WEBVTT 00:00:00.199 --> 00:00:09.679 you open up this suitcase and their eyes light up with Wonder until they ask it's 00:00:05.200 --> 00:00:13.280 just a big laptop no way man it's a TV a 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:16.119 it weighs like 30 lb well yeah cuz it's 00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:22.800 a home theater in a box how much is 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:27.400 it how much does it 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:29.000 cost the LG standby Migo spelled like I 00:00:27.400 --> 00:00:34.399 am claiming to have written the hit Eminem song El leave is a briefcase 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:40.879 system designed for entertainment on the go inside this box is everything you 00:00:37.760 --> 00:00:43.879 need for movie night in the woods a 00:00:40.879 --> 00:00:47.120 bright 27-in smart display four speakers 00:00:43.879 --> 00:00:49.199 in Stereo configuration and a battery to 00:00:47.120 --> 00:00:53.120 power the whole thing but none of that is what made us want to talk about it 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:58.039 it's rare that a device splits our team's opinions this cleanly on the one 00:00:56.120 --> 00:01:02.640 hand we've got the pragmatists who expect the most performance for their 00:00:59.960 --> 00:01:07.200 dollar they aren't thrilled with this thing but then we've got the gadget 00:01:04.479 --> 00:01:12.520 Geeks Who are always excited to see cool new ideas and the standby Migo is 00:01:09.960 --> 00:01:19.680 certainly that it's eye-catching it's different it's kind of cool but is it 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:23.759 good let's find out after this quick message from our sponsor vessie protect 00:01:21.880 --> 00:01:27.600 your feet from precipitation and perspiration with vessie and their 00:01:25.479 --> 00:01:33.200 diatex technology check them out at the link below and use code Linus Tech tips 00:01:29.520 --> 00:01:35.240 to get 15% off for fun this is my first 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:40.439 actual Hands-On with this thing and the real question is is it cool to have my 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:44.320 own little home theater in the woods I got to say I kind of thought it was 00:01:42.119 --> 00:01:49.719 going to be stupid but immediately I'm looking at it going this would have come 00:01:46.320 --> 00:01:52.479 in handy so many times I mean it's more 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:57.640 luggable than portable but the colors pop the anti- glare performs way better 00:01:54.840 --> 00:02:01.399 than I expected immediate Impressions kind of like it it's a little cold today 00:01:59.600 --> 00:02:06.960 thank I got my 3D downjacket LTD store.com but if I wanted to watch TV 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:10.119 outside or play games it's probably 00:02:06.960 --> 00:02:11.599 Dumber Solutions got little rubber 00:02:10.119 --> 00:02:17.959 corners on it for ruggedness oh whoa 00:02:13.959 --> 00:02:20.959 hi oh yeah it does that oh yeah it does 00:02:17.959 --> 00:02:22.560 just in case you want that to happen 00:02:20.959 --> 00:02:26.599 given how close you're seemingly intended to sit to it 1080p does feel 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:30.800 like a bit of a compromise but overall there's got to be Dumber Ways to solve 00:02:28.640 --> 00:02:35.120 this problem we pleasantly surprised to find that the display has pretty good 00:02:32.760 --> 00:02:39.680 color accuracy this is in spite of a bit of overemphasis on the Reds and a color 00:02:37.440 --> 00:02:43.959 temperature that pushed cool by default for a little boost in luminance bit more 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:49.599 on that later we measured an average Delta of just 2.68 and in this Vivid 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:56.280 mode and plugged in we also measured around 500 nits Peak brightness which is 00:02:52.519 --> 00:03:01.280 not amazing but certainly usable but 00:02:56.280 --> 00:03:05.560 wait says 250 when plugged in 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:08.560 250 when you're on the beach you get 250 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:08.560 nits 00:03:08.720 --> 00:03:14.879 450 okay a portable power 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:20.159 station that kind of defeats the purpose of this thing don't you think so even 00:03:17.640 --> 00:03:27.280 though it's Dolby vision and hdr10 compatible it's on battery performance 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:29.799 250 nits Peak with no local dimming 