I made the World’s BRIGHTEST Gaming Monitor!

[@ADietCola]

Samsung engineers: "We can't make a monitor like that sir" "Samsung Corporate Leadership: "Linus Built it in a CAVE, with spare parts!!!"

[@deeplaysgaming4754]

Samsung engineers: were not Linus sir"

[@undeny]

with *Scraps!

[@lazarpro3030]

@@deeplaysgaming4754 the other one sir ltt not linux

[@confuded]

So the next step is to ehm... "get it" from Linus.

[@lazarpro3030]

@@confuded instructions unclear. hired lockheed.

[@SollowP]

LTT Lab: "We want to do this again but even dumber." Linus: "Why would you want to do that?" LTT Lab: *shows Linus their model* Linus: "I agree. Make this 10 times dumber and I increase your budget."

[@ipanesm]

The secret to infinite budget in LTT, make a demo for Linus to geek out to hard enough

[@SyntheticFuture]

Honestly more dimming zones would be smarter, not dumber 👀

[@rob2257]

Shows Linus their model so he can’t see their proposed budget increase.

[@pepparody]

LTT rule #1: Control the scope.

[@hsm4983]

The unbridled enthusiasm was so so good to see. The joy at being wrong. The delight of something new. The instinctive desire to teach. This is why we try things we don't always expect to work. I love it. Great job to the whole team

[@Sebbylt]

It's so built into us, to be awesomed at our own discovers, and built projects, this was genuinely so cool

[@Talos969]

Forget OLED burn in. I want the image burnt straight into my eyes.

[@galgrunfeld9954]

It's amazingl how far we've come technologically

[@matsv201]

The future is here. We no longer need to worry about lcd burn in. Because our eyes burned in

[@Winnful]

Retina burn in 😼

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

OLED Burn in.. ..more like LCD Burn down. That sounded funnier in my head.

[@ilbro7874]

But the input latency....you wont be seeing the image until its on your eyelid. How to get kills?

[@WereCatStudio]

OLED burn in has nothing on this guy

[@Bhavin_Lathia]

The video was uploaded 50 seconds ago, how come you have a comment from 25 minutes ago?

[@GamingBearYT]

HOW

[@battedtomcatnlnl153]

He payed​@@Bhavin_Lathia

[@VideoMakersCZ]

How the heck you commented 26 minutes ago 😂

[@Someorangeblock]

​@@Bhavin_Lathia Member

[@TheSaintOMS]

Shoutout to the sound guys/gals/editing team for getting SO much better with the clear audio over obnoxiously loud fans. Well done.

[@harbl99]

Next episode: "We lase gameplay footage directly into Elijah's eyeballs." "Is- is this safe?" "Sure, don't worry Elijah. We'll all be safe behind this polarized armour glass. Now watch the birdie."

[@HasturBeta]

* proceeds to drop the remote, then tip over an break the monitor picking the remote up *

[@joem3115]

It's just as safe... as our sponsor

[@emdo8437]

Snowcrash moment

[@HontasFarmer80]

"were gonna need another Timmy" energy.

[@xanderplayz3446]

Sounds like someone took Ready Player One a bit too seriously.

[@ChadCarney-hu3du]

19:29 shoutout out cameraman refelxes for changing internal ND filters right before the flashbang

[@mohamedandislam4667]

A skilled camera man is definitely better than a very expensive spare camera 🫡

[@SlevinKalevera]

This is the content we subscribe for. After almost two decades of following Linus, I'm so glad to see him see his "mad scientist" era come to fruition. This is what you do with "fuck you money"

[@bentboybbz]

I'm pretty sure he's always been that way, but now he's able to do bigger more dangerous and janky projects and has the ability to share with his friends and audience which to me would be worth more than the money or Fame or power, which is funny because we all know if Linus asked us to do something we will all do it promptly without excess questions because we know whatever he's asking for is for good, as we all know from watching him grow up, hit puberty, go through fads over the years we have been watching, that as quirky, weird, nerdy etc the man is he's got a huge heart and wouldn't ask of us anything that would hurt us or anyone else, gaining him large influence and power without trying 😂

[@SlevinKalevera]

@bentboybbz man simmer down. We're gonna be called simps 🤣🤣🤣

[@bentboybbz]

@SlevinKalevera deep in your heart, you aren't ashamed to admit it, don't lie to yourself, free yourself My brother. 😁

[@SlevinKalevera]

@bentboybbz I'm not denying shit. I've been shilling for Linus since the NZXT days and always will. I've even modeled a bunch of my business practices around stuff I've learned from him and his crew over the years.

