The BEST laptop display I have ever seen!!! - Samsung Galaxy Book Pro

[@LucasGabriel-ok3gn]

So this is why Riley was so chill today in TechLinked!

[@ThisWasEpicness]

@Raylan Oliver pro er tip: soup2day

[@NotContinuum]

I prefer Alex over Riley anyway, so I'm fine.

[@captainzero1]

@@ThisWasEpicness I think you meant soap2day

[@YeaSeb.]

@Raylan Oliver I prefer kodi with Elementum addon for torrent streaming

[@calvinteh3297]

@Raylan Oliver Is this one of those spam promotional comment?

[@momo_the_duck]

Please keep the lights in the back turned off It looks better in my opinion The warm light coming from the lamp stands out and I love that

[@popethegod2032]

A wise man once said "Great Packing Job Guys!"

[@updateboxer2318]

Who is that

[@simpson6700]

@@updateboxer2318 i think that was linus

[@imadecoy.]

And then he helps it along by dropping the back of that fancy new screen on a power brick

[@lakasngamatzko4523]

You kids just make up any little thing to make a stupid comment meme🤦🤦🤦. So fking stupid

[@lakasngamatzko4523]

@@YOU-ot9ep Ok, OK Boomer trendy 🤦

[@MakDemonik]

Cameraman to Riley: "Please be quiet because Alex is recording Short Circuit" (resulting in the weirdest TechLinked vid ever) Cameraman to Alex: "AAH YEAH, BLAST SOME CRABWAVE!"

[@redielg]

Is that what that was? I was wondering if something awful happened to Riley

[@Max1996YT]

What TechLinked video?

[@rawdez_]

how dare you, it is THE CRAB RAVE.

[@MayankJairaj]

@@Max1996YT the lastest 1, sort by new

[@sherlockmaverick]

Not Cameraman. It's the producer, Jono.

[@benrosenberg3489]

I forgot Samsung even made laptops since they stopped and then didn't tell anyone they resumed.

[@ark_knight]

They never stopped

[@sesr4887]

They never stopped,they just only sell them in a few countries now like usa,south Korea,China

[@edumeli02]

I need a replacement for my dead surface pro 4 and the first brand i thought of was Samsung, btw im getting a Book Ion

[@rakeshiyer5637]

@Patrick Swan Exactly my point as well

[@ark_knight]

@@sesr4887 They sell their laptops everywhere. Not just in some countries. You just gotta know about them

[@1999jassim]

I love it how crab rave has become a standard benchmark for audio and visuals.

[@nothisistoni]

And the fact that it all just started with a April fools joke makes it even better

[@QMaverick1]

I am with you here . . . I don't understand why Samsung can't make the complete package when it comes to a laptop when the hardware on their phones is freaking phenomenal. Those teams need to collaborate more or something.

[@calvinkristiantothayono2990]

Alex was about an inch away from being "AlexRigEverything", that bend tho 11:14

[@belonggame]

Wasn't the name of the bald expert Zack? But I see what you did there 😏

[@marmaladearmadillo]

That crunch, wow. I'd love to see this thing opened up to see what broke there.

[@obidean3964]

It's probably the defect with engineering sample they had. The squeak is so bad in this video should be also mentioned in other videos as well but so far no other videos I've watched about this laptop has complained about any crazy flex issue. Hopefully I'm not wrong because it sounds very concerning indeed in this video ...

[@Definitely_Melnyx]

@@obidean3964 this comment didn’t age well in just within a week

[@vicrankin6679]

@@Definitely_Melnyx what happened

[@1alexisfan]

@@vicrankin6679 other people reviewed it after it came out and it had the same weak chassis problem

[@42436freak]

@shortcircuit at magnification over 50x you need to have a VERY stable base for a binocular microscope, especially a cantilevered one. Also, the low frames per second is due to the limited light the microscope lens has access to. There simply isn't enough light for the sensor to get a complete picture any faster. Essential it has a fixed ISO and needs a long shutter time.

[@Cmdaddy88]

8:31 umm its clear as day that the display is using a pentile subpixel layout where the blue pixels are larger than the rest Also the headache comes from the very low PWM frequency used in previous generation OLED laptop screens

[@MKR3238]

Yeah, pretty sure its the PWM frequency causing headaches for Alex

[@songochang]

the way alex get the notebook out of the box, is amazing! i thought this is ShorCircuit and not LinusDropTips xD

[@impendio]

Don’t you love when the embargo ends when the event starts so I don’t have to watch the event at all? lmao.