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:34.080 means that the highest thing about your High dynamic range is probably going to 00:03:31.920 --> 00:03:38.840 be that fungus that you found behind a tree or who knows maybe I'll be 00:03:36.640 --> 00:03:43.920 pleasantly surprised all right magad gals how you going to look on this oh my 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:49.080 God it switched into Dolly Vision mode and immediately it's like 00:03:46.480 --> 00:03:53.599 d it switches out of the Vivid mode so you can switch it back for a little 00:03:51.040 --> 00:03:59.840 color or we can plug you in it's not even broad daylight guys 00:03:57.079 --> 00:04:04.879 it's freaking overcast and foggy and this looks like I have my laptop screen 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:06.239 in power saving mode this is on battery 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:12.760 right now it's on battery let's plug it in shoot man that's not good I can't see 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:16.079 right now swipe from the top see if the brightness is at Max it should be but 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:20.199 swipe is this a touchcreen is a touch screen well there's good news and bad 00:04:18.239 --> 00:04:26.639 news the good news is the touchcreen works the bad news is that's it boss 00:04:24.080 --> 00:04:31.800 this is not HDR that's not a flame that's white this is not fire or lava or 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:35.600 whatever the crap it's supposed to be it's yellow circles and that's what the 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:38.010 low Peak brightness is going to do to you what are these speakers going to do 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:41.279 to 00:04:41.520 --> 00:04:50.680 you what a disappointment they had this entire 00:04:47.320 --> 00:04:54.000 enclosure here and they put the speakers 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:57.360 behind the screen hold on the speakers 00:04:54.000 --> 00:05:00.240 are in here yes 00:04:57.360 --> 00:05:06.080 why all they had to do was put some angled drivers in here so 00:05:03.960 --> 00:05:09.800 that they would actually hit you instead of bouncing off the back of the monitor 00:05:08.400 --> 00:05:16.840 not trying to be a jerk about it or anything but that's not how you do this 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:18.800 nope if I do this and I sit here it 00:05:16.840 --> 00:05:22.880 sounds way better yeah you're right it's not impeded yeah yeah you're not wrong 00:05:21.080 --> 00:05:26.720 why you don't build a speaker and then put a thing in front of it Here's a 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:31.880 thought though maybe that Dolby Atmos label is less about clear dialogue in 00:05:29.039 --> 00:05:36.680 your movie and more about pounding That Base when you're around the campfire 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:36.680 let's see how she 00:05:47.960 --> 00:05:53.280 fares wow it doesn't sound good from back here either dude they had all this 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:58.720 room in it and they didn't put in a sub yeah the 00:05:56.520 --> 00:06:05.400 next thing I've been asked to try is the ambient wall paper so I like healing why 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:05.400 don't we fire up a cozy 00:06:07.560 --> 00:06:15.000 fireplace now my next challenge is to turn off the screen while my background 00:06:12.880 --> 00:06:17.759 music or audio plays in order to preserve battery 00:06:18.960 --> 00:06:24.560 life oh wow webos is a little laggy on this thing 00:06:25.280 --> 00:06:34.599 click okay I give up the only way is to use 00:06:30.919 --> 00:06:40.160 the voice controls that are disabled by 00:06:34.599 --> 00:06:43.080 default seriously yeah I see on a normal 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:47.440 lgtv remote they have a button so that you can just talk at it when you want it 00:06:45.280 --> 00:06:50.960 to be listening but on this one I guess they cheaped out on the remote it 00:06:48.800 --> 00:06:58.000 doesn't have a button so it just has an always on threshold so it has to be 00:06:53.120 --> 00:07:01.400 disabled by default I see hi 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:04.560 LG turn on off the 00:07:01.400 --> 00:07:07.840 display okay I'll turn off the screen 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:10.840 thanks Tik Tok wow well there it 00:07:07.840 --> 00:07:12.960 is you can also use your LG phone app 00:07:10.840 --> 00:07:16.680 cuz you definitely have that installed video and music are just part of the 00:07:14.599 --> 00:07:20.879 