[@bentboybbz]

@@SlevinKalevera I see you are a man of great intelligence and great taste as well my brother. I hope you are having a great day or night also ! May you always have your stick of RAM in the correct orientation on the first try and you always have the matching I/O panels for your motherboards!

[@Adam1984_]

I always love whenever Linus clearly hasn't read the final script until they're shooting, so that his "wait, what??" reactions are caught on camera.

[@Anonemousehouse]

“We weren’t expecting that nice of a reaction” Linus reacting with such excitement really makes the difference how much passion and effort his team puts into these projects. For them to hide the result and be excited to film him see it for the first time really must feel good and you can tell that they feel appreciated which no doubt helps them put in those long hours under what im assuming is time crunch for video to be ready. I would say i bet they like the extra hours but there’s a big chance they’re salary but still they get to be like Willy Wonka of the engineer worlds lol

[@cameronwebster6866]

It wouldn't surprise me if they redact parts of the script before review in cases where they want Linus's genuine reaction to a piece of information.

[@Madnessnunky]

I always enjoy the unscripted content WAY more. REAL Linus is best Linus.

[@MrJakson112]

That wait what reaction was so fake it hurts

[@Adam1984_]

@@MrJakson112 Respectfully disagree.

[@semihylmaz3949]

this is like the best LMG video in a long long long while. Not because they are bad but because this is golden

[@markbrewer8162]

We learned a lot. It was stupid, but also amazing.

[@ltpinecone]

Linus was so excited and just nerding out. Definitely a super fun video.

[@SlevinKalevera]

This is the classic content we always want to see.

[@Neojhun]

Golden like the Tan you will be getting from this gaming monitor.

[@Trucking4Jesus]

Bro needs to give his employees a break, making them work every day all day is wild

[@javidaderson]

That little mad scientist rant he went on at like the 15 minute mark is the reason why I still watch this channel, he is so excited😂

[@n4pk1nzz44]

Me playing CS2 at 2AM and getting flashed

[@mmewtwosayshello]

Adds more realism

[@aaleksiy]

holy ...

[@SolxHero]

Lol simulator set to stun

[@santaid]

I got flashed 10 times in a row at full brightness my eyes hurt for 20 minutes 💀 I hate my team

[@akhyarrayhka4048]

flashbang IRL doesn't actually emit bright light.

[@cogspace]

6:54 Note: The 1500 W limit is not a safety limit in terms of heat output. It's just the sustained draw limit for a standard 120V NA outlet. You can get much higher-output resistive heaters that run on 240V, typically used for heating garages and warehouses and the like.

[@omar.alsharif]

Thank god the rest of the world uses 240v as the grid voltage lol

[@ShiroKage009]

They need access to those insane 30A 240V outlets used for some industrial equipment.

[@wpgspecb]

@@omar.alsharif NA is 240v dude, not sure what you are talking about.

[@johnsherby9130]

Technology connections just made a video about wiring a 7.5KW heater up to your car charger lol

[@Dragoneer17]

Yes, I need a plug for a stove or drier in my living room.

[@khulhucthulhu9952]

The contrast is horrible, but the fact that the camera has trouble capturing its brightness is wild

[@amoskevitz]

@@khulhucthulhu9952 that's because they didn't wire up the leds panels individually. If they had then they could have had 50 local dimming zones.

[@munster355]

@@amoskevitz Two things: no and no. Local dimming zones would do nothing here because the lights are so far behind the LC panel that the other lights would super easily bleed into the others. Also, the lights are so bright that they have no trouble shining through the LC panel when theyre set to black, they literally do not have the physical capability of blocking that much light. Contrast is the difference between light areas and dark areas, and because of the issues above that means the panel (as is) cannot achieve good contrast.

[@amoskevitz]

​@@munster355if it was not obvious i was mostly joking. Honestly it just would have been funny for the video if they had been able to say this redicluous set up had 50 local dimming zones. However i believe you are wrong about me being wrong. I was not saying it would give good contrast, just better contrast. Even if they emitted light omni directionaly each array (because of the nature of light spread) will have a slightly stronger affect on a certain part of the screen. If you lowered the intensity of the array that affected that part of the screen the most, it would "increase the contrast" albeit with this setup, not a huge amount. For it to fully "work" you obviously would also need to tie that intensity into the video signal. Lets just say v1 has manual dimming for static images.