[@ivnmrtnz]

thats why they do it, good catch

[@propersod2390]

The event still told you things this video didn't. For example: price, specs etc. It starts at $999 if you were wondering

[@12vojak]

And it still cant be bought in my country... Yay :D

[@Ayrton866]

They didn't show all the laptops, there are 3 of them.

[@woutervanr]

@@propersod2390 999 isn't much for this I guess, but like Alex I wish they had just spend an other 100 on a stiffer (and slightly heavier) chasis.

[@TheNightquaker]

0:13 The bad headaches you're getting from OLED displays on laptops is probably because of PWM flickering. Some phones have a function called DC dimming which reduces it, while altering colors as a side-effect.

[@tanmay______]

0:04 the one time I watch on desktop.. this happens

[@mr.anirbangoswami]

Same here xD

[@PizzaPowerXYZ]

Me on a tablet

[@johnhunter7244]

@ShortCiruit fake

[@SciFiFactory]

I think Louis Rossmann knows the scope cam problem and he has a video recommending better ones.

[@timleferink]

Exactly 😅 and at LMG they have plenty of HDMI capture cards for them

[@rivervasquez5150]

@@timleferink Maybe he's trying to throw a bone to the biology/engineering etc folks with working software out of the box?

[@deyesed]

They were aiming at the LG Gram with this one and rushed the engineering instead of designing from the ground up.

[@ggeilokowski]

@@imtheboss976 read his comment, then you know what he means

[@propersod2390]

Nah they were aiming to make the thinnest laptop - they said it in their event. I hope the chassis flex is just some defect in the engineering sample 😭

[@dedoyxp]

@@propersod2390 the chassist flex probably because them trying to be thinnest while having those full hdmi I think they just not yet overcame the barrier between build quality and thinnes... still need to sacrificing one of em

[@propersod2390]

@@dedoyxp I've watched 3 other first impressions of this laptop and no one else mentioned the chassis flex. Either it's unimportant, a minor issue, or short circuit got a defective engineering sample. Either way, I'm kind of in love with this laptop. Might buy the galaxy book pro 2 or whatever it will be called in the future

[@dedoyxp]

@@propersod2390 hope so, but if I want to buy it, I probably wait for proper review not from the engineering sample, since the integrity of the review also much better

[@random_n]

Big thumbs up for the microscope subpixel shots! Very cool to see and much appreciated!

[@LiamDilley]

You have to show Linus that keyboard and the trackpad, I would love to see his reaction.

[@iokaravas]

pretty sure he's doing an in-depth review, this was announced today, along with the 360

[@mysteryman3054]

@🇬🇧 LightenStar #She-Ra yes, where is it?

[@universalcomputersbountifu6594]

i love the "i didn't expect it to make that noise" just proves ur point a million percent, i hope samsung listens to that feed back

[@kanthimathimagesh6411]

Was watching the event. But when they told here is Stephanie to tell you how Galaxy devices change your life. I was like come on.

[@TwoWays]

Ikr

[@shivanshsingh8229]

Same😁

[@Ozilus21]

I dipped too lol

[@donpepe8440]

Galaxies are gay cuz they don't have the jack

[@cybercery5271]

@@donpepe8440 lol

[@hunterreeves6525]

This is why videos with Alex are the best, who the hell uses a microscope for a laptop review😂

[@captaindesperatehousewife2441]

Lmaoo

[@devinserrato522]

An engineer!

[@andrewfeller2008]

Loved the microscope coming out

[@hf2943]

I loved the addition of the microscope for this "review". Please use it on other laptops and devices in the future, particularly something like the new mini-Led ipad pro. Would be so cool to see the pixels from a microscope.

[@user-a6olopvmv9]

Yes please do that for every new type of display!

[@talkntech9707]

I am glad to see that "Crab rave" is a visual benchmark test standard! ;^)

[@carterjohnson25]

My 2013 Samsung ATVI was 5 years ahead of its time. I cried when I start making laptops. I'm stoked for this

[@mechanopixel2639]

The subpixel arrangement on the Samsung display reminds me of that of a CRT, that's really strange!

[@harryw5468]

I own this laptop, they fixed the sturdiness of the chassis. It's such a good laptop

[@robertnorris8367]

51 seconds in and any Samsung representatives watching have decided not to send anymore tech in for review to LMG. 😂

[@PentameronSV]

@ShortCiruit Fake account. Nice try spammer

[@vukasinmaslovaric]

I get blown away every time you do a speaker comparison to the Dell xps 15. damn

[@AdamHaas]

Of course there are reasons laptops don't have OLED, I'm disappointed they were glossed over

[@lcmotive]

Same. Obviously a lot of people know about potential OLED issues, but anyone watching this not knowing about them isn't being helped.

