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This tiny PC is one of the coolest devices I've seen in a long time! I'm going to show you all the cool stuff it comes with (including the mini projector), what it looks like inside, and what it's like to game on it.
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:40 look at this tiny pc
1:02 cute accessories
3:09 Teardown
5:31 Intel "J-series"??
7:16 Testing NVMe compatibility
7:58 Booting up
10:48 Gaming on it
11:39 Can I stream 4K?
11:52 My thoughts - Věda a technologie
YOOOOO let’s go! Thanks for the shoutout Linus 😃
My boy Mr. Hummus getting the recognition he deserves! 😎
Spect.
That is one of the best Videos of you together with the deepfried Wii Remote
Ayyy my favorite Tech CZcamsr!
Collab pleeeeeassse
Having the USB ports upside-down is just pure genius because it means you will get it right on the first try!
No, it mean you get right on the second instead of the third. Lol!
That's not how it works. You get it right the first try, but are holding it slightly off-center. Then you flip it, it still doesn't go in, you wiggle it around to make sure, then pull it back and look at the port and look at your cord and realize you had it right the first time.
@@CyberneticArgumentCreator this is the only way
LMAO
Pretty sure this results in a 1 try penalty, so it would go from the perfect 3 try minimum, up to 4.
I love how someone went "We need a small projection screen asap!" and the grips were like "Chill, we got you!" Using an open edge scrim is genius.
Which isn’t a bad item to be used as both a front and rear projection screen, in a pinch (would have like to have seen how the latter looks).
I love anything that will save me space. Miniature is the way.
Linus... They had been selling these in Taobao for 2-3 years actually... just "updated hardware". I am actually a bit surprised that you didn't find out about these tiny PC's sooner.
They are actually used along side with TV's in HK and China these days to use the large panels as monitors.
There is actually a 5.5" touchscreen tiny PC that runs the EXACT same specs that's coming out this month.
He cant be blasee, unimpressed by many things he reviews. Would make for uninteresting videos. Not really an accusation. Just a reasonable guess. But good added info, thanks
do you have any links to those? interested in buying one
Finally, Linus has got a PC sized perfectly for him.
Damn… you really did him like that 💀
The best PC for linus is inside a Zorbing-Ball.
its a shitty product
Going off my screen he's gotta be what, 3.5" tall? Imagine how small the PC is
Not his bunda. Bro got them cheeks.
The editors are on acid lately, I love it!
u want some?
ok zoomer
I don't
I love acid too.
@@enfrid I got plenty, thanks 🤣
When I was a kid my friends and I would all tell our parents we were going for a sleepover to one of our friends houses so we could sneak away and go camping in the bush at a cabin we made. I wish I had a set up like this to bring alone for some fun at night. You'd be the coolest kid breaking out all these gadgets to project a movie for everyone.
Absolutely going through it today which I'm not used to. Thank goodness for LTT. I dunno shit all about computers, it all tends to go right over my head but that's not why I watch anyway. These guys are just so calming.
I can only imagine the nightmare what the PCB layout designer had to live to make that shit real.
Why, the Nintendo GameCube existed for over 20 years now. Its the perfect inspiration for such design - cubic, dual boards stacked on top of each other and relatively small.
@@ryutenmen The amount of stuff to make a PC motherboard is insanelly higher than the GameCubes, I don't think he means the concept of stacked PCBs, only to pack all traces and components needed into such a small footprint.
@@RBgamesbr also, many signals in a pc must have traces routed together to ensure optimal performance (or even functionality in some cases). This makes routing so much worse. Sometimes you can route them individually, but there are chances of encountering problems later
@@RBgamesbr There is only 5V in this device... and the PCB is not more complicated than the one in old smartphone like NOKIA 500 that was made in something like 2008 and PCB for it was most likely less than half of that space.
I don't see any problems with it at all and i work with electronics R&D. The boards didn't look densely populated at all. The J-series processors are SoCs and doesn't need a lot of extra components.
When I was in Japan I saw these a lot. Many university students and young enterpreneurs have really small apartments and those tiny projectors are perfect for that situation. But I think all of those were used with smartphones and tablets, the mini-PC thing seems new to me!
It's been a round for a while but the US, in particular, is not keen on the form factor.... for consumers. This the kind of device that would be a cashier machine for your supermarket, but would you find this on the shelf of Best Buy/Amazon? Likely not (through, Amazon is funny.... you can find direct-to-business products like this on the site).
