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Even though we've procured all of our stuff and it's mostly in the room, we
haven't figured out our acoustic treatment. We haven't figured out our HDR issues.
>> Slight bad news. >> Bad news. First thing in the morning.
>> Yep. >> But I think I have a plan. >> I'll be back in like 30 minutes.
>> 30 minutes. Oh, dude. I was really counting on you to help me with the
aesthetics. >> Oh, yeah. I'll be back for that. >> Natalie is not even here yet. She's
buying snackies. >> We got the goods. The 12-pack Mountain
Dew and a pack of Cool Ranch Doritos. We still have about $2 left. I think this
is going to be good. I'm going to bribe the judges with these gamer snacks. >> We picked up all our stuff last night.
>> I went to a furniture store and I went to their outlet section and it was like
literally a scrapyard. They had like extra broken pieces everywhere and I picked up what I could. Picked up some
wall art for cheap. Picked up some of this. shelf. >> Picked up some plant and picked up this
from the thrift store and then some more floating shelves. Fake plants and a
candle. A basket and another throw pillows. >> I found some stuff. I did get that art.
There you go. That was like 10 bucks. So, whatever. This was a find. And it's
a little mini fridge. Oh, you didn't show
off your the the comic. >> One of the TV things that we're watching
is Adventure Time. >> And then the last thing was just a
dollar store run. Just a bunch of different snacks and stuff. Uh,
>> I have a better one. >> We'll explain that later. This is probably just going in the garbage. Oh,
yeah. The mouse. It's like actually in pretty good condition. >> Okay.
>> How long is this going to take? >> Probably a while, unfortunately. So, if
you can work around us to stick stuff on the walls, do it. >> The projector not being mounted makes me
want to cry in a pile of sadness, but um, we'll figure it out. First thing
we're going to do today is see if we can get the PlayStation running directly to
the TV. This receiver doesn't pass through HDR. So, right now, yeah, our
movies and games look pretty good, but we're not getting HDR. Wow. Only two
HDMIs on it. >> I know. It's so budget.
>> Weak sauce. >> At least it has ARC. >> Okay, here we go.
>> It's hard to tell if HDR is on or not, or if it's just the crappy panel.
>> Maybe try flipping HDR off and then flip it back on. Okay,
>> I'm pretty sure this is on. >> Panel might be fine, but our backlight
is does not have full array local dimming, so it is what it is.
>> Yeah, I still want to validate the sound
because I didn't look at that too closely. There we go.
>> That looks like ass. >> It does. >> Is Adventure Time not in HD on Prime? I
wonder if the trial is SD. >> It shouldn't be.
>> Should we put a Blu-ray in to check and make sure the audio is working and then maybe you have Dark Knight?
>> Sure.
All right, >> this is good here. >> I think we're good.
>> The print failed on the TV feet. I need to make something that is low profile,
black, and hides in it. We have these shelves that we took out. The idea is to
cut these into something and basically precariously balance the TV on this. It
should be good enough, right?
And this is our new feet. We're going to put one like this, one like this, and
the TV is just going to rest on this thin piece on both sides. They are ugly,
but they should work. >> It's not going to be super stable.
>> Oh, man. Really, Sebastian? >> Time constraints. It's my best work.
>> Oh, dude. This is sketch. >> Not earthquake rated.
>> Nope. >> Okay. >> It's low profile.
>> It's black. >> Mhm. >> Is Do you have a Sharpie? >> Pens are tools, right?
>> Pens are tools. >> Okay. So, let's just give it some Sharpie and then >> Sharpie and Yeah. fill in that spot.
>> Okay. >> Oh god. >> Are you putting it on studs?
>> Oh god. >> Are you stripping the screw? >> No. Can I borrow this?
>> You can borrow that. Yeah, absolutely. >> Oh, okay.
>> Does this look okay? It's kind of >> It's very very droopy,
>> saggy. >> It's upside down. Now it's upside down. >> Oh, cut all of that out.
>> You're too far to the left. Yeah, but if I manipulate it anymore, I'm I'm
concerned the mount will like snap.
>> Luke, I need you. >> Thank you.
>> Just going to grab one of these. >> Sure.
>> At a certain point, we're just going to accept it. Yeah. >> Plastic knives to the rescue.
>> Sammy. >> Yeah, >> you're good. >> Yeah. Thank you.
>> That's good for this part. We're going to move the couch back. All right, let's get this out of here.
>> Uh, Dan, we're all set on cables. Anything extra I can take out? Start finishing it off.
>> Yeah, I don't know how to mount it. Do you know how to mount this stuff? >> Yeah. Yeah. So, one here and one there.
>> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Sebastian, do you want to get Nat to
help you with the wall panels? I trust you two way more than No offense. Um, I
trust either of us. >> Yeah, we can do that. Do you want to do the lights? >> Oh, no. Do they have a controller or do
we need Wi-Fi? >> It says it doesn't need Wi-Fi and it has a remote.
>> Yes. I'm on this then after I'm done sharping. That looks so much better
though. It doesn't really like stand out anymore.
You know what? That actually is not bad.
>> Did the Blu-ray come with a DVD or something? Because this looks like Butt.
>> Says Blu-ray. >> Uh, >> we do have alternatives because
theoretically it should be on here, too. So, this should come
>> in UHD after we get 2 minutes of ads. >> I can tell you the resolution of the ad
sure isn't UHD. Oh man, there's so much compression
blocking. >> I know. >> Can we see the Blu-ray again? >> Yep. >> Maybe I was sitting too close before.
Let's see. >> Yeah. Keep this. Way less compression
artifacts. >> It's a little softer because it's 1080, but it is way less compression.
>> Yeah, these are the 3D printed backs that Justin did. Stands out on the white
one, obviously, but it looks pretty good. A couple of them had like ruined
thumb stick tops. Both the top left. This the person we bought this from must
have played a specific game. doesn't 100% look or feel perfect, but it looks
and feels a lot better than it did. So, I'll take that. >> Um, Justin, do you want to start getting
the controllers charged? I don't know where it happened. >> No, they're double A's. We're good. >> Yeah, they're double A's.
>> Oh, thank these are honestly not getting any cleaner. >> Into the wire basket.
>> Okay.
>> Wa. Wow. >> Dan, what >> do you mind if we put the couch in
place? >> No, I need it in place now. That would be great. >> Yeah. Okay. >> I got to start doing my audio testing.
Whoa. >> Yeah. Watch the projector. >> Yeah. Sorry. >> Being held by Hilton Dreams.
>> Tilted now. >> Oh, I'm sorry.
>> This is the uh We're making designs >> on the go. >> Yep.
>> I hope they look okay when they're dried.
That improves the homeiness factor immensely.
>> Good call, Linus. >> How's the clap edge right now?
>> You can get the door. I think it's actually bouncing off the ceiling the most.
>> Do we want to put some triangles on this? >> I would I would love to. Maybe just like
a couple bigger shapes.
>> 45 minutes. >> Sebastian, I have good news and bad
news. >> Uh, bad news. >> Bad news is the remote is not in here.
>> Then we need the app. That's fine. The app >> app uses Wi-Fi.
>> Can you use it to set it up? And then >> Wait, is this one sealed? Hold on. Hold
on. Maybe this one has a remote. A no.
You know what? Yes, that was the good news, by the I think you're brilliant. Excellent. We can set it up now cuz
we're allowed to use Wi-Fi for setup and then set up. >> Y sick.
Thank you.
Oh god. No. That one's too heavy.
>> Hey Sebastian, want to play your favorite game again? >> I'm guessing it's bad news and bad news.
>> No, there's good news. Bad news is this strip doesn't work. >> Okay.
>> The good news is this one does. >> Oh. One strip. >> We have one strip. Do we want underglow
on the couch or bias lighting on the TV? >> TV. >> I think TV.
>> Not going to lie, I was kind of hoping they'd say couch cuz that would have been a lot easier. But I think it's the
right call because not only does bias lighting improve the mood and the vibe,
but it also is supposed to improve the perceived contrast, which with our HDR
TV is going to be a plus. Try not to knock this TV over. That would actually
be disastrous right now. I need you to go to the other side to help me stretch
this across all without knocking over the TV. Oh, wait. Shoot. We're over
these cables. I got to hand it to you through the cables, too.
>> No, it has to go under this power cable. I can get behind. I got this other side.
Wait. Oh, god. You got it. Okay. I got my side. I got my side.
>> It's not on very well. I'm holding the TV. You can go down on your side. >> Okay. I got it under the thing.
>> Okay. >> Okay. Oh god. Oh.
>> Okay. >> Down on your side. >> Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Is she still stable?
Is >> now we're good. How does it always come down to the wire like this?
>> Looks a bit like a real set, but so far it works. That's better than I was
concerned we were going to be at like half an hour ago. >> All hands on deck. We're centering the
TV. >> I think you need to go on more step side. Just a little bit.
>> Okay, we good. >> Do we have anything that we can cover this up with?
>> Oh, that's true. The lighting lights it right up. >> What I'll do, I'll cut the shelf that we
have over there into a strip. We can just put it in front there. >> Do we want to go with like blue kind of
light like lighting? We should decide that right now. >> Dad, the blue.