[@marclapin]

mini-led laptop is probably the future

[@bilalibnm]

*gloss* ed over

[@daftbence]

As per usual. Short Circuit is a sorry excuse of a "review" channel, but obviously someone will come to tell me how I'm wrong and it's not for that just first impressions yadda yadda...

[@houserootie]

I mean, you're not helping either. What are the reasons? Honest question

[@AaronShenghao]

I like the hand written "not for resale" on the box. And eco-friendly packaging....

[@thomasluggiero3413]

AW 13 R3 has a beautiful OLED touchscreen, years back already. The UHD touch panel for Precision 5510/5520 isn't oled and it is beautiful!

[@ShortCircuit]

Yeah it's so weird the gold standard for OLED laptops is still that Alienware from like 4 years ago, although this one is really good too -AC

[@TimLongson]

Great review, really enjoyed it. Always great to hear neutral constructive criticism on how it could, and SHOULD, be improved. Lets see if Samsung actually listens and makes the improvements! :)

[@sherif.ghoneim]

The headache is due to Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM), which is a technique used to decrease brightness of screens, it make the screen flickers at high speeds which may cause headache for some people, and by the way it's used for both LCD and OLED but the effect is more pronounced on OLED...

[@7ryan3]

Is there a way to get rid of it?

[@sherif.ghoneim]

@@7ryan3 An alternative to using PWM is DC dimming. It reduces the DC current to the OLED panel, lowering its brightness and to a degree, its quality. So every situation has it's advantages and disadvantages and the choice depends on personal preference and most importantly companies providing us with choices...

[@sherif.ghoneim]

@@7ryan3 and to be clear, there must be an option in the settings to choose PWM or DC dimming, which is not available in most devices...

[@HCG]

“If you plan on using it in a darkroom buy it” “if you plan on using it in a bright room don’t buy it” It’s a fucking laptop. Laptops are used in many locations in case you need a reminder. Telling someone not to buy a product solely because of a slightly glossy screen is ignorant and frankly a shit move by any reviewer.

[@c45stech4]

Damn the live stream just started

[@matteoleccese7390]

The click from behind the laptop is not a bug, it's a feature 🤣🤣🤣

[@shadowquark]

This is s-stripe RGB, invented for CRT firstly, and has been used for galaxy tab s6 and s7+. Since the common phone-style only have 2 subpixels in 1 pixel, s-stripe RGB, which has 3 subpixels per pixel, looks much better for a model with low resolution, e.g. 15 inch FHD.

[@AndreiKucharavy]

7:35: "software is hot garbage from like 2005". As someone who worked in a lab, you are completely right and sometimes it will only run on Windows XP SP2 and nothing else. Welcome to the wonderful world of science software.

[@spicyweasel]

The screen dimming in white backgrounds are a Windows feature, AFAIK. It has something to do with the Power Options

[@edjoshuatungul194]

I was not expecting you'll pull up a microscope, that is so cool! Great product showcase!

[@randomdude1745]

6:32 great timing for color comparison

[@gargamel314]

Wow, Alex, i'm always impressed by your videos! You bring unique skills to these features

[@Freezerohmatic]

That microscope camera should be using UVC drivers. So in theory OBS and vlc can grab the video from it. Used a similar setup in the past.

[@Freezerohmatic]

If it's running over usb 2 you might be limited on bandwidth for higher refresh rates.

[@defsoul641]

2:47 That segway is lowkey the best on LTT

[@Sellyei]

I like how the Crab rave is a Benchmark now for everything :D

[@Zaris109]

Info about chassis is a game changer, thanks. Almost preordered it...

[@megamind8359]

The headaches doesn't have anything to do with the pixel arrangement it's the PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation) which causes headaches especially if its low Like 240 hz which is very low .OLED SCREENS USE PWM to dim the screen.

