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are wireless peripherals a waste of money?

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No, no, come on. Not a waste of money.

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I think yes, I think they're 100% a waste. Why?

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I think that depending. Well, first of all, it definitely depends on the peripheral.

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I think that wireless mouse is fine.

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Wireless keyboard, sure. But wireless audio drives me crazy. That's crazy.

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That's crazy. That's wireless keyboard. Yeah, that's the same board. The most useless wireless.

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Yeah. Oh, well, just because I have like a hybrid setup

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that is also a catch setup. So it's really nice to be able to use wireless.

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I don't think most people need wireless keyboards. I just think that they can totally be used and it's fine.

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And they're not that much of a waste of money if you intend to move around and stuff.

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And a mouse, it's annoying when the cable catches on something, sure.

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But wireless audio just drives me nuts.

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Whether it's something cheap and it can't do, like if you've got a cheap headset,

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your audio is going to get degraded when it's enabling both the mic and the headphones.

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And a lot of people don't even realize that until they plug it in. If you're doing a Bluetooth headset.

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Yes. Oh, God, Windows is so stupid. And I know that is fair.

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2.4 gigahertz is a lot better. But so I think Bluetooth is just 2.4 gigahertz.

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I hate names and tech. But I just when I'm especially if I'm sitting at a computer,

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the price of have wireless headphones is like doubles the price of it.

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I think we'd have to go peripheral by peripheral to really make it that it's worth it.

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Because I agree, keyboard, if you're not using like utilizing

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a hybrid setup, who cares? Headset, you're you're probably right.

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Like $100 wired headphones, pretty damn good. $100 wireless headset probably sucks.

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Where I would push back is like wireless nice are so much better.

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Like in terms of like not just snagging, but also weight.

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And like there's so many situations where like I would way rather have the freedom to just move.

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They are not expensive anymore. Like that we are way past the point of wireless stuff

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costing a premium. There is wired premium mice that cost way more

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than cheap wireless mice that aren't that different in performance. And you can get a baller ass $50 wireless gaming mouse these days.

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I think the biggest problem for me with wireless peripherals and why I don't like it is I will always forget the charge.

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And for me, that inconvenience is enough that it's never worth it to go with a wireless peripheral.

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I know there's obviously Logitech, the power play mat

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where you can charge your mouse. But then it's so small. Also, it's not even available in Canada.

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So I can't even get one if I want. Is it really not? No, it's not available in Canada.

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Those are like radio laws. Yeah. Yeah. So everyone who has one here, you've committed a crime.

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It also freaks me out that like our country refused it

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and that they're still selling it elsewhere. I'm like, is it a cancer machine?

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But that inconvenience of having to remember to charge something

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or even just swapping out a double A. It's one of those things that's so quick. Yes, but and I got to remember to buy double A batteries.

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I don't like batteries in my house. I plug everything in. The problem, your problem that you have with wireless peripherals

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is a skill issue. Yeah, I'm so used to plugging things in that that's not a real issue.

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For me, the only thing that runs out of batteries is wireless headsets.

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That's the one I forget to plug in. Mouse runs out every once every eight months.

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So it's like, I get to my computer and it's not plugged. It's I just charge and I go grab a jink and I come back and then I can play.

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For me, it's my PS5 controller. It dies on me all the time on my PC because I don't get a low battery warning.

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Also, it doesn't just like turn off. Yeah, it just turns off. Like on your PlayStation, it goes, oh, I haven't received an input.

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It automatically turns off. Your Windows is just like, you're Bluetooth, you're connected.

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Yeah. And so it just drains overnight. Windows sucks. Windows does suck.

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Actually, no, my controller will turn off. If I leave it, if I don't input inputs, it'll go to sleep.

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But I mean, it's still like when they're brand new, it's like maximum five hours of battery.

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It goes to sleep when your computer goes to sleep, usually. Oh, wow. No, no, no.

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The Xbox controllers only go to sleep. Oh, really? They go to sleep. But those work for 40 hours.

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Yeah, they do. They're great. They're great battery. I really like the lot about the DualSense,

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but I wish they made a DualSense light that dropped some of the features, kept the shape,

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and like some of the other features that last for 20 hours.

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I literally double the battery in it. I don't care about the extra weight. Yeah, me neither.

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Put double the battery life in it and just make it heavier. It's a good controller, but it's crazy.

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Like I have a little charging stand for my PS5 controllers because as soon as I'm done playing, it's going on there.

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But I shouldn't have to. No. I shouldn't have to freaking buy an accessory

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just so that my two-player controllers can remain charred. That's like a what, $50 accessory?

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Maybe like $30. OK, that's not too bad. I think we might still be split on this

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because I'm still saying it's not worth it for wireless peripherals. What about you guys?

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I think it's worth it. I think it's worth it. And you want to do this?

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What? No, because you said it's not worth it. I see. The question is. Oh, oh yeah, it's reversed.

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So I can do that. My bad. So, OK, but like we are saying all in this statement,

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it's all wireless or all wired? I would go all wired.

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The statement is, are wireless peripherals worth it?

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Are we talking? No, they're not worth it. Money-wise? Are they not?

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Can you read the read exactly? Are wireless peripherals a waste of money?

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Yes, they are. No, wireless peripherals introduce a lot of benefits

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and freedoms. They have their downsides and they should be known. I think they are worth the extra money.

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And you can run most of them wired anyway. Exactly. I was going to say the best case scenario for headphones

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is if you can get like if you think about like a lot more consumer headphones are doing this.

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Like your Sony XM5s have 3.5 millimeter out. So you can get wired latency free audio.

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You can get at high quality. The Odyssey Maxwells are a gaming headset

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where you can remove the microphone. And you can have wireless or you can plug in

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and get and get like low latency audio.

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And you can use them out with your phone. You can use them on the go. XM5s are like $500 though, right?

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Or like 300 bucks? Yeah. I could buy a pair of headphones.

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Are you walking around with the $200 wired headphones

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right now? No. I don't want to walk around the play. To be fair, I do walk around with AirPods.

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So I guess I got wireless peripherals. That's a fair point.

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Do our earbuds part of this conversation? I actually we're talking PC peripherals.

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I totally go back to wired earbuds if only because of if they fall out

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and you can't find them anymore because they go away.

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Again, they blame it on a skill issue. Okay. Okay. Next question. Interesting.

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Next question. The next question.