[@czechgop7631]

@@amoskevitz They already have 10 dimming zones because of the power supplies. Just add some logic and power relays and you can play with it. Also, the COBs still emit most light face-on, so yes, there would be bleed, but not as bad as mr. munster may think

[@daltimond]

I forget the name of the channel, DIY Perks I believe, used two LCD panels stacked together for a project. That might help with this for contrast and of course it would then be less bright. I just wonder if that would make the picture better. Not enough to do it but I couldn't stop thinking about that. This was a great idea.

[@phuzz00]

I was going to mention DIY Perks too, I remember him making a TV bright enough to watch outside in full sun. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZ2ph4OkfKqVbtE

[@soragranda]

That is my favorite video of DIY Perks, that monitor was amazing!

[@rafaelcferraz]

Most recently he made the same thing building a dual-layer monitor to compete against the Apple Display. This guy is a legend: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5Oof2x8ibGXoassi=dRqT17wZqGa73xVy

[@Shibby7634]

They mention DIY Perks in this very video you know.

[@deepak1987]

Yea, there was a video in DIY Perks where he made a dual layer LCD. But I guess if Linus had done that, he would not have won the highest nits, though the picture would have been much better. The single layer LCD itself reduced the nits by a factor of 5 - from 126000 to 26000. So the dual layer might have brought it down to 5600nits or something. That would be more like the Hisense 110/TCL 115 with 10000nits/5000nits. One difference here though is all LEDs are firing at once here, not just for peak highlights. 26000nits was the APL here.

[@jackpaxton9391]

For reference, the Sun outputs around 100,000-130,000 Lumens per square meter on the Earth (on a spot that is receiving direct sunlight). Also, the Sun outputs (at the source) 35.73 octillion Lumens! That is 35,730,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Lumens! Let's just be thankful most of it doesn't reach the Earth.

[@commander07]

Lumens per square meter more commonly known as lux (symbol: lx)

[@zanebartlett8004]

So taking that, I looked up the size of a typical 27in monitor with a 16:9 ratio (pretty standard and what I assume LTT is using) and see that it's about 23.5inx13.2in, used chatgpt to get the % of a square meter that would take up, which is 20.05%. Per LTT, at 12:03 he says that 3.426 lumens is one nit and at 21:12 says the monitor is 26k nits, or 89076 lumens. Taking that 89076 and multiplying by 5 (20% the volume of a meter x 5 = 100%) would give us 445,380, or about 4 times more lumens per square meter. It feels like given this they could actually scale it back quite a bit.

[@samlevi4744]

I mean, a lot of it does. It just spreads out across the whole earth’s daylight side. Still ain’t anything to look at. 😅

[@samlevi4744]

⁠​⁠@@zanebartlett8004I mean, at 1m, which is about the normal viewing distance, that 445,000 lumens would be 35,415lux. And that assumed that the screen doesn’t block any light.

[@DJDeon0]

But can it play Crysis?

[@L33tSkE3t]

This has been one of the best LTT videos in a while. The excitement of everyone reminded me of me being with my friends getting excited about new tech. Especially when we were kids. 😂

[@panagiotispappas1001]

OLED burn in ❌ Burning the image straight to my retinas ✅

[@Obi1kenobi10]

"Retinas" ? No... back of the skull....yes.

[@eshleyyy]

"Burn This Moment Into the Retina of My Eye" will become real 😭🙏

[@dasatec5126]

Too bad they only provided information of the lumens from the cobs. Linus was definitely looking at over 220lm (brighter than sun); hope he had eye drops to help to relax.

[@SAMMIT]

Surprised Nick Light didn’t make an appearance in this episode 🤣

[@levygaming3133]

This is absolutely my favorite kind of LTT video, this and the Turbocharged Laptop. Jank for the sake of jank. Also, I remember that JayzTwoCents did a similar video disassembling a monitor for some reason, and ended with needing some guidance that you guys seem to have.

[@mickeyhage]

You should put dual LCD panels to get blacker blacks like what DiY Perks did.