[@bray2079]

yea i was thinking the same. He also says its worse with white backgrounds which makes it sound even more like pwm. I use to leave my phone in dark mode to counter the effect

[@Supervale111]

Exactly. I'm slightly sensible to OLED pwm. When I hear a about these garbage OLED displays on TVs and PCs I get mad. Ips display are so much better for prolonged use. I couldn't care less about incredible contrast ratio if using an OLED causes me headaches

[@megamind8359]

@@Supervale111 it's not all oled displays some are good someare bad they are not the same

[@Supervale111]

@@megamind8359 Yes, you're right. But there is a 99 probability that OLED displays use PWM. That cheap strategy for dimming is the cause of the problems. Lcd panels use DC dimming, so there is not an on-off cycle and no flickering. Flickering it's bad for eyes even for non sensitive users. I hope in mini-led transition asap

[@megamind8359]

@@Supervale111 they all use pwm the problem is when is to low like 200hz and not 700hz which is very high so you should chechk what frequency the pwm is when buying tech with an oled display

[@davidjalof77]

A masterpiece from the king of innovation Samsung 🔥

[@CeeLoss2342]

Me: watching on a TN panel

[@diogofilipe3902]

Sure, me too

[@privet20005]

😭😭😭😭☠️☠️

[@derekdaly7414]

Samsung ATIV Book 9+ is a gorgeous ultrabook. Still holds up beautifully today

[@ahsaanbabu2997]

Love your desk pad 😍

[@nateg452]

I love when we get to see Alex geek out. Great video guys!

[@ranjanmarasini7707]

me too . But the only thing is that My phone is LCD and it is just broken , I just hear the Audio. Love you ALEX

[@NSE465]

Lies. How can you type or read this then?

[@dijon_mustard]

@@NSE465 Maybe he's using text-to-voice software lmao

[@steveaustin330]

Alex brings great energy to the program.

[@jseen9568]

Ok cool you reviewed a laptop whatever. But keep the back light off!! Changes the whole feel of the video and looks better

[@nishantprakash5928]

Ok karen

[@jseen9568]

@@nishantprakash5928 lol what? You're using that wrong homie.

[@saitama2508]

@@nishantprakash5928 WHAT

[@shush-ant]

@@nishantprakash5928 Pepega Clap

[@BlacklistBill]

That subpixel layout is nuts. BTW, we did the same thing at my last job where we wanted a new, cheap microscope and we got one but it was a headache as far as everything besides the eyepiece

[@LaidBackDeveloper]

After the stream started I was actually trying to find your review lol

[@shush-ant]

This is not a review dear sir

[@LaidBackDeveloper]

@@shush-ant fair enough lol

[@whalemonstre]

I love it when Alex pulls his XPS out

[@rjpearson]

LOL, watching this on a Galaxy Book Flex from last year. 😂

[@n.s2401]

The chassis flexes😁😁

[@rjpearson]

@@n.s2401 😂

[@comicsans1689]

Any laptop that has noticeable flex is garbage.

[@rjpearson]

@@comicsans1689 Yeah, especially when it effects the trackpad. The Galaxy Book Flex Alpha from last year that I use doesn't have a bad flex, kinda weird that the next gen is a bit worse. 😂

[@n.s2401]

@@rjpearson i think it cuz it has a lower starting price

[@Darknight00769]

Best sponsor integration EVER in LMG history!!

[@drchandrashekharshettigar9582]

Alex: commenting on the sound and video quality Me: vibi'n to the raveeee!!!😂

[@aashutoshrijal4741]

I think the reason you used to get headaches with older oled panels is because of PWM flicker. All the older gen oleds on laptops had PWM, some companies configured it to 60hz while others 240hz, and most didnt have any pwm at 100% brightness and when plugged in with power. Even phones have pwm at lower brightness but they are flickering at a very high frequency. Lower the frequency, higher the chances of eye strain and headaches. There also used to be an intel igpu driver issue which made oled screens' pwm default at 60hz. Samsung also had several versions of said oled panels which had a pentile arrangement of pixels and it made texts or gradients look terrible

[@alex786]

Samsung makes incredible laptops but they really drop in the chassis department. I have a np550p5c from 2012 and I had to replace it's screen frame 3 times within the warranty period. The hinges are so incredibly stiff, every time you open the laptop you can see the screen bending. After a while the hinges completely destroy their mounting points on the screen.

[@theoriginaldashriprock]

Maybe the newer models of the Galaxy Book Pro have improved. The one I picked up a few weeks ago does not have near that much Flex or really any issues at all with that. I'm very pleased.

[@wacko031290]

Sounds like the audio issues that you've been having are pretty much fixed, thought it sounded great

[@cossakrose]

Oof... That SAMSUNG logo/snapshot has some heavy WALMART vibes going on. When I saw the video link I thought it was another walmart video!

[@abdoufma]

I'm glad Samsung is back into the laptop game, hopefully Sony brings back the VAIO line as well.

[@sherlockmaverick]

Wait, I still didn't understand why you want a touchscreen? Wasn't this the better one according to your explanation?

