WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:07.279 There are only two things I love in this world, displays and keyboards. So, when 00:00:05.279 --> 00:00:12.719 we saw the Kickstarter for uh the portable keyboard monitor, we had to get 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:18.240 it. It seems like the obvious decision. It's got 10 years of craftsmanship. It's 00:00:15.200 --> 00:00:19.840 a classic release. I don't know if it's 00:00:18.240 --> 00:00:25.600 classic, but you know what you can do on it? Work, entertainment, and gaming. All 00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:31.519 of it. all of it in this one package. That only cost us, I think, around $250, 00:00:29.279 --> 00:00:35.760 which seems reasonable. However, if you're buying this now, 00:00:34.079 --> 00:00:39.040 it's a lot more than that. I'll get to the price later, but it's it's a lot 00:00:37.360 --> 00:00:43.600 more. Um, I like the packaging so far, although they're using this uh foam that 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:47.039 I'm not crazy about. This is slim. 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:51.520 Okay. Is there anything else in here? We've got our user manual. And the nice 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:55.120 thing is, if you're on Mac, you don't require a driver. If you're on desktop, 00:00:53.600 --> 00:01:02.879 uh, you have to get the display link driver. We also got 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:06.080 a nice USBC cable. USBC to A. They've 00:01:02.879 --> 00:01:07.439 also included a USBC to C cable. No idea 00:01:06.080 --> 00:01:11.840 what the rating is on it cuz it's not printed on here. You want a good USB 00:01:09.520 --> 00:01:15.600 cable? LTOre.com. We got true spec cables. They're very nice. You guys 00:01:13.439 --> 00:01:19.759 bought them all, so I don't have any. I'm upset. That's okay. I'll get some 00:01:17.759 --> 00:01:23.520 later. Let's take this thing out of the packaging. I still have yet to see it. 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:28.479 It's pretty hefty, but it also is very slim. 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:34.240 AND OH, like all good things in life, it folds. 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:40.960 Wow, that's actually pretty sick. Is there a little screen protector on here 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:42.560 that I can peel off? Yes, there is. 00:01:40.960 --> 00:01:46.880 >> I'm kind of amazed that it just like unfolds. This basically is a laptop. 00:01:44.720 --> 00:01:51.439 Like honestly, if this thing if you could fit a power brick, like if you 00:01:49.119 --> 00:01:55.439 could put a battery maybe in this top half here or like maybe extend it just a 00:01:54.159 --> 00:02:03.240 little bit, it's going to be a pretty sweet little laptop. I don't understand why more people don't do this. All 00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:03.240 right, let's weigh this bad boy. 00:02:03.360 --> 00:02:09.440 2.5 lb. Honestly, yeah, it's about right. 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:13.360 There's a couple of feet on the back here 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:17.520 there. you know, since it doesn't have some in the front, it's probably going 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:21.920 to move around on you a little bit. Um, the hinge is actually 00:02:19.920 --> 00:02:25.840 pretty good. And it goes flat. Okay. Hell yeah. Or pretty close to flat. 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:29.760 Yeah, I do worry that without those extra feet, it could might move around a 00:02:27.760 --> 00:02:34.640 little bit. I would like some uh just on the front here as well. Um or maybe do a 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:38.400 full bar across the back instead of just these two little guys here. Uh, as for 00:02:37.200 --> 00:02:44.560 screws though, you know, they're all visible, but they're all sunk nice and deep, so they're not going to jut out 00:02:41.760 --> 00:02:50.120 anywhere. It seems very uh put together. There's no major cracks or anything 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:50.120 else. 00:02:50.720 --> 00:02:56.251 Imagine if your phone was this big. Hell 00:02:54.000 --> 00:03:02.879 yeah. [laughter] >> Try sitting down. 00:02:59.519 --> 00:03:04.720 >> That hurts. Hold on. Hold on. 