47.520 You guys don't think it has a pink to it, am I crazy? - [Andy] It has a pink and purplish tint. 00:07:47.520 --> 00:07:51.470 - [Jono] Yeah, like if I didn't know the names and you said that was pink, I'm like, okay. 00:07:51.470 --> 00:07:55.169 - Honestly this looks really close to me too. This looks great. 00:07:55.169 --> 00:07:59.150 Maybe this one's a little farther off. I think that really has more to do 00:07:59.150 --> 00:08:02.610 with the difference in surface finish though. I mean we're going through this at our new house. 00:08:02.610 --> 00:08:06.600 What we're finding is, that the difference between one shade of paint and another 00:08:06.600 --> 00:08:11.390 is actually far less than the difference between a single shade of paint 00:08:11.390 --> 00:08:16.910 under different lighting conditions. So it's almost impossible to get everything matching 00:08:16.910 --> 00:08:19.930 under (plate crashing) all conditions. 00:08:19.930 --> 00:08:23.890 Well, I guess, we inadvertently are going to check and see how, yeah, 00:08:23.890 --> 00:08:28.400 how durable it is, if you happen to drop your PlayStation or something. 00:08:28.400 --> 00:08:32.550 Okay, let's just make sure nothing falls anymore. Honestly, almost anything looks better 00:08:32.550 --> 00:08:36.150 than the original white to me. What do you guys think of this color? - [Andy] That's better than the white. 00:08:36.150 --> 00:08:39.710 - Yeah, I really like it actually. Okay, but hold on. 00:08:39.710 --> 00:08:44.900 Now, I'm getting paid by dbrand, but nobody else here is getting paid by dbrand, 00:08:44.900 --> 00:08:48.040 so I wanna hear your honest thoughts. I pay all you guys the same. 00:08:48.040 --> 00:08:51.940 That is my personal Linus Tech Tips guarantee. What would you rather have? 00:08:51.940 --> 00:08:56.196 Cosmic Red or Retro, I don't know, Fuze? 00:08:56.196 --> 00:08:59.560 - [Andy] Are we just talking colors, or? - Just talking color. Just talking color. 00:08:59.560 --> 00:09:02.690 - [Jono] I'm Cosmic Red. - You like the Cosmic Red color? - [Andy] Cosmic Red. 00:09:02.690 --> 00:09:06.420 You guys like the Cosmic Red. All right. God, you young kids. 00:09:06.420 --> 00:09:11.820 You young kids who didn't have a PlayStation 1. - [Jono] But I will have to cut off that popped collar. 00:09:11.820 --> 00:09:15.200 - See I'm different. I'm an old guy who didn't have a PlayStation 1. 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:18.263 I didn't have any game consoles at that point in my life. All right. 00:09:18.263 --> 00:09:22.000 Let's have a look at our light strips here now. These are cool. 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:25.900 The PlayStation has these little like strips of light 00:09:25.900 --> 00:09:30.670 but out of the box, you can't change the color of them. But with dbrand's light strips 00:09:30.670 --> 00:09:36.060 we can actually change the color. So why don't we go with not Cosmic Red? 00:09:36.060 --> 00:09:39.610 Actually, I wonder if this one would match better. What do you guys want for the color? 00:09:39.610 --> 00:09:43.760 Help me out here. We got purple, orange, other more different orange, green, more different green, 00:09:43.760 --> 00:09:47.390 purple, other more different purple. - Green. - You want green? 00:09:47.390 --> 00:09:50.102 - Yeah. - Really, green in this? - Lambo. - Yeah. 00:09:51.317 --> 00:09:58.770 - All right, you're not wrong. You're not wrong, Andy. Okay. Now I have no idea how to apply the light strips. 00:09:58.770 --> 00:10:02.870 I don't even know where the lights are. The truth is I don't have a PlayStation 5 console. 00:10:02.870 --> 00:10:07.080 I mean, I own multiple PlayStation 5 consoles but I asked my son. 