[@klaussfreire]

DIY perks forgot to correct the gamma after stacking 2 panels, but if they did that with proper gamma correction, it would be pretty "cool".

[@raptorjesus5488]

I think hisence made a tv with duel lcd's one color, one black and white as a cheaper alternative to oled. LTT would probably need 2 or 3 black and white panels to get an acceptable contrast ratio

[@BeowulfWLOG]

12:02 Note: Unless the display industry is abusing the units, lumens and nits are not directly comparable like this. Lumens are a unit of luminous flux (effectively: total power emitted) while nits are a unit of luminance (effectively: power entering your eye, at a fixed distance, per unit area of display). If you put two of these side by side it would double the number of lumens but the number of nits would not change, since you have also doubled the display area.

[@gamingmarcus]

I was wondering about that and 20 minutes of google search later I can not for the life of me figure out from which equation that conversion factor is supposed to evolve.

[@BeowulfWLOG]

@@gamingmarcus I also had no idea where the number came from. After a bit of digging, it appears that 3.426 nits is 1 foot-lambert, the US customary unit of luminance. The (many) websites saying it is anything to do with converting lumens to candela are spouting absolute nonsense.

[@BeowulfWLOG]

It occurs to me a way to make this clear is to point out that we measure monitors in nits but projectors in lumens. Assuming a perfect diffuse reflection from the projector screen, the nits of a projected image depend only on the lumens of the projector and the area of the screen. Should just be nits = lumens / area / 2pi, I think ("perfect diffuse reflection" = 2pi steradians and no loss).

[@sneaky_tiki]

Unrelated to the specific conversion they used. I know nothing, but if they know the distance from their array to the screen, and the area of the screen, why couldn't they just convert lumens > candela and calculate the nits?

[@gamingmarcus]

@@sneaky_tiki Think of it like this: Lumen specifies the absolute value of light radiation. Nits is a percieved brightness (Lumen per angle per m²). If you hang a 100W bulb inside your closet it's going to be insanely bright. If you hang that same bulb in a factory hall it's going to be a miniscule amount of light even though the output of the lamp is exactly the same. The percieved brightness depends on distance and angle of radiance. Laserpointers operate in the milliwatt range, yet you can see them in bright daylight because the beam is very focused and the angle of radiation incredibly narrow.

[@EzraClintoc]

I'd love to see a V2 of this, an idea is to place a FEW lcd layers instead of just one, it will increase contrast, thanks

[@Blaster_Unity_UB]

Wonderful classic LTT content! Also probably there are teams working on this exact concept in secret in some of the Tech Giants' labs, but we see it here first, truly beautiful!

[@hermitgreenn]

Fun fact! DIY PERKS already did a watercooled, ultra bright TV! It was not for HDR, but the point was for it to be used outdoors in broad daylight.

[@CanIHasThisName]

Another fun fact, Sun Vision displays are basically LCDs with reflective backing that are meant for outdoor use.

[@drumandbassob0007]

DIY PERKS is a class act , think Linus sponsored a video of his too

[@getricedmadafuka]

he also has a double layer lcd and i think i would work better for this imo

[@MD_Builds]

Came to the comments to say that :D

[@ArturoTabera]

2:15 Fun Fact, Linus. This is not how ND filters work.

[@p.k.953]

you gotta collab with DIY Perks he's done something similar with the outdoor tv so i'm pretty sure together you can work out industrial level quality!

[@blizard72]

You should definitely try purchasing two of the same monitor or TV and sort of combine them into one. That way you can utilize double of the front filter and get darker blacks yet it would still allow almost 100% of the bright whites through.

[@EvenFive]

You'd need to position them together at the pixel level, but that shouldn't be impossible. That plus cooling should be the next project for sure.

[@Sithhy]

@@EvenFive DIY Perks has done exactly that

[@marshallb5210]

@@EvenFive you also have to synchronize the display refresh afaik

[@Axel230]

With this level of brightness, why stop at 2 layers? The more layers you have the easier the heat dissipation becomes and the more granular the degree of control you get becomes

[@richarddavis2605]

At 20:58 when it lights up the whole warehouse is amazing! Good to see Linus so excited, please build the TV! More jankier is betterer

[@songofdistantmemories]

Something about seeing you this genuinely excited just makes me smile for some reason

[@permik]

That moment when your LCD ascends to a Vapor Crystal Display 😎

[@georgewills-ek1gg]

VCD, and it just about happened. anymore, and the glass may have cracked!!!

