WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:02.600 In the competitive hospitality industry, 00:00:02.600 --> 00:00:06.500 it's important for a hotel to have some kind of shtick. 00:00:06.500 --> 00:00:09.440 An onsite casino, a cheap buffet, 00:00:09.440 --> 00:00:11.680 affordable by-the-hour rates. 00:00:11.680 --> 00:00:13.320 You know, it all depends what you're into. 00:00:13.320 --> 00:00:16.320 As for Taiwanese brand 168IN, 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:19.080 well, they've got normal hotels, 00:00:19.080 --> 00:00:21.000 like the stay in Taipei 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:23.440 that we were at during Computex this year. 00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:25.440 But then once the show was over, 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:28.560 they invited us to come see something pretty different 00:00:28.560 --> 00:00:31.140 that they're doing in nearby Taoyuan. 00:00:31.140 --> 00:00:36.140 So behind me is the iHotel, a gaming hotel, 00:00:36.540 --> 00:00:39.570 the first of its kind in Taiwan. 00:00:39.570 --> 00:00:43.320 As for what makes a hotel gaming? 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:48.320 Well, apparently it's 55 something, 4K something, 00:00:48.620 --> 00:00:53.620 DX racer, presumably chairs, and GTX 1080Ti's? 00:00:54.980 --> 00:00:56.450 What? 00:00:56.450 --> 00:00:58.790 Okay, we're gonna have to go check this out. 00:00:59.140 --> 00:01:02.980 Or check in, as it were. 00:01:02.980 --> 00:01:03.800 Get it? 00:01:03.800 --> 00:01:13.640 It's a hotel joke. 00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:15.800 The check-in process is pretty normal 00:01:15.800 --> 00:01:19.440 other than the king-size helping of RGB. 00:01:19.440 --> 00:01:21.200 So you check in. 00:01:25.030 --> 00:01:25.930 And then you check in. 00:01:25.930 --> 00:01:29.030 They've got their GeForce iCafe certification 00:01:29.030 --> 00:01:30.030 proudly on display. 00:01:30.030 --> 00:01:32.110 They're actually the only hotel in Taiwan 00:01:32.110 --> 00:01:33.670 to meet NVIDIA's standard. 00:01:33.670 --> 00:01:37.530 And then the lobby opens up to, well, 00:01:37.550 --> 00:01:39.970 these guys know their audience. 00:01:39.970 --> 00:01:42.730 The included breakfast is served along that side. 00:01:42.730 --> 00:01:45.830 And then on this side, well, 00:01:45.830 --> 00:01:48.890 some hotels have a rockin' gym, 00:01:48.890 --> 00:01:53.890 but 168IN figured that a big 12-player LAN center 00:01:54.730 --> 00:01:55.870 was a better bet. 00:01:55.870 --> 00:01:58.930 And if their guests really wanted to get their heart rate up, 00:01:58.930 --> 00:02:02.550 they would go and plug into the HTC VIVE VR machine 00:02:02.550 --> 00:02:04.530 that's over there in the hallway. 00:02:04.530 --> 00:02:07.430 So there's nobody here right now. 00:02:07.430 --> 00:02:10.530 But anyone staying here can use these machines 00:02:10.530 --> 00:02:12.350 as much as they want. 00:02:12.350 --> 00:02:14.010 The idea behind this common area 00:02:14.010 --> 00:02:16.170 is that the guests can get to know each other 00:02:16.170 --> 00:02:19.630 by coming out of their rooms to play games together. 00:02:19.630 --> 00:02:22.410 And eSports teams can hold practices 00:02:22.410 --> 00:02:24.190 throughout the day or night. 00:02:24.190 --> 00:02:25.530 It's open 24 hours. 00:02:25.530 --> 00:02:28.250 So the Australian team, Blank eSports, 00:02:28.250 --> 00:02:31.630 was actually here for two months during Overwatch contenders 00:02:31.630 --> 00:02:35.050 and apparently basically never left the lobby. 00:02:35.050 --> 00:02:36.390 And these are the best machines in the building. 00:02:36.390 --> 00:02:37.350 And these are the best machines in the building. 00:02:37.350 --> 00:02:38.190 And these are the best machines in the building. 