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:11.610 I was like, when we move into the new place should we get an Xbox or like a PlayStation or something? 00:10:11.610 --> 00:10:15.194 Do you want one? He's like, why would we need that? (crew laughs) 00:10:15.194 --> 00:10:18.633 - My son. - That's my son. - That's my son, that's my boy. 00:10:19.590 --> 00:10:22.797 My boy right there. Wouldn't we just put a PC there, you know? 00:10:25.373 --> 00:10:28.425 All right, I need to figure out how to do this now. - But then there's the argument 00:10:28.425 --> 00:10:31.830 of playing multiplayer games, too. - Multi-player games, really? 00:10:31.830 --> 00:10:36.500 You wanna talk to people online? Have you met the people online? It's like literally a meme. 00:10:36.500 --> 00:10:41.040 How toxic online gamers are? No offense. Love you gamers, but I don't need you in my body. 00:10:41.040 --> 00:10:44.930 They go here, right? - Yeah. - They must. Oh, there, for crying out loud. 00:10:44.930 --> 00:10:49.021 It's right here. Now this is a little confuzzling. 00:10:49.021 --> 00:10:52.783 It seems to go all the way down to here. Is there another piece? It's only at the top. 00:10:52.783 --> 00:10:57.210 All right. So how do I tell, how do I tell right and left? 00:10:57.210 --> 00:11:00.330 Oh, that's why it darkens towards the end. Oh, this is kinda cool. 00:11:00.330 --> 00:11:04.073 Is it right from the front or right from the back? You know what I'm saying? 00:11:04.073 --> 00:11:08.750 Like, are we doing it from behind or doing it from the front? We could look it up on dbrand's website. 00:11:08.750 --> 00:11:12.140 They actually have fantastic tutorials for how to apply all their products. 00:11:12.140 --> 00:11:14.873 And they will mock you if you don't use them. Bring it on. 00:11:16.530 --> 00:11:19.623 I think you were right about the orientation though, Jono, this seems right. 00:11:19.623 --> 00:11:23.183 It's going on pretty good here. Oh, yeah. 00:11:23.183 --> 00:11:27.920 - [Jono] If it's wrong you can just peel it off. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's one of the great things about dbrand skins, okay. 00:11:27.920 --> 00:11:33.670 They don't leave any residue. So if you ever wanna remove them and replace them with a different dbrand skin, 00:11:33.670 --> 00:11:36.980 or you just get tired of the look or whatever, super easy to get off. 00:11:36.980 --> 00:11:40.193 No residue, no nothing. That's what I always say. 00:11:40.193 --> 00:11:43.830 Quality products from bad people. They do have a good customer service. 00:11:43.830 --> 00:11:47.530 All right, cool. Oh, I'm excited about this. This is gonna look awesome. 00:11:47.530 --> 00:11:52.770 Even if you buy the Sony product they're still gonna get you for these light strip things. 00:11:52.770 --> 00:11:56.600 Oh, cool. 00:11:56.600 --> 00:12:00.260 I like it. That's awesome. 00:12:00.260 --> 00:12:05.180 I mean, of course I was paid to tell you, I like it. But fun fact, FTC guidelines, 00:12:05.180 --> 00:12:08.897 which I am not beholden to, because I'm not an American and neither is dbrand, 00:12:08.897 --> 00:12:12.470 but FTC guidelines tell me that even if I'm sponsored 00:12:12.470 --> 00:12:15.570 I'm still not allowed to say anything I don't actually believe. 00:12:15.570 --> 00:12:22.360 I like it. (crew laughs) So there you go. Whether you like more cooling and dbrand's colors, 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:27.590 or whether you like Sony's colors, dbrand is still gonna get you for light strips. 00:12:27.590 --> 00:12:31.970 That's right. Expensive electronics tape. You'll buy it and you'll like it. 00:12:31.970 --> 00:12:34.520 Subscribe to ShortCircuit. We have fun here.