>> Yeah. >> Are we happy with what the BIOS lighting looks like? >> Yeah, I'm happy with it.
>> You're happy with it? >> Are there any other little outstanding items that you have, Pancrrets?
>> It would just be double- checking to make sure that everything works. >> Okay, let's do that then.
>> Our subwoofer is not overcooked right now. >> Maybe a little, not much.
>> I've got the center boosted 3dB right now. >> Give her another 2dB.
>> No. >> Yeah. >> Yep. We still need to clean the TV and
clean the console. >> Front center. Front. I'm just checking
to make sure that uh all the channels are working properly.
>> There we go. >> Dollarama, baby. >> I'm glad I got just the right amount of
stuff. I think I could have gotten like a little more to fill up like one of the
shelves that I ended up putting like the snacks on, but I think I had like the
perfect amount of things on the amount of shelves that I got and a good amount
of shelf. Okay, we still have some time. I'm going to set up the banana cuz I got
the best banana of them all. This one too bright.
>> So, I'm just looking at what the piece looks like. And we're going to do it
like the other way around to make sure that we're not infringing on.
>> What I'm working on just finished. I was working on connecting the Xbox
controllers. All three are now connected. So, that's good. You like my
desktop background? It's a official Microsoft 4K version of the Windows XP
Bliss background. Another thing I noticed was in the shadow options under
network there was this setting and it used to be set to like 20 or 30 and now
it's at 70. So that should help. >> No hole patch. We'll patch him uh from
the inside. Scissor list not available. >> Okay. >> Is that HD bliss? Oh my god. This room
is really good for like reducing anxiety. >> Yeah. >> It feels like a therapist room.
>> That's not a thing that you should say. >> Yeah. All right. Just keep going. Keep
going. >> These fine art contemporary art pieces. You'll see like somebody who paints like
an entire canvas in red and you're like, I could do that. But it's actually about
like the way that you like use the brush a bajillion times to make it perfectly
red. I'm not an art major, but I'm trying my best to like notice the little
details like where the duct tape goes. Oh, I think it's ripped.
>> I'm pretty sure the tape is not perfect. >> It's supposed to be ripped.
>> It is a living art piece, though. They literally update it all the time.
>> Do you guys like the media on here, or should I lose it? Would it be better if they were tucked straight?
>> Straight an angle's fine. I think it goes fine. >> Oh, the flowers kind of died overnight, didn't they?
>> We can go last minute. >> Uh, that's pretty sad. No, that's pretty
sad, too. What the hell? Do we not have any grass here? What the
>> Where's Sebastian? >> He went to go pick flowers. >> He's picking fl Okay, I need him to cut
this. I don't know where the saw is. He's picking flowers. Yeah. No. No. It
makes sense. >> Here,
Sebastian. I need another cable management hider. Can we just break it
in half? >> Uh, yeah. I'll show you. I'll show you. I'll show you. >> We've got some grass for touch grass.
>> Okay, let's go. Let's go. Let's go. >> Minus. What do you need? >> This I could Sharpie for a very short
distance. >> Okay. Yeah. And then I can sharpie the other side and we can put it on the other side of the thing.
>> Oh, we still have to wipe down the TV. >> Connection drops. Packet loss. Why does
the office's internet just suck so much? >> Okay, that's all holes minus roof.
>> Cool. We got to find something for the roof.
>> Pays off to be friends with logistics. They'll help you with things if you ask nicely.
Hey Dan, you're up. >> Now I just need to basically adjust the
levels of them and then I'm done. >> Okay, two people stabilized, one person
clean. >> Do we have another Sharpie? >> We're just cleaning the TV right now. Let's get this as clean as we can.
You're going to have to kind of really scrub it just in the in the bottom corner. I don't know.
>> 5 minutes. >> Do you have a good like reflection from the light to see? Okay, good. And then
as soon as we're done wiping the TV, Pancrats, I guess you get content on it.
Y >> I will continue sharp Sharpieing. >> Okay, I think it's pretty good.
>> Okay. There's like a mode right here.
So, the bass sounds like but whatever. We've got like no time left. So, I give
up. >> Dan, I need um the room for the last part. >> We're done with audio. We're good.
>> Okay.
>> Oh god, >> that's very scary. >> Careful. It's It definitely moved.
>> It's fine. It's fine. It's fine. It's fine. It's fine.
>> Guys, be careful. >> Yeah. >> Projector's moving. >> Yeah, I'm I'm coming down now.
