1 00:00:00,319 --> 00:00:08,200 razor project Valerie the portable 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:11,280 triple 4k monitor gaming system they 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:15,559 showed off earlier this year at 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:17,880 CES we all heard the rumors that I stole 5 00:00:15,559 --> 00:00:21,880 it from their Booth during cleanup at the show but I'm going to let you guys 6 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:30,039 in on a little secret I didn't steal it in fact I 7 00:00:26,359 --> 00:00:33,719 wouldn't even want it because truth be 8 00:00:30,039 --> 00:00:37,320 told I've been working on my own triple 9 00:00:33,719 --> 00:00:40,800 monitor portable battle station laptop 10 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:45,160 concept for the last 20 minutes that I 11 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:48,399 call rear prej voer 12 00:00:45,160 --> 00:00:51,719 be and I'm going to show you guys 13 00:00:48,399 --> 00:00:51,719 exactly how it 14 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:02,879 works hp's new omen lineup comes 15 00:01:00,879 --> 00:01:07,040 equipped with Intel's 7th generation core i7 processor check it out at the 16 00:01:05,320 --> 00:01:12,840 link in the video description all right so first things 17 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:15,960 first and I assure you that my decision 18 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:19,560 to use a razor blade Pro as the basis of 19 00:01:15,960 --> 00:01:22,040 my prej has nothing to do with the fact 20 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:27,640 that Razer also did the same thing with their project see mine's a preck there's 21 00:01:25,119 --> 00:01:35,119 is a project no similarity whatsoever is to start 22 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:39,600 with the Razer Blade Pro as a basis it's 23 00:01:35,119 --> 00:01:44,600 already a fairly portable battle station 24 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:50,240 class computer with a core i7 6700 25 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:54,119 K GTX 1080 Graphics 32 gigs of RAM PCIe 26 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:56,560 raid zero ssds pretty much you oh my 27 00:01:54,119 --> 00:02:04,159 finger is stuck freaking name it I'm not a huge fan of the keyboard but 28 00:02:00,399 --> 00:02:07,039 that's okay okay so what was good about 29 00:02:04,159 --> 00:02:12,800 project Valerie it was self-contained as a single unit so you could just slide it 30 00:02:09,599 --> 00:02:14,800 into your backpack as one piece I mean 31 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:19,920 sort of they didn't actually have any of that stuff working yet when we were 32 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:21,560 there the uh the like one that was 33 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:27,360 supposed to kind of like go out and then fold in that was all fixed in place just 34 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:32,080 as kind of a of a mockup and the number 35 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:36,920 two is it was truly portable so the idea 36 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:39,680 was that sure it was pretty thick but it 37 00:02:36,920 --> 00:02:45,519 could be taken with you uh set up in the local Starbucks and run in either single 38 00:02:43,159 --> 00:02:51,560 monitor mode so without folding out the additional displays or in triple monitor 39 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:56,440 mode without requiring being plugged 40 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:59,120 into the wall so my plan is actually to 41 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:06,040 use a solution that I brought up during my show cut coverage of Razor take on 42 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:09,040 this by using portable USB powered 43 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:11,480 monitors I mean sure I may give up some 44 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:18,400 of the Elegance of not having everything folded together but I have the advantage 45 00:03:14,799 --> 00:03:21,360 of not needing to carry my two extra 46 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:25,000 monitors out with me when I don't intend to use 47 00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:29,000 them okay we're going to get started on construction in a minute but first let's 48 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:32,680 have a look at the monitors we're using so these are made by a company called 49 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:36,920 GIC we've actually covered one of their products before but this is a new one 50 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:42,400 this is the onlap 1503h and other than being like portable 51 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:49,680 it's basically a monitor so you got your buttons on the side you've got HDMI and 52 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:52,640 VGA in unfortunately using proprietary 53 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:56,560 ports uh but they did send me pretty much all the cables I could possibly 54 00:03:54,439 --> 00:03:59,959 need as well as their dock connector that goes on the back for one of them so 55 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:06,040 all of that should be pretty straightforward for our project and uh 56 00:04:03,519 --> 00:04:10,360 it's powered right with this USB type-c connector right down here on the bottom 57 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:16,600 left now normally the idea would be that 58 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:18,880 you mount it using the uh included metal 59 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:25,800 stand and rubber magnet thing on the back but of course we have other plans 60 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:30,479 okay so if everything seemed really well planned out and structured about this 61 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:31,600 video up until now that's because 62 00:04:30,479 --> 00:04:38,320 I had a plan this is the part where for the 63 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:40,280 first time I actually attempt to uh to 64 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:48,360 do this so here we go in order to keep the 65 00:04:44,919 --> 00:04:51,720 io on the side of the monitor out of the 66 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:53,919 way of my mounting strategy which I have 67 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:59,440 not yet determined what it will actually be so these are like they're pretty 68 00:04:56,199 --> 00:05:01,120 light but they definitely do have some 69 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:05,840 he to them I'm thinking maybe I could take off this metal bracket see if I can 70 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:10,720 save a little bit of weight there on one of them I'm going to be using their dock 71 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:18,400 