00:02:38.190 --> 00:02:41.810 With Core i7-8700s, 16 gigs of, 00:02:41.810 --> 00:02:43.730 ooh, is that RGB RAM? 00:02:43.730 --> 00:02:45.890 Very nice, very nice. 00:02:45.890 --> 00:02:48.950 GTX 1080 Ti graphics cards, 00:02:48.950 --> 00:02:52.190 165 hertz G-Sync gaming monitors, 00:02:52.190 --> 00:02:56.090 about 10 terabytes of local storage for game files, 00:02:56.090 --> 00:02:58.730 and premium gaming peripherals. 00:02:58.730 --> 00:03:01.670 The team was apparently thrilled with the setup here 00:03:01.670 --> 00:03:03.470 compared to their normal routine, 00:03:03.470 --> 00:03:05.770 which is to find a house to rent, 00:03:05.770 --> 00:03:07.270 to ship all of their gear up, 00:03:07.270 --> 00:03:09.910 and then ship it all back when they finish. 00:03:09.910 --> 00:03:14.330 So the plan from iHotel is to upgrade the hardware here 00:03:14.330 --> 00:03:18.230 every year to make sure that they stay state-of-the-art. 00:03:18.230 --> 00:03:25.580 Now, let's head into one of the rooms. 00:03:25.580 --> 00:03:27.600 In-hotel laundry is actually something 00:03:27.600 --> 00:03:29.200 I wish more places did. 00:03:29.200 --> 00:03:31.040 It seems like such an obvious way 00:03:31.040 --> 00:03:34.700 to make a longer stay more comfortable. 00:03:34.700 --> 00:03:35.620 Anyway, here we are. 00:03:35.620 --> 00:03:37.720 This is their standard room 00:03:37.720 --> 00:03:40.260 with either two twins or one full bed. 00:03:40.720 --> 00:03:44.530 You have got to be kidding me. 00:03:44.530 --> 00:03:49.530 They are really proud of a lot of the gamer-centric changes 00:03:49.910 --> 00:03:53.030 that they've made to the standard hotel setup. 00:03:53.030 --> 00:03:56.030 So for example, every one of the rooms 00:03:56.030 --> 00:03:59.270 has dual sound-isolating doors 00:03:59.270 --> 00:04:02.510 that have been verified to keep inside noise 00:04:02.510 --> 00:04:04.590 to 40 decibels or less, 00:04:04.590 --> 00:04:09.590 and comes equipped with not one, but two separate full, 00:04:10.850 --> 00:04:14.950 sledge gaming rigs equipped with 32-inch monitors, 00:04:14.950 --> 00:04:19.950 GTX 1060 video cards, Core i5 CPUs, 16 gigs of RAM, 00:04:21.150 --> 00:04:24.430 a full set of gaming-grade peripherals, 00:04:24.430 --> 00:04:29.090 including the chair, and yes, again, 00:04:29.090 --> 00:04:32.010 with the 10 terabytes of local storage 00:04:32.010 --> 00:04:34.790 so you can jump on your favorite game launcher 00:04:34.790 --> 00:04:37.210 and download whatever you want to it. 00:04:37.210 --> 00:04:40.190 The boot drive wipes itself upon reboot, 00:04:40.850 --> 00:04:42.110 so you don't have to worry about someone 00:04:42.110 --> 00:04:44.490 accidentally getting into your account 00:04:44.490 --> 00:04:47.010 if you check out and forget to sign up. 00:04:47.010 --> 00:04:49.250 Some other aspects of the room that I appreciate 00:04:49.250 --> 00:04:51.130 as someone who travels a fair amount 00:04:51.130 --> 00:04:54.510 is that there are tons of outlets, 00:04:54.510 --> 00:04:57.470 both normal wall plugs and USB ones 00:04:57.470 --> 00:04:59.370 so that you can charge all of your crap. 00:04:59.370 --> 00:05:02.270 And then this one in particular on the bed here 00:05:02.270 --> 00:05:04.310 is freaking brilliant. 00:05:04.310 --> 00:05:07.150 Why doesn't every hotel do this? 00:05:07.150 --> 00:05:09.390 An international plug in the room, 00:05:09.390 --> 00:05:10.330 so you don't have to, I don't know, do anything. 00:05:10.330 --> 00:05:10.830 I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. 