Okay, final stage. It's together. Unfortunately, the the
projector shifted, but the roof hole seems to be covered. The bananas on the
wall. The room is together, which honestly Oh, hey, there's still light
coming through that hole. >> Yeah, right there. I'm >> trying to make it so that the the games
are at least in like full screen before they get here. >> Luke, does that work?
>> Yeah. >> Wait, guys, quick. Um, covers or naked?
Naked. Naked. >> Naked. Naked. Naked. >> 1 minute.
>> 1 minute. >> Oh, wait. One last question. Nat. >> Yes. Yes. Yes.
>> From an aesthetic balance perspective, do you want the PC there or the little
table thing there? >> PC there. >> PC there. You bet. >> 30 seconds.
>> Uh, can you confirm now that it is here that we like it there?
>> Yep. 30 seconds. I'm going to turn the light back on.
>> I think it all came together. >> I turned the controller off intentionally so it doesn't drain the
battery. >> You know what? No, let's let's have it on. I think this is more welcoming.
>> 9 8 7 6 5 4 3
>> 2 1 >> Okay, I'm pretty happy.
>> I'm stoked. >> This is fire.
>> Stop damaging the
Jesus. >> With the rooms ready to go, it's time for the most important part of the week,
the judging. Lionus, seeing as you got to pick your teammate second, would you
like to be judged first or second? >> What do you want?
>> Uh, I want to be judged second.
>> I want second. >> That's how it's going to be.
>> You know what? Why don't we flip for it? >> Sure. >> I actually baited you to exactly what I
wanted. So, I did not want a coin flip. I wanted you to go >> to go first or second.
>> Second. >> You want me to go? Oh, I want to go second. I have been baited.
>> Luke is a master. >> Ah.
manipulator. >> Yeah, that's right.
>> Okay, let's get the judging underway.
Welcome to the humble abode.
Having seen the rooms as they were before, very impressed.
>> It's supposed to be multimodal kind of.
This is not just a theater room. It's not just a gaming space. You want to be
able to relax in here. There's drinks in the Coke fridge. There's snacks in
varieties of places. You can do whatever you want. >> Is that from Momma?
>> Uh, yes. We also have various pieces of art around the room, including a lore
accurate banana taped to wall reversed orientation on purpose to make it
legally distinct.
>> I do like the use of the acoustic paneling to like flank the sides of the
projector screen. I think it fills up the space pretty nicely. >> The warm light is nice, although a lamp
shade maybe hiding that would have been a good touch. >> I was going to check if the if the
surrounds are at the same height. >> They're not. That one's hiding. Yeah,
that one's higher >> and crooked. >> Uh, adjustable. We like we like to go
with adjustable. >> Okay, good to know. >> Can I adjust it right now? >> No. >> Uh, prefer maybe not. Uh,
>> this fridge beside me, >> yes, >> is incredibly loud. >> It can be turned off. Uh, there is a
switch on the back. There's actually Coke in there if you would like a refreshing beverage.
>> No vibes. >> You're allowed.
>> I like this room a lot. Quick.
>> Yeah, >> it's a good size projector screen for
this room. It's not too big. >> Yeah, we didn't actually want it to feel
like a movie room. We wanted to feel like a place you can hang out and you
can also watch movies. You can also play games. You can also use computer, do whatever you want.
>> It does not feel like that. It feels like a movie room. >> Okay. All right.
>> It feels like a good movie room. I think the coffee table's nice. It's tough to like judge you on the quality of the
furniture. I'm actually just impressed this couch is like not trash.
Like it's it's okay. Still on the decor side. Um it's obviously very clean
space, Nordic even. But the cable
management situation here is a lot different than from here out.
>> Yeah, it makes me sad. >> We were able to get fully hidden cables
for all of the speakers and mostly hidden cables for the projector.
>> You guys actually ran the wire through the wall. >> Yeah. >> Kudos. That's that's a lot of work. We
also just This reminded me the projector also includes 3D active 3D glasses.
>> Wow. >> So you can watch 3D movies if you're interested
>> or not. >> Yeah. >> Did you get a three Did you get us 3D
media to to test with? >> No, you look good. I got to say, you
look good. >> You've got the the tech command seat and
then you've got the snack command seat and they can both It's like a driver and
passenger in a car. >> I got you. Yeah, that's >> And then the person in the middle is
just the king. >> Just enjoying life. If you're really desperate, technically I think it's like
every 6 days you're supposed to eat the banana and replace it. >> Honestly, it looks nice, but it is the
vibe is rental property core >> or hotel room. I just got here.