The Android Dex desktop seems pretty useable if I had to get use to it. Mouse and KB with a USB-C hub w/ HDMI out and thats essentially all I would need to a display device of choice.
Why they do not use usual 13inch laptops???
@@lp67O Because it's also substituting a tv and movie night on a 13 inch would be a little underwhelming
@@Mazzl67 For movie, I would prefer FullHD over this 480p crap
This is truly nice! I was just as excited as you were when you realized the projector has a trackpad integrated! :D
Linus's excitement about this is SO MUCH MORE genuine than I have ever heard him before.. the track pad on he's actually geek'd
I would have liked to see this being used with a monitor and not just the projector
At that point you may as well use a laptop, no? If you're carrying a portable display and this box then you may as well carry a slightly thicker display and leave the box behind
@@helplmchoking The Nreal glasses could be a better partner than a full-size monitor.
Phone as monitor?
@@helplmchoking mmmh if only everybody carried some sort of portable display around............
came here for this
I'm surprised Linus hadn't heard of a J4125, they've been around so long now that they've basically been replaced with the N5000 series by OEMs. Very common in mini PCs, netbooks etc. They need sufficient cooling or they throttle, so it's not uncommon for them to underperform when crammed into something this small.
Also one of the most popular CPUs for NAS devices (Synology, QNAP) and firewalls for Pfsense (Qotom etc.).
I have the 2-core version (J4025) in my NAS.
J4125 replaced the J3455 which was also very popular in the same series
and as you said they have been replaced now by 5000 series and 6000 series models. The NXXX versions are usual 6W while the JXXX version are 10W.
and the N6000 are just hitting the market. so this thing is basically 2 gens back for a very small size reduction over something like a nuc.
And the 5000 series are already being replaced by the 6000 series. This is old as dirt tech, and not really able to do much of anything that someone's phone from 3 gens ago can do.
Agreed, you can buy better cooled N5105 mini PC's which are thinner than this for the same sort of money and they'll do dual output and gigabit LAN etc. This is a dead product from the launch day. The whole package is a bit of a novelty but in reality it's the PC part that you really want.
@@St0rmer66 And it isn't even that unique, Do a little digging and you can find basically the exact thing, but with a better CPU.
I thought of something similar a few years back. But I wanted to build the CPU into the projector body along with a laser keyboard. So that the display, the keyboard and mousing interface would all be projections.
There's already a "lazer" keyboard. Check out computer clan's video on it. It's not very good, the keyboard
You know what'd be cool (but not literally)? An eGPU enclosure that supports wireless DisplayPort (for AR & VR: Yeah, Wi-Fi 7 will make it more than compelling for high end gayming). Slap a cheap touch screen on a side of it for good measure for troubleshooting in a pinch I mean.
It'd go great with the new trend that's mini PCs & modular computing.
Love it! These kind of vids bring me back to LTT time and again.
always so interesting to see how compact pcs have become
Intel Compute Stick (2015) is a size of m.2 external box and connects directly to HDMI port.
True but it seems understandable considering cell phones
@@Eratas1 but is crap... at least the one I have, though without using gyro pilot-mouse-keyboard combo it was mostly usable (no idea why it was so hard on cpu) but still freezed each dozen seconds on yt (and any updates make it completely unusable until it fhinishes)
But things like one from this video, and Chuwi Larkbox which is exactly same thing but few years eariler are doing quite well
still intel compute stick is a really nice idea
@@A6Legit Exactly. A Snapdragon 8 can get performance relatively close to Zen 2 using the same 10 watts, whereas this Celeron barely gets a multicore score above the single core score of a 3600X.
Yeah, it's so damn impressive, not like this tiny 4x smaller piece of hardware called smartphone that is 4 times more powerful...
That PC is bigger than Linus himself!
This is a human
*Funni short linus*
how far computers have come where something so tiny is actually not bad is amazing
The Celeron 4125 is also integrated in the Synology Models DS720+, DS920+ and DS1520+.
And it works really good.
This is the kind of fun and experimental designs I wish the phone industry still did. Fun stuff like this is what makes computers awesome.
motorola did stuff like this. is bombed big time.
Yah the stuff that's super experimental bombed. Like the projector phone.
This thing is adorable and surprisingly well thought out, especially at such a reasonable price. Not a product for me, but I am impressed with what it is.
I agree, though I'm not a fan of the mess of cables required. Destroys the whole look of it.
Well thought out?
That's a mess of cable, nullifyng all the portable and small form factor of the product.