[@Ravenousjoe]

yes, and he wanted to cover the one that would look worse so that anyone buying would know how the touch affects the screen quality.

[@sherlockmaverick]

@@Ravenousjoe Oh, ok! I get it now!

[@DamienGGW]

the microphone is back thank you

[@Darkitz69]

hey alex, to sync youtube video at specific spots jsut use 1-9 keys on the keyboard :) that should be frame perfect the same

[@ccclcsr]

Best laptop display reflection ive ever seen!

[@xDownSetx]

"It has an i7" Thanks mom, that narrows it down to just under 270 CPUs.

[@daleithgribbleshire2092]

Your mom's trying her best dammit

[@Matthew_MBG]

11th gen, gotten from the trailer

[@fenrisomen]

love the use and the explanation of what we saw with the microscope. supercool!

[@ToneyCrimson]

Its like getting everthing perfect on a exam, than forget to write your name on it.

[@njbrx]

Lmfao

[@lacko0819]

Alex is so sassy in this vid, I like it!

[@magizhanc169]

The Boxes In Every Unboxing Video On ShortCircuit Be Like - BRUH!🤓

[@random_with_riaz]

Never thought I would watch a laptop endoscopy review

[@CyberHnchnn]

This Video was exceptional!

[@janardanprajapati2358]

I liked your confidence and body language while presenting all the content. BTW, thanks for a great review, it helps a lot! I just purchased galaxy book 2 pro 13.3 inch i5 12th gen

[@roystondaniel2849]

Grabs a microscope now that's how you do a real review

[@thcriticalthinker4025]

The dimming based on color is likely related to either windows or Intel, you can somewhat disable it but its better than leaving it on

[@allansh828]

you can still see yourself in reflection in the dark because you are lit by the screen

[@WP-gl3kh]

Thank you for the manual captions on this video.

[@aditya_gupta]

Why do they even bother with micro sd? Just give us sd card slot.... Apple apparently gets it

[@edumeli02]

I think its ufs micro sd combo

[@brianm3160]

I was so excited about this laptop, it feels like they sent you a prototype or something, I'll wait for other reviewers

[@CarthagoMike]

11:07 a true French keyboard would use Azerty, not Qwerty, so although it is a European lay-out it is pretty standard.

[@KofieBluejay]

It's a Canadian French layout. On the of the standard for Canada. Also, way better than Azerty.

[@CarthagoMike]

@@KofieBluejay I didn't know Canada used Iso instead of Ansi. That explains the lay-out.

[@KofieBluejay]

@@CarthagoMike Well, ANSI still is the main. But since between 1/4 and 1/3 of the population is speaking French primarily, they have an ISO layout with accents. And oh boy, I can't go back to Azerty after that.

[@pedroalbuquerquebs]

I actually had a Samsung ATIV Book 8 and I loved it. I still have it but the dedicated GPU fried/unsoldered itself so I stopped using it (a reballing could potentially fix it from what I've read). That said, it's unfortunate that Samsung exited the laptop market here in Europe. AFAIK they still make laptops for US and Asia but not for Europe anymore :(

[@user-xu7rp3kw3z]

4:55 🦀🌊

[@p4p3rm4t3]

The pixel micro cosmos is a nice bonus! Thanks!

[@ben2808]

Jesus Christ loves you ❤️

[@fryfly5599]

I just got the relatively new Book 3 Pro 360, and it's honestly great. The display is insane (despite the touch layer), battery life is amazing (11-14 hours browsing and writing word documents), this thing will last you forever and there is no fan noise to be heard. I just would not recommend buying it at full price. I got it for 700€ off at just ~1500€, I would not buy it for 2200.

[@ViXoZuDo]

OLED in a laptop will end up burn-in... I don't know the majority of people, but I would like to use a laptop for at least 3 years... having static images like the menus and window taskbar will end up burn-in

[@ADHDad]

Exceptional review from an exceptional man

[@ziwkovic6141]

My book2 pro is on its way so I really hope Samsung heard your complaints about the chassis

[@ytuser1985]

I don’t understand why the flex is such a big deal? Its a laptop not a kids toy.

[@Priyajit_Ghosh]

It seems like Samsung doesn't care about Laptop reviews at all. They just threw a loptop and a charger in a cardboard box, that too wrong model (15 inch) and sent to LMG. Samsung be like: do whatever you want, we don't really care.

[@DimIsHigh]

Linus would be proud of that segue

[@anonymouslc7278]

I bought the flex alpha 2 and it has a GORGEOUS qled display

[@OhCrapItsJimmy]

You did a great job on this review. Good job!