>> Feels like an Airbnb. >> Yeah, >> but it is like really clean and like and
tasteful. Like look at this damn baze. It's a really clean and nice and modern
space. >> Well, I think it's time that we move on to the movie watching experience. I will
say right now, projector not even close to aligned. It's not keystoneed. It's
It's at an angle. Is there a subwoofer? >> Yes. Yeah.
>> Down there.
That sucks.
>> Marceline songs are so good.
>> Maybe I can get Marceline to write a song with me.
>> I've seen enough. >> So, what resolution is this projector?
>> 4K. Is this 4K content?
>> Yes, >> but no HDR. >> Projector can do HDR.
>> You decided there was no media software
or controller for the computer. Some sort of software interface that if I
wanted to have a more couch-like TV-l like experience. >> Definitely considered it.
>> Uh probably a very reasonable upgrade to
go into over the next little while. >> I like this though. It brings back to my
college days. >> Oh yeah, totally. >> Should we just have the lamp on instead?
>> How accessible is the lamp? >> Oh my god, >> it's um >> Oh, it really changes it.
>> Yeah, it's pretty bad. >> Yeah, that does change things. >> I think you start game.
>> Wouldn't have it on when you're gaming. >> No. So, we don't have any smart bulbs or
dimming bulbs. >> Okay.
>> And how are you doing the volume? Just on the knob of the AVR? >> Yeah. Do you have a remote for the
volume? >> Uh volume can be done here. I did did it
with a knob, but you can do it with a controller. >> The reds really blow out. Yeah, they're
really overcooked. >> Which was interesting because the
yellows were really bad. >> What were we trying to change?
>> It was >> cuz this is game streaming, right?
>> No idea at all. >> Yeah, >> unless you have a very flawless and
reliable internet connection. >> You end up with problems like this
constantly. You're constantly troubleshooting. >> I just checked our network and
everything's screwed. >> All right, give us the mouse. Let's do some lap. Do they have a lap board? What
do we got here? Oh, table. >> Oh, just a table. It's not really designed for uh heavy keyboard and mouse
use. Is >> the keyboard wireless? >> Nope. >> Oh, all right. >> We're having some office level technical
difficulties that are making that our streaming service for games is not going
to work. So, what we're going to do is we're going to run the benchmarks in front of the judges to give them an idea
of what the performance should be like on a good day. And we're going to have
that for our performance benchmark portion. Uh but this is obviously going
to affect the subjective portion which the judges will elaborate on later. The
frame rate's running smoothly on their side >> and it's just that it's dropping packets
or whatever sending to us. >> You can see that like the minimum frame
rate is still 51. So, it's not dropping on their end.
>> Yeah. >> Chug, chug, chug, chug. >> 97 average on the GPU. It's such a weird
thing. So, you're very CPU limited in this one. 71 was the average, max of
124. That's better than a lock 60. All
right, I think we've seen enough. Let's take a look at the next room. >> Welcome, Games Master David, esteemed
judges to the vibe zone.
>> Oh my god, this is >> Welcome to an 18-year-old's cool
bedroom.
>> Hey, look at all the door. >> It's a lot of dew. That's a lot of
Mountain Dew. >> Painted sauna pan. >> The acoustic panels are making a huge
change in here. How old was the person who painted the
walls? >> Eight or 80?
>> An adult. >> Is this spray paint? >> Oh, no. Don't touch that too much.
>> What the Oh, this is so you could get your center speaker there, huh?
>> These are >> These are the shelves from this unit
>> turned on end to jack up the height of the TV.
>> That is so sketch. >> That's sketch as hell. >> That's terrifying.
>> I appreciate the multi-purposeness of the space. They actually included books,
>> but no extra lighting, so you're >> It's >> Well, no, that light is adjustable.
>> Is it RGB? It's RGB wireless like Wi-Fi light. Smart light.
>> I can't control it right now. >> I like that little lamp shade on it.
>> 3D shade is a nice chair.
>> I was just >> I don't recommend the crack spot.
>> Yeah, I sat right in the middle. >> Oh, it's a love seat. That's why the
chair. >> No, what it is. If you could uh if you could move for a moment. Da da da da.
>> This is IKEA. >> Yeah, that's what we want. >> Boom. >> The chair makes sense now.
>> There is no shadow of a doubt that that is a cuck chair.
>> One of the key elements was how inviting the space is. We felt that having two
controllers is far more inviting than one controller or playing golf. Golf
with your friends. >> Nice.
>> Okay. >> Immediate hole in one set.
>> Why is no sound? >> Yeah. Can we >> Oh, sorry. Uh oh. Well, hold on. Hold
on. You wouldn't want to You wouldn't want to get up to change the volume.