connector so the one that mounts on the right side of the monitor it's kind of 72 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:22,039 unfortunate how freaking long the cables 73 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:23,240 are on this so you can see right there 74 00:05:22,039 --> 00:05:31,639 we don't need to have any cables sticking out of it so we can go like 75 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:31,639 that and like like 76 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:39,000 like that okay then on the other one I 77 00:05:37,199 --> 00:05:44,520 can use the cables that were included in the Box because they only sent me one of 78 00:05:42,039 --> 00:05:44,520 those dock 79 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:55,160 adapters okay so cables included in the 80 00:05:55,960 --> 00:06:07,199 Box here we go so we plug in the proprietary HDMI I and our power 81 00:06:03,199 --> 00:06:10,840 in with the objective 82 00:06:07,199 --> 00:06:14,120 then of running that puppy right there 83 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:14,120 yeah boy 84 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:40,080 okay so what I can't do with the bracket 85 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:42,240 here is have these monitors sit in front 86 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:46,400 of the laptop so it looks like these are going to have to go on from the back and 87 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:51,639 because of the length of these cables I think I'm actually going to be better 88 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:55,160 off having the uh dock adapter one on 89 00:06:51,639 --> 00:06:57,360 this side and then the other one see 90 00:06:55,160 --> 00:07:02,919 with the cables coming off here on the other side and wrapping them 91 00:07:00,039 --> 00:07:07,160 around sort of maybe 92 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:11,879 oh no problem no problem we got this so all I need to 93 00:07:10,639 --> 00:07:20,400 figure out now is what type of mounting strategy I 94 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:22,360 want to use we got Tuck tape we got Gaff 95 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:28,560 tape which I'm already pretty sure isn't going to work we've got double-sided 96 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:31,000 velcro tape and we've got this badass 3M 97 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:36,000 Adhesive that we use for our GoPros now this and tuct tape have the disadvantage 98 00:07:32,879 --> 00:07:39,919 of not being very uh removable how you 99 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:43,960 say so I'm going to try and make this 100 00:07:39,919 --> 00:07:46,240 work with this Velcro stuff let's see 101 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:46,240 how it 102 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:58,879 goes now obviously given that these monitors actually 103 00:07:55,479 --> 00:08:01,800 have mounting points on them like screw 104 00:07:58,879 --> 00:08:06,960 mounting points points if Jake was here I could have him whip up something on 105 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:09,639 the 3D printer or something but it's me 106 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:16,199 so double-sided tape Fraser's going to be super stoked 107 00:08:13,479 --> 00:08:20,970 on getting this laptop back with like velcro all over it this stuff leaves a 108 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:25,660 wicked residue 109 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:33,120 okay so it's actually kind of moment of 110 00:08:29,639 --> 00:08:36,719 Truth time here what kind of angle do we 111 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:38,440 want let's go with that give me some 112 00:08:36,719 --> 00:08:45,560 guidance here man okay actually here you know what let's just 113 00:08:41,959 --> 00:08:45,560 there line it like 114 00:08:46,399 --> 00:08:56,200 that oh boy okay here we 115 00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:04,959 go oh yeah boy yeah so theoretically you 116 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:10,240 need two USB plugs for power for this sucker 117 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:14,560 but I have had them working with just 118 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:19,440 one so let's see 119 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:22,160 if wait for it yeah all right we got 120 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:29,880 one one monitor working now it's time to apply what we 121 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:32,480 learned which is nothing of course 122 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:32,480 to the other 123 00:09:33,560 --> 00:09:36,560 side 124 00:09:49,399 --> 00:09:52,399 okay 125 00:09:52,800 --> 00:10:00,959 boom yeah think it's going to 126 00:09:56,680 --> 00:10:05,160 survive do you even lift rer Blade 127 00:10:00,959 --> 00:10:08,360 Pro yeah boy yeah you do now we just got 128 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:11,519 to plug this one in and do note that 129 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:14,880 there is still a USB port available on 130 00:10:11,519 --> 00:10:17,320 the left side for your uh USB plug-in 131 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:25,040 needs you know your mouse your uh thumb drive and the second HDMI output 132 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:27,399 provided by the Thunderbolt Port 133 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:32,320 because what project wouldn't be complete without a dongle in today's 134 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:35,100 world so the Thunderbolt Port gives us our second 135 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:38,480 HDMI 136 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:43,279 and come 137 00:10:43,279 --> 00:10:49,519 on where's my cursor the computer just 138 00:10:46,519 --> 00:10:49,519 crash 139 00:10:51,120 --> 00:11:00,079 oh yeah there it is look at that working 140 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:08,760 perfectly DIY project Valerie the cursor moves 141 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:12,519 seamlessly from one to the next and we 142 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:16,880 have achieved the goals that we set out 143 00:11:12,519 --> 00:11:18,880 to achieve so goal number one triple 144 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:28,959 monitors on a laptop and goal number two the ability 145 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:30,560 to albe it with some additional bulk 146 00:11:28,959 --> 00:11:36,760 take our completely cableless solution no need to 147 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,760 be plugged into the 148 00:11:39,279 --> 00:11:42,560 wall and 149 00:11:47,399 --> 00:11:50,399 easily 150 00:11:57,639 --> 00:12:01,240 easily easily 151 00:12:02,399 --> 00:12:09,680 oh did that panel just break this one's 152 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