[@raulgalets]

Dear Linus. The human eye really has an outstanding 30 stops of dynamic range, but it only ever sees about 10 stops, and it adjusts it depending on how bright what you are looking at is. if the dark parts you mentioned at 17:17 were as dark as a regular OLED screen, and the brightest part were still as bright as your funky display, it would be over the 10 stops of dynamic range. your eyes would adjust for one or another. now. current HDR seems to have 8 stops. So, we realistically only have 2 more stops (which is effectively doubling then doubling it again) which is not as much as you might be hoping, but I do agree, it is still for from what we have. Now... about the 30 stops thing. there is nothing stopping manufacturers from using more than 10 stops, and there is actually a plethora of benefits it can have, if as you said the content is tailored for it.

[@anarchangel7]

Let David, Justin, Tynan, Dan etc. cook! This engineering content is such a level up from the usual jank. You guys have had the tools, staff and experience for a while. So glad to see it coming together.

[@yoknowhoiam5607]

This video is AGGRESSIVELY LTT. Fantastic banger. Up there with the greatest videos you’ve ever uploaded.

[@baconboys5653]

wait until he turns on discord light mode

[@justleader]

*liquid crystals explode*

[@Keepskatin]

darkmode everything even at night

[@baconboys5653]

@@Keepskatin yes

[@Hypeable07]

@@Keepskatin especially at night

[@CheeseManMedia.]

That would blow up the earth, let's not ask LTT to do that

[@vaibhavjain9526]

DIY Perks made a TV 3 years ago that was so bright that you can watch outdoors and it actually works without such burn-in

[@AlexOhrt1123]

Combining that backlight with a dual layered LCD would be SICK - per pixel contrast like an OLED but with the insane brightness you just demonstrated (though decreased a bit due to the second LCD layer, but I believe it would be worth it!)

[@Kitulous]

i think the loss in brightness due to the second panel would even be beneficial to allow to look at it without sunglasses or welding glasses. maybe even modify the games so that their normal brightness is less so that what is supposed to be very bright would "punch", like the flashbang.

[@Luke-lw5ts]

this could actually be so cool if you had 2 or 3 layers of LCD panels on this, like DIY perk's double LCD layer monitor

[@RazberryTech]

Should try multiple layers of LCDs synced together. I'm thinking with enough layers you could get the contrast back with still keeping the crazy brightness

[@wrexik]

LTT back on the crazy stuff, love it

[@zerokun2655]

18:58 having recently studied laminar flow in engineering school i got so intrigued by the idea of having the water circulating in a sealed glass panel. If you wanted it done properly you could take a specifically ebgineered type of glass with high thermal conductivity and resistance, make the glass as thin as possible to allow for good conduction from one side to the next and then the water would use convection.. as long as the hottest part of the flow remains laminar you'd be good.. you could potentially increase the speed of the fluid so that it doesn't have too much of a temperature differential (which wpuld create ripples). At that point you could also put whatever you want in front of the glass chiller because you're cooling it down significantly, and then put more lcd layers working in parallel to increase the dark spot performance

[@varno]

The dream would be a diamond sheet, though sapphire would work too. Other options are YAG, Y2O3, and ALON. I doubt anything else would work.

[@xDakos]

@@varno I could also think of doing it more like a projector like that you could build whole cooling stripes and reflect the light somehow with tiny reflectors onto the right pixels again right behind the cooling if you use multiple layers

[@zerokun2655]

@@varno yes they would be great for thermals but I don't know those materials too well, so the only thing I can think of is that they would need to let light through without bending it or refracting it.. otherwise you'll have bright and dark spots. So if they can do that they would be amazing

[@zerokun2655]

@@xDakos the issue then becomes of cooling the eventual mirrors/reflectors too, I think it would be too complex of a system for minimal gain (of course since I'm not designing a product it's just a first impression)

[@xDakos]

@@zerokun2655 100% the reflectors will also get hit by heat but when they sit on or even inside the panel theyre also already getting cooled and I guess if they reflect like 95+% light then they wont be as hot as we think

[@windwalker8604]

perfect album cover right here 18:01

[@jasonz8635]

14:54 - Practical use of flame test from JerryRigEverything XD.