pitch for the standby me go though it's got some basic onboard processing a 00:07:18.840 --> 00:07:26.440 touch display and it can rotate as I showed 00:07:23.960 --> 00:07:30.440 you guys before to portrait mode so you can mirror your phone's display to it as 00:07:28.919 --> 00:07:34.319 long as you twist it this way and it should be noted that we had somewhat 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:38.400 mixed results with that but what you can also do is load in some of the apps that 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:45.759 are built into LG's web OS or download new ones including games I'm going to 00:07:41.280 --> 00:07:48.319 play billi and marble oh it's Monopoly 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:53.360 how about a Philippine City purchase uh okay how do I not this game 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:58.960 it occurs to me now that I had asked for a particular game on Android cuz I 00:07:55.680 --> 00:08:00.919 forgot oh right web OS they don't have 00:07:58.960 --> 00:08:08.000 Android games necessarily okay can I can I Dodge or you can move what is this 00:08:03.400 --> 00:08:10.080 game a tank battle dude come on uh okay 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:15.759 ah my notes say that we experienced some responsiveness 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:18.479 issues take that Anakin I have The High 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:22.360 Ground even at its best the web OS game library is going to make you wish you 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:27.199 had anything else attached to this thing the good news is you can all right all 00:08:24.840 --> 00:08:32.640 right all right fine we'll go home go to HDMI oh oh it fell through the table oh 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:37.479 that's not good I mean look if it couldn't survive that then it's not 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:37.479 really suitable for camping 00:08:37.680 --> 00:08:44.240 anyway how's the motion Clarity for you being completely honest I wasn't even 00:08:42.560 --> 00:08:48.279 paying attention to the motion Clarity of this display not because it's good 00:08:46.800 --> 00:08:54.080 it's really bad but I just didn't really feel like 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:58.200 that was the point of it uh here's a question what if I just unplugged the 00:08:56.320 --> 00:09:01.560 Ally and handed it to you which one do you think is going to 00:08:59.920 --> 00:09:07.519 be better oh wow is this ever a better 00:09:04.880 --> 00:09:14.800 display what's really embarrassing from my point of view is LG literally are the 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:18.760 guys when it comes to 00:09:14.800 --> 00:09:20.760 IPS why is this the cheapest worst IPS 00:09:18.760 --> 00:09:25.640 panel why do you even still make these ones the thing is a lot of what I've 00:09:23.040 --> 00:09:31.200 said so far is evaluating it as a television but it's Unique so why don't 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:37.160 we try something unique let's play a two-player game Let's Play The Chess the 00:09:34.120 --> 00:09:39.079 chess I'm a big fan of the chess do you 00:09:37.160 --> 00:09:42.519 chess not really cuz I don't really chess I think we're both about to 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:47.800 embarrass ourselves then it's okay I'm going to bring out my Rook right away 00:09:45.040 --> 00:09:51.839 I'm going to be a pro bring out my king what okay I I don't think Pro works the 00:09:50.800 --> 00:09:56.360 way you think it works I'm going to bring out both Rooks it's the two Rook 00:09:54.320 --> 00:10:04.240 defense a country is only as strong as its king a country is only as powerful 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:06.360 as its pawns it's loyal servants check 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:09.680 no here we go you kill it no I don't want to you don't want to kill it I 00:10:07.880 --> 00:10:14.519 believe in peace if you guys want to see the whole chess game L mg. g/f flat 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:20.279 plane we're going to have it up there why you run away you're falling for one of the 00:10:17.959 --> 00:10:20.279 classic 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:25.959 blunders what what 00:10:28.040 --> 00:10:31.920 the 00:10:31.920 --> 00:10:38.000 what that I have no idea what happened 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:42.560 in all seriousness though there are other aspects of the device that we 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:48.000 should talk about battery life is