>> I really like the choice to do an accent wall. You had blue walls and then one
that is a different color. Back lighting also think is I'm not going to say
classy, but it's nice. >> It does have a distinctly kind of '90s
vibe. >> It's got Cinniplex arcade energy. >> Yes. >> The Doritos match the wall.
>> Oh, yeah. >> Oh, yeah. >> Really cohesive. Really bringing it together. I do wish they had a ladder or
something so they could keep it going higher to the ceiling. It seems like it
just like arbitrarily stops, but maybe they just ran out of panels. We felt
that the room was a little tall and almost aquarium feeling. So, it was a
conscious decision not to put the sound panels up any higher than you normally
would with about an 8ft ceiling.
We found that acoustically the ceiling panels made an enormous difference even
though there's not that many of them. >> Did you make the frames? No, this frame
was free. >> That reeks a free. >> Yeah, >> it reeks as free. Almost as free as a
Pearl Harbor poster. >> No, we paid for that. Hey, that has an
actual film strip from the film. >> Wow. >> That's collectible.
>> What are you sitting on? >> Oh, I'm just sitting on a little
>> Oh, the IKEA basket. >> Convenient little basket table.
>> I like the the pullable side table. >> It's a little high.
>> Is it not compatible with this couch? works perfectly until you go to pull it
out. So, we positioned it here. >> Let's try.
>> So, the idea is that it can There you
go. It goes in about that far. >> That was not worth the effort. >> Uh yeah, that's why we had it where we
had it. >> For the most part, really clean job on
cutting the audio, the uh was that like sonap or whatever? It feels like it's
the stuff we used in the server room. The cuts are pretty clean. When you get the ones close here, it looks pretty
dirty, but when you're far away, it just
looks cheap. It was cheap.
>> Yeah, especially the screws through the middle of them. >> I think that we're really focused on
minor details like whether there's a screw hole and we're ignoring
>> I think we can hold uh two things in our minds at once. >> You have a PC and a PlayStation.
>> Uh we do. We have a working PC. It's not plugged in. Nope.
>> The rules only stipulate that you must have a working PC, which we do.
>> The uh the lighting strip behind the TV is just one color. Yes, it's bias
lighting, so it's intended to improve contrast. It's not for vibe.
>> I'm mostly impressed with the size of the speakers. Do you have any surrounds?
>> We felt that in such a small room with the budgetary constraints that we were
under, choosing acoustic treatment over surround speakers was a no-brainer. We
could have surround speakers in here, but if we had reflections all over the
place, you'd basically just be sitting in a mess of positional audio.
>> Shall we watch something? >> Sure.
I go to them. >> It's hard to judge this when we're watching such a low resolution version
of it because of the internet right now. >> Uh yeah. Which movie did you want?
Sorry. >> Uh Return of the King. >> Uh just just pointing out that as a
bonus. Um we have all three. >> Wow. >> So is there no control for the light?
>> There is. >> How do you control it? >> With an app. Oh, wait. Well, yeah, you
can turn it off. >> Yeah. Want it off then by all means.
>> Let's leave it off for now cuz we had on last one. >> You sure? Oh, okay. The film grain's
aggressive. And I'm thinking that there's processing on the TV that's
making it worse. HDR on. >> Uh, these are the non4K Blu-rays. How
are you guys enjoying the size of the TV? >> I think it's an ideal size for the
space. >> Good height, too, if you just ignore how
it got to that height. >> Yeah.
>> Let's go. The sub sounds so much like it
is over there. At least from my sitting position. It might be better when you're
closer to the corners. >> I didn't notice that. >> For me, I was just like, "Wow, that is
where the sub is." >> I was surprised at how the directional audio came through still quite a lot
even though there is no surround actual with the zipline scene specifically.
>> I would almost hazard to say that these speakers might be a bit too much for the
room. There's times where it feels almost like shouty. Like there were some
very noticeable peaks for me. >> Mhm. That didn't feel great to hear. It
was like uneven in a sense. >> All right, that's enough Christopher Nolan. Let's play some games. We have
two controllers. Just thought I'd point that out. >> You've said that a bunch of time like
you think they only have one. >> I don't know how many. I don't know what they have. There's three of us.
>> I just know. >> Yeah, you you have less. You have less. We can't all play together.
>> But look at the quality of these controllers. Dual sense. No stick drift.
>> It feels really smooth. >> It's PlayStation. >> Yeah, this tough to beat.
>> All right. Red Dead Redemption 2 gaming. >> This game came out on the PS4 and it's
locked at 30 on the PS5. Rockstar ass move. I mean, it's this for the next 25
minutes. >> Yeah. All right. Is there another game?