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:10.800 Hello. One thing that I'm kind of concerned about is we've got two USB 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:14.640 ports here. One looks like power and one 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:16.480 is USB 3.0, I'm guessing, for data, for 00:03:14.640 --> 00:03:20.000 the screen or something maybe. I'm not sure. I kind of wish the screen was like 00:03:17.920 --> 00:03:23.920 its own separate entity that you could then fully detach and put it somewhere 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:29.840 else and you just get the two of them as a package and you can attach it on the hinge if you want to. Um, but I don't 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:33.360 think that's the case. Uh, so far just from handling it a bit, 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:36.959 my fingerprints are not really being left here, which is great. I got some 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:41.120 greasy mits and they're Yeah, they're really not doing anything. Like, this looks pretty clean still, no matter what 00:03:39.760 --> 00:03:45.200 way you shine the light on. It's not perfect. It is smudging up, but like that's a worst case scenario with the 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:52.080 light on it like that. I'm looking at the top down right now and yeah, look, that looks okay. Back also looks great. 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:55.519 I think it would look cooler personally if it was all just like, you know, two 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:59.360 pieces and that's it. But right now, it looks like kind of three pieces. Uh, one 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:03.040 thing I also like is that it's got some nice little feet here on the bottom to 00:04:01.040 --> 00:04:08.000 make sure that you're not going to crush your screen into anything. The switches 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:11.000 are just pretty typical scissor switches. 00:04:11.040 --> 00:04:16.160 It feels okay, honestly. I like little chicklet style keyboards. This thing is 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:21.440 a little small though, I will say. Like, we'll do the typing test in a bit, but 00:04:18.880 --> 00:04:26.720 um I've got a feeling I'm going to make a bunch of mistakes cuz yeah, it does 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:28.560 feel a little cramped. So going from 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:38.400 here to here is 1 2 3 4 5 cm. And then if 00:04:35.758 --> 00:04:44.800 [music] we check our Logitech keyboard, 1 2 3 4 5 6 and a 00:04:42.400 --> 00:04:48.960 bit. So an extra centimeter and a bit. So call me crazy, but it is a little 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:53.040 smaller and so that might be a bit more cramped for your fingies as you're 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:55.919 trying to type hastily. Uh, but we'll settle that with the typing test once we 00:04:54.639 --> 00:05:02.240 power it on. But I'm not going to power it on until I talk to you about our sponsor, Vessie. Don't let the winter 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:06.000 weather get you down. Vessie Storm Bursts are a comfortable and stylish 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:10.160 choice for your everyday shoe. And as always, Vessie claims they are 100% 00:05:08.320 --> 00:05:14.240 waterproof, making them perfect to go out and walk in the woods as spring 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:18.320 comes rolling back around. God, please soon. Plus, you can buy your new pair of 00:05:16.080 --> 00:05:23.520 shoes worry-f free thanks to Vessie's 30-day return policy and one-year 00:05:20.960 --> 00:05:28.000 warranty. Get 15% off your Stormburst at vessie.com/shortcircuit 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:32.639 or click our link below. Okay, so that's power. Don't want that. USB3 into 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:37.120 computer. It detected it like right away. Okay, so it detects that there's a 00:05:34.080 --> 00:05:41.258 screen and it gave me power. Yo. Uh 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:44.720 yeah, it's a 1920x 720p display. We 00:05:41.258 --> 00:05:47.440 [music] got that 8x3 aspect ratio. Let's 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:50.800 do the old crab rave. I don't think it has any speakers on it. I just want to 00:05:48.960 --> 00:05:56.240 like see a YouTube video that I know and love. They say that this is a prograde 00:05:53.039 --> 00:05:59.680 screen with crisp clarity. And uh 00:05:56.240 --> 00:06:01.360 honestly, it is like 160 PPI, so you 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:05.280 know, it could be higher, but that's more than most displays people are 00:06:02.960 --> 00:06:10.319 looking at, even at 4K. So yeah, this is like honestly pretty sick. They're 00:06:06.880 --> 00:06:12.479 advertising 72% of NTSC coverage, which 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:16.720 isn't really a thing over here anymore. It's kind of about 100% sRGB, but like 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:20.400 not really because color spaces, you know, they don't really always fit 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:24.639 perfectly into each other. Um, but it's similar to that. It's close enough. So, 00:06:23.280 --> 00:06:29.680 yeah, overall it actually looks pretty good. It's also a 10finger touch screen, 00:06:26.880 --> 00:06:33.840 so yeah, it is