advertised at around 3 hours we got four 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:54.600 to five and that was streaming Disney plus and YouTube the io is both limited 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:58.320 and good enough you've got a power in a 00:10:54.600 --> 00:11:00.120 battery on and off button an IR blaster 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:04.399 Port just in in case you want to set up a relay a USB port which I could 00:11:02.760 --> 00:11:07.240 definitely see people using you bring along your little collection of videos 00:11:05.839 --> 00:11:11.760 to watch in the tent or whatever the case may be and a single HDMI port one 00:11:10.160 --> 00:11:17.480 thing that does feel a little conspicuously absent given that it's a 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:19.680 smart TV is any kind of connectivity 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:23.639 there's Wi-Fi obviously but there's no Ethernet Jack and maybe more importantly 00:11:21.839 --> 00:11:27.320 there's nowhere to put a SIM in it or anything like that so you're pretty much 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:31.079 tethering to a phone if you want a connection and you'll need a connection 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:35.800 ction because there's no internal accessible storage realistically though 00:11:33.880 --> 00:11:40.240 in spite of all of my complaints if you're the kind of person who wants a 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:45.000 standby me go whether it's for Van life or giving presentations on the road you 00:11:42.959 --> 00:11:50.519 already know who you are and I'm honestly not here to argue that it's 00:11:47.320 --> 00:11:52.639 utterly unique so why don't we focus 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:57.240 then on the ways that I feel LG could improve this experience for the people 00:11:54.959 --> 00:12:01.320 who need something like this losing almost half of our brightness when when 00:11:59.040 --> 00:12:07.160 we're away from power is a huge Downer when the whole point of this thing is to 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:09.160 be away from power on top of that once 00:12:07.160 --> 00:12:14.199 the external juice is cut we saw some 240 HZ flickering remember this is a 60 00:12:12.399 --> 00:12:18.720 HZ display meaning that there were duplication artifacts in high motion 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:22.399 scenes it's not a huge deal in most slow-moving video content but it's 00:12:20.839 --> 00:12:27.639 definitely distracting if you got your PS5 hooked up and you want a game or 00:12:25.079 --> 00:12:32.920 wait okay that's a bit of a problem too the standby Migo doesn't share power 00:12:30.560 --> 00:12:36.639 with external devices it's like saaron okay so you're going to need a power 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:42.240 station for anything that is beefier than a USB drive with your MP4s on it 00:12:39.680 --> 00:12:47.279 and at that point compact portable monitors go up to 24 in now and pair 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:52.519 very nicely with stereo ready Bluetooth speakers from the likes of JBL or sound 00:12:50.040 --> 00:12:57.720 core none of that is my biggest issue though my biggest problem is the cost 00:12:55.560 --> 00:13:02.920 you could buy a whole ass all-in-one computer with a built-in battery like 00:12:59.839 --> 00:13:05.320 the HP EnV move for much less than the 00:13:02.920 --> 00:13:10.880 standby Mig go and then you end up with a full fat Windows PC instead of this 00:13:08.440 --> 00:13:15.959 weak web OS machine we're going to have links to some alternative suggestions in 00:13:12.800 --> 00:13:19.600 the video description this thing was 400 00:13:15.959 --> 00:13:23.600 500 bucks it's a winner and even at 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:27.199 6700 I still think it has a place but at 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:30.120 $1200 look if you like it you like it 00:13:27.199 --> 00:13:35.120 it's not awful it's it's just it's hard not to compare it to existing less 00:13:32.959 --> 00:13:42.519 expensive Solutions even if they are a little less elegant like this inelegant 00:13:37.920 --> 00:13:44.880 segue oh no to our sponsor vessie 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:49.360 dreaming of long summer walks during the cold winter months well don't Let the 00:13:46.920 --> 00:13:54.120 Rain Fall Down and disrupt your dreams walk free with vessie they claim their 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:58.399 shoes are 100% waterproof 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