>> It looks like a good experience. >> It's It was made for this console, so
it's uh >> Yeah, it's like rock solid and >> Yeah, feels nice.
>> All right, I've seen enough. >> Well, hold on there. Before we get to the results, I want to tell you about a
Floatplane exclusive stream that's going to be happening on Tuesday. September 9th, where me and pretty much
all the contestants are going to watch through the show, talk about our
experiences, and sort of let you in on some of the behind-the-scenes secrets
that happened. And that's going to be happening over on LMG.gg/flatplane.
So, you don't want to miss that. Now, back to the video. We are now going to
go through our results category by category. >> Starting with Vibe Max, which is
something that sounds like it needs a prescription for
the Vibes. really accessible and I would say well decorated space. I like
everything that's in there. I think most people would think it was pretty nice.
In three words, rental property core. The stylistic design is both bland but
clean enough that you could bring anybody there, including your mom.
>> It's a wellthoughtout space. It really is. There's a fridge, there's snacks,
all very well accessible. It is a little bit bland.
>> I'm giving Vibeax a 6 out of 10 for vibes. I'm giving Vibe Max a seven out
of 10 for vibes. >> I'm giving Vibeax an eight out of 10 for
vibe. >> On to movie experience.
>> Projector, not a line. Projector has scan lines, so Adventure Time colors were weird. Uh contrast not ex not
exciting, but uh you know, it's okay, I guess. >> The projector and the surround setup at
first seemed like great ideas, but ultimately turned out to be the downfall
of this setup. The projector colors were super overcooked in the reds. People's
skins looked overly yellow and the hobbits looked like they were just dead
and they don't die. Spoilers. And then for the surround sound, it sounded like
all the audio that ought to be out of the front towers was coming out of this one surround speaker beside me. And I
had no sense of stereo panning. I just only got surround.
>> Overall, good screen size and it worked.
You clicked the movie, it played. Sound worked, volume worked,
>> and high quality files from a totally legal source.
Sir, I think you mean click the Linux ISO. >> Five, a six out of 10.
>> Seven out of 10. >> A theme is emerging.
>> It's going down. >> The gaming experience
due to technical difficulties. This was very hard for us to judge. However, it
was a technical difficulty that is well known with the strategy that was chosen.
Game streaming is only as good as your internet connection. And today's
internet connection was very bad. I felt the setup was incomplete. You went for
like a couch gaming setup with the PC, which I've had in the past, but you need
to have at minimum a wireless keyboard.
Your keyboard, it kind of made it to the couch area, but by and large, it was
designed to be used over in the corner. I'm not going to use that controller to
play an RTS. having a rented computer, a cloud streaming service, you would
expect to play normal PC games rather than just console games. Obviously, when
we did do the benchmarks, we'd had good frames overall, but it was ultimately
unplayable. For gaming, I'm giving Luke's team a six. Even though it didn't
work so well, you got to give points for the flexibility of the system. It is PC
gaming. It doesn't always just work, but you get more flexibility and freedom.
So, I like the spirit of the idea. >> You encapsulated my thoughts perfectly,
and I also gave them a six out of 10. >> You both said exactly what I was gonna
say. It's also a six out of 10. >> Okay. >> Okay. Okay.
>> That could have been worse. Yeah. All right.
>> I mean, yay. Thank you. I appreciate your feedback. >> One extra point for Dan.
>> Starting with the vibes of the vibe zone. This is where it gets really tough
because while Luke's team went with a really kind of bland, soulless, but
accessible to everyone, whereas Lance's team took a stance, you might not like
it, but some people might really like it. And it just so happens if you've
been to a party at my house, you know I like the lights low.
They also play to the judge's strengths cuz I also like acoustic treatment. So,
I didn't mind the like Doritoshaped
things all over the wall. kind of dorky vibe, but you committed to the bit. But
you did choose one of the most uncomfortable couches I've ever uh been on. And even though you can sleep on it,
I would feel like that was a punishment. TV was precariously set upon pieces of
MDF. And I would rather spend time in a space that can be bright lights that
that doesn't feel like an 8-year-old's dream room. >> Walking into Lionus' room, you knew
exactly what it was going to be for. Um, you could tell this is a gamer space.
There were books available, but also no way to turn on the light more than it
was. So, reading is a punishment. The last thing I'll say is there were quite
fewer snacks in Lionus' room than theirs.
>> And their drinks were cold. >> There definitely was points changed
based on that fact. >> Oh, let's go, dude. >> I'm giving them a seven.
>> I respect the commitment to the bit. Not my vibe. Five out of 10.
>> I gave him an eight out of 10. On to the movie experience.
Just as in Luke's room with the gaming experience, Wi-Fi reared its ugly head.