sick. Okay, I can pause. Wait, can I pause? Pause. My controls 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:37.039 down here are like super cut off, so using it for YouTube is actually kind of 00:06:35.280 --> 00:06:40.720 tough. Like, I don't I can't hit the pause button no matter how hard I may 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:43.840 try. There's no brightness claim on their website, but like honestly, this 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:47.280 is getting bright enough for me to use as a second screen. But let's get to 00:06:45.919 --> 00:06:54.880 what you guys really crave. We're going to do the typing test, and I'm going to do it on this screen. Okay, gamers. Now, 00:06:51.600 --> 00:06:56.400 you can see and I can see. Uh, time to 00:06:54.880 --> 00:07:00.560 try this thing. I am terrified it's going to be really bad because even like 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:03.759 even the spacing between my hands, like between where F and J go, I feel like 00:07:02.319 --> 00:07:08.240 there should be a whole extra key there. This [music] F and K feels like a lot more 00:07:05.840 --> 00:07:14.360 comfortable for home rope for me. So, I don't expect this to go very well, but 00:07:10.960 --> 00:07:14.360 here we go. 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:28.319 Nope. AH, NO. I SCREWED THE WHOLE THING. H 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:32.199 backspace is like this tiny little button over here, and it's 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:38.160 69 words per minute, 87%. I want to try it one more time. 00:07:39.280 --> 00:07:46.960 Okay, 10590. That's fine. I'm not going to do a third time. I like condensed 00:07:43.840 --> 00:07:48.800 layouts a little bit. Like KBD19X is one 00:07:46.960 --> 00:07:54.879 of my favorite keyboards of all time. And um I hate really tiny back spaces. 00:07:53.039 --> 00:07:58.560 It's one thing I just I know muscle memory will probably fix that over time, 00:07:56.400 --> 00:08:01.759 but I just I struggle with it so much. I'm trying to press over here and then I 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:05.199 press there and it's not good in terms of type feel and how it, you know, just 00:08:04.050 --> 00:08:10.000 [music] sounds and feels to type on. It's fine. 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:14.240 It's like a It's basically like a little chicklet keyboard um with scissor 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:23.440 switches and like I don't hate it. But as a full package, it just seems like 00:08:19.680 --> 00:08:26.240 like why, you know? I if you're getting 00:08:23.440 --> 00:08:29.919 this, why not just get a laptop at that point? Maybe I'm crazy. Maybe this isn't 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:33.039 for this, you know, maybe this is like your main keyboard [music] and then this 00:08:31.599 --> 00:08:38.560 is hooked up to a desktop and then you've got like this little screen here and then you've got a big monitor here. 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:42.880 That's kind of cool and I could see that as like a really interesting [music] use 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:46.000 case. And then hey, you want to pack this up and take it somewhere. Well, 00:08:44.240 --> 00:08:53.040 it's easy. You close it, you unplug it, and you take it away. Um, but little 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:56.080 screens about this aspect ratio and size already exist. And you know, they're 00:08:55.040 --> 00:09:01.120 already they're on their own, too. they're not stuck on this hinge and you can take them off and put them wherever 00:08:58.880 --> 00:09:03.519 you want. So, if you want to do that setup, why don't you just buy a 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:07.120 keyboard, buy one of those little screens and then have your monitor and 00:09:05.920 --> 00:09:11.519 everything like, I don't know. You know what? Maybe I'm an idiot and maybe that's just not the right use case and 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:17.279 maybe it's really for like gamers. All right, we've got our Xbox Ally X. Uh, 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:22.240 they did show someone doing something like this in their promotional material 00:09:19.760 --> 00:09:25.839 on the Kickstarter web page. Yo, it actually worked just fine. didn't have 00:09:23.920 --> 00:09:31.200 to install that display driver at all. It's almost the same size. 00:09:29.201 --> 00:09:36.720 [laughter] Like, yeah, it's bigger for sure. For 00:09:34.560 --> 00:09:40.000 sure it's bigger, but like it's not it's not that much bigger. I don't know. I 00:09:38.880 --> 00:09:43.920 don't know if I'd bother with this system either. I guess it makes things a 00:09:42.080 --> 00:09:48.240 little easier. Like I can, you know, hit here and then I can search for like uh 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:52.320 Final Fantasy and, you know, that's easier than