[@maverick9708]

lotta firsts found here lmao

[@_BlackSpectrum]

Running it with a bit less brightness or doubling the lcd layer would be nice for better contrast!

[@CausesKaos]

I won't lie, something about this one wasn't super peaking my interest, but to my surprise another banger video

[@xXAzelialXx]

0:13 nah why did he sound like shaggy

[@q93p28]

Nah thats Mutahar (SomeOrdinaryGamer) lol

[@jesse_phillips]

I'm pretty sure that was a Jon Lovitz impression

[@panagiotispappas1001]

My monitor turns to this after accidentally turning off Dark Mode at 3am

[@Xtrems]

imagine the common situation where you have dark mode turned on but then you go to some website and it's fully white, with this screen they just made - the horror

[@Pasi123]

@@Xtrems And at least on Windows 10 opening programs in dark mode will flash white while loading, for example opening a new Chrome window

[@DonEreno21]

I would like to see this being combined with a Dual-Layer LCD design, like the one DIY-perks made not too long ago. With this many Nits, it would certainly help block out more Light in the darker areas, increasing the contrast, though at the cost of a slight reduction in brightness.

[@S41L0R]

linus: "brighter isn't always better and we'll show why today" linus: "THIS IS AWESOME" paraphrased but u get the gist

[@qwertyferix]

I guess bigger number _do_ be better sometimes.

[@kepler656]

u

[@S41L0R]

@@kepler656 me

[@MartMonster]

This video made me realize that most of these over the top videos from LTT are now just Linus reacting to stuff the rest of the team made instead of following the process of actually making the stuff. There is of course nothing wrong with this, but I would like to see more videos where the camera is following the people actually building these things, and figuring out how to make them.

[@Metal_Maxine]

I'm guessing that it depends a little on Linus' availability to present/take part and a lot more on the availability of camera operators (I think they have three or four and sometimes the editors film stuff) to stay on site with the build team waiting for the break-through to happen. I presume this was a very stop-and-start project with a lot of "we've solved that problem, and the solution caused _this_ problem?!".

[@somnion5094]

100% this. Just have them phone record everything and edit it as quickly and junky as possible and I would still watch this. Simply following Alex and Tynan and Dan and Kyle and literally any of the mad engineers there would be awesome!

[@D370n470r]

doesnt they have that on floatplane?

[@SassInYourClass]

That’s what FloatPlane is for

[@Minigig]

They even said they did film it on this video. Its on floatplane

[@KennerMarqueti]

You guys need to add a second or maybe 3rd and 4th layers of displays like the DIY Perks double layer monutor project. Then you will have great contrast AND great brightness, bonus if you use DSP to adjust backlight intensity. Man this was cool.

[@klakiti02]

When Linus is truly having fun, the videos just have that extra upff.

[@spydorocraft]

Never have I smiled as much as when watching this video. Linus reaction is just exciting and pure! Those experiments are what I love LTT for!

[@jakobfindlay4136]

v2 borrow from diy perks, use 2 lcd's to improve black levels. sounds like you can go carte blanche with how excited Linus was

[@thaliest]

Linus' level of enthusiasm in this video is infectious

[@apebabel]

Someone did a project like this, but to deepen the black they used multiple panels. It was gorgeous.

[@lance3529]

I remember that, its DIY perks "Building an ULTRA-BRIGHT water-cooled TV" right?

[@mrpiratefox4497]

​@@lance3529thats a different project, but yes its him.

[@apebabel]

@@lance3529 Close, it was his Dual Layer LCD project. I had to rewatch it.

[@fouriousbanana6966]

Would be interesting to see you combining this monitor with what DIY Perks did a while back with doubling the liquid crystal layer (by attaching two on top of each other) and thus increasing the contrast substantially. The blacks looked more like OLED blacks, and the colour saturation was doubled because of the two layers too. Although he had a big problem with the screen being too dim and even with a brighter backlight it was still very dim... shouldn't be a problem here :)

[@kyuubi3338]

Discord light mode on that thing probably violates Geneva conventions.

[@TheTechyDan]

Ok, so this monitor has ~500k lumons of brightness, but only takes up ~.2m of surface area. The Earth gets around 130k lumons of brightness from the sun per square meter. Which means that you've created a backlight about 20 times brighter than the sun. Good job team

[@EndureTyrant]

Actually an LCD only allows about 7.6 percent of the backlight shine through in ideal conditions, so if the LCD was pretty much perfect, they would've had about a 33k nit display, so their 26k nit measurement might've been accurate.