We saw the lowest res copy of Adventure Time on in existence. And
>> oh, that wasn't Wi-Fi. We were on the wire. >> So, we would have had the same issue.
>> More. >> But you also had a computer that you just chose not to use. You could have
maybe taken that computer and put a Plex server on it. Had some other home
theater PC. Instead, you uh decided to look at the uh the letter of the law
instead of the spirit of the law, and you brought a working computer and
ignored it. At least Luke had to use his computer to stream his games.
>> I'm just saying that copy of Adventure Time is not low res.
>> Oh, it's HD, but it looks pretty bad. >> Yeah, our games run fine, too.
>> Yeah, sure, bud.
>> Movie experience was way better in Lionus's room. It was the right choice
to just do 3.1. Lionus was bang on when he said that the surround just had too
many extra waveforms fighting each other. Would have liked to have seen
some treatment behind the speakers themselves, not just above it on the
sidewalls. But hey, for the display, the color accuracy was actually, you know,
acceptable. And this TV was a lot brighter than your typical projector. So
that made a difference, too, even though we weren't watching in HDR.
>> Yeah, I have to say the TV was the first thing that I noticed with the movie
experience. Yes, it wasn't the best TV in the world, but to normie eyes like
mine, it was fairly fine. It made the movies look fine except Adventure Time.
The only thing to note with the movies was uh no 4K. They went for the uh
Blu-ray option, which was a good option, but on the PS5 there was no HDR. Points
off. >> I'm giving them a six, but my home
theater at home is really good. >> I'm giving them a seven.
>> And I am also giving them a seven. The final category is gaming.
PlayStation's just so much easier to use. Oh my god. However limited the
PlayStation may be, it was a very smooth experience and it felt great to play on
that TV with its game mode on. >> It would have been nice to have a keyboard and mouse cuz you know consoles
these days are kind of computers. >> To further that point,
>> please. >> You had a computer.
You could have played games that aren't on PlayStation on that computer. retro
games, other easy to run games, but you neglected to implement that. So Luke's
system does have substantially more flexibility in the kinds of games that
you can play. >> Yeah, I will say not having the PC available did really did hurt here.
There wasn't even a mouse and keyboard in that room. I don't think I didn't see
one. And with locked frame rates at 60 and 30 for Red Dead, that was pretty
painful. >> I do want to ask cuz I didn't get a confirmation. How many controllers did
we have in Lionus' room? >> More than one. >> Two.
>> Two. How many controls do we have in Luke's room? >> Three. >> Three. >> Three.
>> How many judges do we have? >> All of the judges could play a game at the same time.
>> We didn't. >> Details. >> Overall though, I'm calling this a wash.
A six again for Lian's team. >> I was pretty won over by the
PlayStation. However, I was disappointed by the lack of a PC, which is why I gave
it a 9 out of 10. Except I told Lionus
at the start that for not picking me, he loses a point. He made no effort to make
that better. So, he gets an eight out of 10.
>> And yes, it was a tough call. Both rooms are basically exactly the opposite,
which makes them exactly the same in the same way. Um, but overall, Lionus's
gaming experience was an 8 out of 10.
Oh, the score is tabulated and out of a
possible 90 points, there is only a difference of five,
which means that the winner of Scrapyard Wars 2025
is team.
>> Oh, these are cool. >> Those are cool. >> These are like the best trophies yet.
>> Oh, yeah. Rub it in. Sure. Hey, you got you got trophies, too.
>> That is so sick. Great job, you guys.
>> Great work. It was >> I hope it's an No, it's not. >> I'm really surprised.
>> I'm surprised we judged as well as we did. I kind of wonder if they were like
being nice. Directing us towards Projector, which I've never worked with
a projector ever before, was a mistake. I genuinely spent at least half of my
time trying to diagnose shadow issues. >> We did not win the way I was expecting
to. >> No, no, not at We won on gaming. What were the odds?
>> The PS5 gave Adam a lot of points there.
>> Even with the one point deduction,
>> since season 1, there's been this concept of like if we somehow merged our
things, it would be so much better. And like if you guys had our couch,
>> our couch is more ass than the asses that sit on. I think we also got the
only secondhand copy of Cyberpunk in the entire Lower Mainland.
I wanted to get an Xbox Series X, but Returnal is still exclusive to
PlayStation and PC. >> PlayStation. Yeah, >> that would have given me cheaper
controllers, too. >> Ours were pretty banged up. We had to 3D print battery holders and thumb sticks.
That actually worked out. The 3D printing for the controllers was quite good. >> Almost as good as the Segway.
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>> Yeah. GG. GG, man.