00:05:10.830 --> 00:05:13.010 Arrive, you're all jet-lagged, 00:05:13.010 --> 00:05:16.470 realize that you can't plug in your whatever thing 00:05:16.470 --> 00:05:19.590 and spend the first couple of hours of your vacation 00:05:19.590 --> 00:05:21.090 buying some stupid adapter 00:05:21.090 --> 00:05:24.140 that you accidentally left sitting on the bed at home. 00:05:24.140 --> 00:05:26.460 The TV setup is pretty slick too. 00:05:26.460 --> 00:05:28.780 So I don't recognize this brand, 00:05:28.780 --> 00:05:30.880 and I get it, I don't know, it looks okay, 00:05:30.880 --> 00:05:35.140 but it's a 4K TV that, more importantly, 00:05:35.140 --> 00:05:38.300 is connected in a really cool way. 00:05:38.300 --> 00:05:40.380 So this system over here closest to the bed 00:05:40.380 --> 00:05:44.740 has an HDMI connection over to that TV. 00:05:44.740 --> 00:05:47.640 So that means that you can run anything you want on it. 00:05:47.640 --> 00:05:50.280 You just set this up on here, full screen, 00:05:50.280 --> 00:05:52.920 and bippity boppity, wham! 00:05:52.920 --> 00:05:54.900 You are watching Linus Tech Tips 00:05:54.900 --> 00:05:57.060 from the comfort of your bed. 00:05:57.060 --> 00:05:59.860 And it's not just limited to their systems. 00:05:59.860 --> 00:06:02.860 So here on the side of the bed, again, 00:06:02.860 --> 00:06:06.440 is another HDMI input for the TV, 00:06:06.440 --> 00:06:08.400 a headphone jack so that you can listen 00:06:08.400 --> 00:06:10.380 using headphones if you'd prefer, 00:06:10.380 --> 00:06:13.700 and a USB port so that if you were running, 00:06:13.700 --> 00:06:16.400 say, for example, your phone as an output to the TV, 00:06:16.400 --> 00:06:17.900 you wouldn't run out of battery 00:06:17.900 --> 00:06:19.940 while it sits here on the nightstand. 00:06:19.940 --> 00:06:22.180 Now, if you don't pack the necessary cables, 00:06:22.180 --> 00:06:23.580 they provide them for free, 00:06:23.580 --> 00:06:25.940 along with a handful of other useful extras. 00:06:25.940 --> 00:06:27.580 I mean, most of our focus so far 00:06:27.580 --> 00:06:28.920 has been on the gaming features, 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:32.620 but this is still a hotel. 00:06:32.620 --> 00:06:35.920 So if the bed or the bathroom sucks, 00:06:35.920 --> 00:06:37.700 you're going to have a bad time. 00:06:37.700 --> 00:06:39.320 Fortunately, they went full fancy 00:06:40.380 --> 00:06:42.680 with the new Orland mattresses. 00:06:42.680 --> 00:06:44.700 They put a fridge in every room, 00:06:44.700 --> 00:06:46.880 which I personally really appreciate 00:06:46.880 --> 00:06:49.820 because it is impossible to find cold water over here. 00:06:49.820 --> 00:06:54.840 And check these out, Japanese-style toilets 00:06:54.840 --> 00:06:58.120 with heated seats and water cleaners, 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:00.430 if you prefer those. 00:07:00.430 --> 00:07:02.630 Squeaky clean. 00:07:02.630 --> 00:07:04.910 This next room style is actually one 00:07:04.910 --> 00:07:07.430 that they don't advertise on their site. 00:07:07.430 --> 00:07:10.630 So it's designed to look and feel, kind of, like, 00:07:11.110 --> 00:07:15.270 a college dorm for them nostalgia feels. 00:07:15.270 --> 00:07:18.650 With that said, other than replacing the regular bed 00:07:18.650 --> 00:07:23.130 with a bunk bed, it is pretty similar to the standard room. 00:07:23.130 --> 00:07:25.410 Although, there is one thing that I missed before 00:07:25.410 --> 00:07:27.190 when I was showing the standard room. 00:07:27.190 --> 00:07:28.370 This is really cool. 00:07:28.370 --> 00:07:31.800 Ah, it's over here, I've got to crawl under the desk. 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:36.160 Every room gets its own dedicated Wi-Fi access point, 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:38.200 so you don't have to worry about, you know, 00:07:38.200 --> 00:07:40.800 getting that room at the end of the hall 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:41.700 with the crappy reception. 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:46.320 Now it's time for the best for last portion of our tour. 00:07:46.320 --> 00:07:51.320 They only have one of these, but this is the capsule room. 00:07:51.320 --> 00:07:56.040 It's their standard room, but in space. 