How Nerds Watch the WORLD CUP
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2019-05-06
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996 words · ~4 min read
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ben q reached out to us to showcase their tk800
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4k projector this thing is specially designed to be great for watching sports
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ball and since it's world cup season after all we thought why not build the
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dream big screen sports watching setup for nerds with the tk421 i'm sorry
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excuse me the tk 800.
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step one is something to actually watch the game on trust me inviting people to
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come over and listen to the game doesn't work nobody will show up he's still
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there he's done it
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now lots of people use home projectors for their hundred inch plus home theater
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setups where they have complete ambient light control and they're watching
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usually movies in the dark and if that's your thing then benq's ht2550 is a great
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choice but this this is a far better one when you've got
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more light in the room like when you're gaming with the kids or when you're
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running a more social event where people want to be able to eat and talk instead
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of just being focused on the content that's because the tk800 is rated at 3
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000 lumens of brightness it's got HDR support and it's got 92 coverage of the
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rec 709 color space in part thanks to its rgbw
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color wheel that extra slice of wheel lets white
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light shine through for extra brightness to overcome ambient light pollution
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it's not quite as easy as it sounds though if too much white comes through
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the image can look overcooked and washed out if you let in too little then yeah
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the colors will look more natural and more vibrant but you won't get close to
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that advertised 3000 lumen brightness unless the screen is displaying a mostly
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white image it's all about finding the right balance
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next up if you're an insufferably competitive type a like me then you'll
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need some accessories to help you gloat now you could use team specific
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celebration tools but personally i've always found it's cheaper not to mention
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less likely to get demonetized to just throw as much obnoxious as possible at
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my friends it truly is a wonder that i have any
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moving on our projector would work on a plain white screen or failing that even
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a wall but this is Linus tech tips i mean come on
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so we went way over the top with a screen that costs almost as much as the
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projector itself this is a 100
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ambient light rejecting screen and it
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was sent to us by our new besties at silver ticket products now a normal
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white screen will scatter all of the incoming light which gives it diffusion
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uniformity or uniform brightness across the whole screen but that means that
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even ambient light gets scattered washing out the image an angular
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reflective screen like this diverts off-axis rays of light leaving
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the image chris
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which reminds me pretty much the most physical thing about watching sports is
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eating as much as you possibly can and we have got our bases covered
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see what i did there with the bases first use domino's zero click app to
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expend as few calories as possible their app lets you order your usual with
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delivery to whatever address is attached to your profile then
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this is actually the techie part you can use if this then that to track your
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order progress like sending you a text when your pizza has been put in the oven
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or changing your philips hue lights once
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it's out for delivery what goal
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yay was supposed to be excited there no i
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think that was great but all those reminders are probably
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just gonna make you hungrier so you will need some munchables to tide you over
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that is why i am jerry rigging this pet
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camera a device typically used to launch treats to your pets to be my personal m
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m peanut of course dispenser
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you guys ready
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all right and good
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oh
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seriously though for modern spectators one screen is often not enough and that
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is why my events are always byot bring
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your own tablet you can use it to chat with other fans online as the game
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unfolds hang out with a friend who's watching elsewhere or heck
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even watch a different sporting event all to get really
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rocket league it's an esport it's not a sport so a
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sport well let me how does this thing even work how
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much did we pay for this put it in the front oh stop trying to put it in the
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back line whoa and
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you can wash those salty snacks down with an always cold drink thanks to this
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generic and very chinese looking cooling
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pad
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oh my who said it to hot
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suckalonas so thank you to benq for sponsoring this
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video we had a lot of fun making it the tk800 is a killer value 4k HDR projector
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and it's got support for dp-link 3d if
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you pick up some glasses which is not sports related but it was something to
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cover about the product and now seemed like the opportune moment
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anyway you guys can learn more about it or pick one up at any of the links in
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the video description we've got amazon best buy fry's b h memory express canada
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computers newegg and the benq store so thanks for watching if you guys disliked
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this video you can hit that button but if you liked it hit like get subscribed maybe consider checking over to buy the
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stuff we featured a link in the video description also down there is our merch storage has cool shirts like this one
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and a link to our community forum which you should totally join what did