[@TroublesomeOwl]

@@EndureTyrant did they not measure the light coming out of the LCD?

[@sntslilhlpr6601]

Styropyro collab incoming? lol

[@Maxoverpower]

@@EndureTyrant They measured 26k nits, not lumens

[@Violet-ui]

Wrong, but almost Daylight on a sunny day is about 100k nits. So if you have a white surface outside, it can be 100k nits bright by reflecting daylight. But the sun itself is about 1.6 billion nits. You would need 1.6 billion nits to display the sun properly.

[@homak665]

For the next iteration you guys should do what DIY Perks did for his ultra-bright display and layer multiple LCD displays in front of it to achieve really good contrast and range. You can even collab with the guy for it.

[@cobble616]

1:47 WDYM it was already cut in half??? WHY?

[@Metal_Maxine]

Tynan on floatplane (I think).

[@notCAMD]

To show the insides I guess

[@electronash]

You had me at "LCD Display".

[@gonhog4445]

Hey! I work at Cree! We no longer make LED's and are now called Wolfspeed, but glad it was able to light up your dreams

[@thorwaldjohanson2526]

You guys should do a dual layer LCD to get that contrast up.

[@stevek662]

It's funny because it really brings out the spittle 20:44 Crazy that we're all walking around spitting at each other but it makes sense

[@trotskiftw]

@@stevek662 he is having to shout over the fans, which is probably making it worse than normal speech

[@brainsoft]

These mad scientist builds are my absolute favourites videos. It was already crazy enough, but any time they are making custom water blocks and pulling out the industrial chiller... I'm here for it, I'm all in.

[@just_mdd4]

Linus, all you had to do was turn on light mode - then again, that probably wouldn't be as entertaining, lol.

[@godspoon]

David's turkey gobble at 21:17 bout killed me

[@XXIVCONCEPT]

I tell people all the time that more actual light is the biggest game changer for HDR content. It’s why I just can’t get behind OLED monitors when Mini LED displays are simple so much brighter. This was an awesome video.

[@aeonremnant]

Perfect, just what I needed to get that immersive flashbang experience.

[@LashanR]

I've never seen Linus this excited 😂 Bring on the LTTV

[@syd_luna]

This is perhaps the best video I've seen in a very long time, probably since the LTT Screwdriver video, or even going back to the 16K monitors video. Next major project for LTT is maybe creating the best TV or gaming monitor that would challenge all the worlds TV/monitor manufacturers?

[@RealJsodGaming]

Monitor: an instrument or device used for observing, checking, or keeping a continuous record of a process or quantity LTTitor: MY EYES

[@KingJojoB]

The monitor was so bright I thought a nuke was coming in

[@metalveyn]

This, hands down, was one of the most engaging videos of the year. I love you guys tinkering with janky future tech. Especially Linus' enthusiasm was awesome

[@bcd767]

3:29 please stop I'm not even that old but I've done so much of this stuff it keeps making me feel it

[@rfitzgerald2004]

Here's a thought - fibre optic Fibre optic cables used in networking are thin as a hair, imagine finding a way to bundle them together in an organised manner where each fibre is a pixel and driving each one from a separate light source. That way you get the density you need while allowing the light sources to be as big as they need to be and with minimal if any light bleed between pixels to maintain your contrast. Next project? Maybe setup something like a 32x64 res proof of concept?

[@derbybOyzZ]

You know how people use skylights to bring more light into their home? There is the traditional design, but also one which uses fibre optic cables to bring the light into the house. Could probably repurpose that equipment.

[@killerbee.13]

I think you've just invented a worse version of OLED displays (which instead of using LCDs to filter a backlight, the RGB elements of the pixels are themselves emissive)

[@jacksonchen4824]

I love how linus is so open with this insane ideas, which is so rare from a boss/management perspectives. Time and money actually does not chnage him.

[@Grisildor]

I wish you had done an example of slowly turning on each of the arrays of COBs. Seeing it with 5, then 10, then 20, online etc, would have been cool. When the panel started dying there was a second or two where they ramped down each of the power supplies and it was interesting seeing the different stages of brightness. It would also be really cool to see how much (if any) dimming individual COBs would have been.