00:07:56.040 --> 00:08:00.640 So first, they've got the Wall-O gaming machines. 00:08:00.640 --> 00:08:03.620 Six in total, so you could have your whole team 00:08:03.620 --> 00:08:04.820 in here at once. 00:08:04.820 --> 00:08:08.260 And then second is the sleeping pods. 00:08:08.260 --> 00:08:11.720 So each of these things is equipped with a memory foam 00:08:11.720 --> 00:08:12.960 mattress. 00:08:12.960 --> 00:08:16.400 It's isolated for noise and light. 00:08:16.400 --> 00:08:19.860 It's got individual climate control. 00:08:19.860 --> 00:08:22.260 It's got its own power connectivity, 00:08:22.260 --> 00:08:25.340 so regular AC and USB. 00:08:25.340 --> 00:08:29.280 It contains its own safe, and check this out. 00:08:29.280 --> 00:08:31.500 It's got its own TV. 00:08:31.500 --> 00:08:34.560 So in the capsule room, you can travel with your friends 00:08:34.560 --> 00:08:39.340 or colleagues and never actually see them. 00:08:39.340 --> 00:08:40.680 If you get stuck, 00:08:41.980 --> 00:08:44.680 there's an SOS button, by the way. 00:08:44.680 --> 00:08:48.230 So you don't have to worry about that. 00:08:48.230 --> 00:08:54.290 So then, who exactly is staying in a place like this though? 00:08:55.710 --> 00:09:00.710 I mean, you can't fill up an entire hotel year round 00:09:01.010 --> 00:09:04.070 just based on traveling e-sports players. 00:09:04.070 --> 00:09:08.590 Well, as it turns out, after they built the iHotel, 00:09:08.590 --> 00:09:12.190 they found business coming from unexpected places. 00:09:12.190 --> 00:09:13.050 Local families, 00:09:13.050 --> 00:09:15.630 have come to stay as a treat for their kids 00:09:15.630 --> 00:09:17.990 for doing well in school or whatever, 00:09:17.990 --> 00:09:20.650 because they don't have a nice gaming PC at home. 00:09:20.650 --> 00:09:25.170 Some folks just come and stay here for the fast internet. 00:09:25.170 --> 00:09:28.970 International stock traders and would-be concert goers 00:09:28.970 --> 00:09:32.050 who want to have their best chance to buy a hot ticket 00:09:32.050 --> 00:09:34.430 that's likely to sell out in 10 seconds 00:09:34.430 --> 00:09:36.130 have frequented this place. 00:09:36.130 --> 00:09:38.250 And all other things being equal, 00:09:38.250 --> 00:09:40.990 I would definitely choose a hotel like this 00:09:40.990 --> 00:09:42.910 for Linus Media Group's travels. 00:09:42.910 --> 00:09:45.590 I mean, even if we didn't end up using the machines 00:09:45.590 --> 00:09:50.550 for video editing, the peripherals, the extra monitors, 00:09:50.550 --> 00:09:52.250 things like that are fantastic. 00:09:52.250 --> 00:09:55.450 And I mean, I no longer take for granted 00:09:55.450 --> 00:09:58.530 stuff that seems fairly simple, 00:09:58.530 --> 00:10:02.870 like a decent sized desk and a wired network connection. 00:10:02.870 --> 00:10:05.970 In fact, most of the big hotels that I've stayed at 00:10:05.970 --> 00:10:07.530 in the last couple of years 00:10:07.530 --> 00:10:10.210 have been disabling their Ethernet ports 00:10:10.210 --> 00:10:12.530 for some inexplicable reason. 00:10:12.910 --> 00:10:15.870 So let me know what you guys think. 00:10:15.870 --> 00:10:17.290 Are you a gamer? 00:10:17.290 --> 00:10:19.530 Are you some other kind of consumer 00:10:19.530 --> 00:10:21.190 who would be interested in this? 00:10:21.190 --> 00:10:24.050 Or do you think the whole concept is just crazy? 00:10:24.050 --> 00:10:26.430 I want to see your comments below. 00:10:26.430 --> 00:10:27.450 So thanks for watching, guys. 00:10:27.450 --> 00:10:29.490 If you just liked this video, you can hit that button. 00:10:29.490 --> 00:10:31.810 But if you liked it, hit like, get subscribed, 00:10:31.810 --> 00:10:34.570 or maybe consider checking out the 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