if I tried to like touch 00:09:49.839 --> 00:09:55.839 type away at some stupid uh set of letters. So, that's kind of nice. But, I 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:58.640 mean, I don't know. Do I like I could just plug a keyboard into this thing. I 00:09:57.279 --> 00:10:03.360 don't need a whole second screen to do that. If you don't have either of these 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:06.959 plugged into a separate power source now, you're going to drain your battery 00:10:04.640 --> 00:10:10.000 on your handheld even faster because you're hooked up to a keyboard and a 00:10:08.800 --> 00:10:14.880 screen, and both of those are going to suck back some juice. So, um I don't 00:10:13.040 --> 00:10:20.000 know, guys. We call this series kick farted for a reason. It's so cool in 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:23.360 theory, and like it's not even a bad product, honestly. Like, the screen 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:28.720 looks decent enough. The keyboard felt okay to type on. Um the construction is 00:10:26.560 --> 00:10:34.079 like pretty solid. Honestly, it feels good. And um I I don't think they've 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:36.800 made any mistakes. I just [music] I don't understand who it's for. You know, 00:10:35.680 --> 00:10:41.279 it's like one of those things where like people get in their mind like, "Oh, I want this use case. Like I have this use 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:44.959 case for this thing and I want a product. Other people must have that as 00:10:43.040 --> 00:10:48.800 well. I'm going to build this product." Okay. I'm not using it. I am just 00:10:47.040 --> 00:10:52.640 playing Hades on it to, you know, give you guys a good view here. 00:10:51.680 --> 00:10:58.937 Yeah. Yeah, you really see the reflections. There is like zero anti-lare. 00:10:56.480 --> 00:11:03.200 So, okay, one advantage, you know, [music] say you've got a handheld um 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:07.200 that plays a lot better with keyboard and mouse. You could plug a keyboard and 00:11:05.680 --> 00:11:11.200 mouse into this thing and then boom, you've got your own little like [music] 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:15.440 laptop except it's powered by a handheld now. But then just get a keyboard and 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:19.360 mouse for your handheld and then like, okay, sure, the angle's a little off, 00:11:17.519 --> 00:11:23.200 but do you need to pay the money to get like an extra? I don't know, guys. I 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:26.640 don't know. There's, you know, I love novelty. I really do. Like, there's a 00:11:25.040 --> 00:11:30.240 lot of keyboards that I probably shouldn't have liked as much as I did, 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:33.920 but they did something refreshing or they did something interesting to me or 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:40.079 they looked really cool or they used a neat material or whatever. 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:44.560 I just don't understand who this is for. And maybe it's just because it's not for 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:49.360 me. I guess my real problem with it is, you know, we paid about $270, which I 00:11:47.760 --> 00:11:54.320 guess is reasonable for like a portable keyboard with a screen attached. Um, but 00:11:51.760 --> 00:11:58.480 the problem is if you don't get it on Kickstarter, it's going to retail for 00:11:56.000 --> 00:12:02.079 more like $535, which at that point I just no, I don't 00:12:00.959 --> 00:12:06.880 think you should do this. I think you should buy a portable monitor and a portable keyboard unless you're really 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:10.240 looking for like the all-in-one device. Uh, but I just I don't know. I don't 00:12:08.880 --> 00:12:17.200 know if it's for me. [music] 6 and how many? 693 backers uh raised a 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:22.160 lot of money for this thing and I really hope that everyone who gets it likes it 00:12:20.160 --> 00:12:27.920 cuz I'll say it's a quality little device. It's just confusing and it's not 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:31.519 for me. But you know what? I'm poof and this is just ShortCircuit. And if you 00:12:29.200 --> 00:12:35.839 want to watch other short circuits, um maybe look at the one where I checked 00:12:33.680 --> 00:12:41.360 out uh not the Flux but a different keyboard that had a screen built in. 00:12:37.760 --> 00:12:45.160 That was also a very questionable uh 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:45.160 purchase and experience. 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:52.480 Goodbye. This is me typing on the Keo. 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:55.200 Wow. Keo, more like Higgo. See you 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:55.200 later.