[@randallprince]

This. After they found the full limit of the COBs, scaling them down to what is usable and safe for the LCD would have been a great step 2.

[@Pierre-sz3gh]

Three points : a LCD in an automotive HUD has usually a mean brightness higher than 60k to 80 cd/m2. It’s just a matter of what content is displayed to make it the brightest gaming monitor and crushing your setup. Second point, the effect at the 15min mark is called the Bonenza effect (from an old TV show with a map burning from the center). It happens because the liquid crystal is so hot, it « loses » its crystalline structure (the nematic arrangement) and the core principle of the system is not operating anymore. If everything is turned off rapidly, the screen should potentially be fine. Third and most important point: please, never look again at something as bright with naked eyes. Seriously, it’s way too much energy (just to give an idea, Sun over a layer of snow is already 20k cd/m2 and you are already not supposed to look at it without efficient sunglasses and not the cheap ones from the dollar store). Don’t kid with that, eyes are precious.

[@bjorknaver4621]

Amen to all that!

[@Grandwigg]

Very much so, eyes are precious, and much overexposure damage is permanent and irreversible. (As many unprotected partial eclipse viewer have learned

[@ChrisgammaDE]

Maybe a IR filter pane in the stack can help reflect the intense IR outout of those LEDs

[@Didymuss1]

20:00 Linus going back to the Basshunter DotA days.

[@rkan2]

Jag känner en bot...

[@kasper-3099]

For reference 500.000 lumens is around half the lumens in a pocket flashlight from AliExpress.

[@leandroebner1405]

Hahaha

[@daltimond]

Thank you for this.

[@workingsmile3836]

@@kasper-3099 Most of those lie about their true luminosity

[@crazy_dan420]

@@workingsmile3836 Next thing you know people will start saying the easter bunny isn't real...

[@MTGeomancer]

I personally prefer the car horns that output several times the sound energy of the Krakatoa eruption

[@travisbonzpiercy2660]

That new bag is freaking awesome just can’t wait for it to get here. Well done on this design. I can’t wait for brightest screen part 2. Let’s see what you all got for us next time.

[@Vss077]

accordingly how bright it is, i could count every particle that came out of linus mouth. impressive indeed.

[@Dovahkiin27]

20:30 This mf spittin'

[@ahmedhali5290]

I really missed this Linus. The passion is unmatched for the lately videos. great job boiz

[@SirSicCrusader]

More like, screen burn in... YOUR HOUSE DOWN!

[@coolyo_kai]

If you made a dual layer lcd with this blacklight, it would be sick. Diy perks video about it, but he couldn't get it bright enough.

[@Joechef_]

Awesome video, actually has me excited for display tech. Can't wait to see what's next!!

[@LambdaHDvideo]

now i need this as the backlight for a double or triple layered lcd steup

[@casperunnerup]

You guys should stack 2 LCDs to get better contrast

[@TheNiteNinja19]

I love these recent videos seeing Linus so excited. The hidden gaming fort, and this. Now you guys should take this concept, and make the brightest projector. :D

[@archetype6351]

9:51 Linus looking like Oppenheimer when the nuke goes off

[@diaman_d]

gaming at 60 nukes per second. Or would you like more?

[@archetype6351]

@diaman_d "60 roentgens per second. Not great, not terrible."

[@quinnwolf547]

6:15 gezz don’t let the fire chief see that set up lol 😂😂😂

[@flkremil9749]

Agreed!!! We already have this like large LED outdoor advertisement panels. The good ones I bet go way beyond your setup as it is brightly visible in direct sunlight. also, try aligning 16 or even more outdoor projectors? They are usually extremely bright, made to work in direct sunlight, and have low resolution, which is perfect for gridding.

[@microbuilder]

Cant wait for the "sun in a box" monitors coming soon...if I dont get a sunburn, its aint bright enough! lol

[@rrrrexx]

You can add one more display (dual layer display) for better contrast

[@rotissary4331]

Wow, one of the best uploads this year!! Haha, just kidding, this is in my top 3 favorite LTT videos of all time. Linus's reaction to the monitor was golden, the tech was jank but impressive, and I had never even considered the impact that upping luminance this much could have. Thanks LTT Team for building this thing! Linus is probably as excited as we all are

[@stevetech1456]

5:18 Holy linus