The case for carrying all that stuff is bigger than a gaming laptop with 100x the power of that.
@@pedgarage Not to mention that $175 is just the PC with no SSD, no projector, and doesn't even come with a case. A $200 laptop is infinitely better. I found an 11th gen 15" i3 on Newegg in 2 minutes and that even comes with a case. This has a 2019 Celeron that's going to be way slower.
Well it's good that it's not a product for you because it's a scam
The slow SSD and 4 core CPU are horrendous
What a cool little gadget, and Linus's reaction to it was fun to watch. Wish I had an reason to get something like this, I'd be tempted.
What an amazing product. This would work great for camping or caravaning, and even be good for work as a pop-up mobile presentation device replacing a full sized laptop and projector. This is one of those products, where if your a reasonable user it will perform very well. With the added benfit of being a cool talking point when you show it off.
I'm noticing there's been a newer sorta editing style for the latest video, with Linus on a colored gradient background. I'm still mixed on it, but it's been cool to see mixed in with your engineering, review, and showcase content.
I think the editors have taken over.
Linus is locked in a room filming, they have his family.
They're doing what they want
They’re possibly attempting to appeal to the TikTok/Shorts crowd, or at the very least trying the style of editing to see if it meshes with the audience. Editing on those platforms has very clearly been moving in the direction of super hypo jump cuts, lots of loud personality, text on screen, and a very high “tempo” (for lack of a better word) in the last few years, and they’re likely attempting to see if it will help their performance on CZcams. If you’re not constantly trying new things, you’re getting stale, but I’m not sure if the LTT demographic is ready for TikTokified tech videos. IMO they should be moving in the MKBHD direction of high quality intros, smooth editing and aesthetically pleasing shots, but that’s a lot more work, for maybe no gain. I love that they’re at least trying new things. There’s a lot of very intelligent and knowledgeable people at LMG, and they know what it takes to stay relevant in the online content space. Let’s hope they strike that balance.
@@StrewthSeeker don't think tiktok vídeos have monochrome backgrounds, and a lot of the loud personality style has been a staple of the platform before tiktok even became prominent.
It's to attract the zoomer adhd brain
I do miss the background of a room.
I actually contributed to get one for my mother to function as her primary home PC and save space in her office. Received it about a year ago. Great little box that's as advertised.
Geniunely great looking pocket PC. I'd love to see Anthony do a "how it compares to the open Pandora" or other similar pocket pc's etc in regards to power/specs etc The projector is just awesome though. I miss the Samsung Galaxy Beam phones. =(
We need a short throw Galaxy beam 23
First thing I thought as soon as I saw the thumbnail was that this looked exactly like an Intel NUC PC. They're micro PCs in a chassis about that size with full Windows that I've seen used pretty much exclusively as "shuttle" PCs attached to conference room monitors or as digital signages.
That projector, though, absolutely wildin'.
10:51 I hope some way, some how, this guy finds out he was for a moment, the star of a Linus Tech Tips video.
This reminds me of a few years ago when I tried to build a setup like this with a Raspberry Pi. But pico projectors were still too expensive and not good enough for it to really work well. Packing this much power and this many features into such small, cheap for factors is impressive.
I could see this being perfect for say a camping trip where you want to put on a movie, especially if you have sufficient cell signal to tether and stream something
camping is such a great use case for this - the thing runs from a power bank!
@@marcusciantar3407 Or you could use a laptop.
or just bring a cheapo laptop, buy the same or cheaper projector, and tether or hotspot ur phone for connection. laptop has a battery aswell so u could do stuff outside of outlet range. cheaper, more versatile and expandable/modular/upgradable
@@MrPaxio This eill take up less space, and weigh less than a laptop though!
For a lot of situations, maybe even most, a laptop could be as good or better, specially if you already have one! But lets you are hiking, or biking, or something where you are space restricted, and maybe having to log it around. This would be a better setup.
yeah but at that point just use the android pico projector by itself to stream.
This would actually be pretty valid for bringing a pc to somewhere with locked down pcs. I'd use it in my college's labs where I need custom software that IT refuses to download.
Yo laptops exist
@@--.-- a $200 laptop is a chrome book which is functionally useless unless you only web browse.
@@ThunderBird80085 Depends on the software you're trying to run. You can easily ditch ChromeOS for any linux distro. Also you could easily get a decent laptop on ebay for 200
Well the network is also usually locked so bring your own hotspot
damn my it guys were lax letting us run whatever if it could run off a memory stick lol
I think that not only is it a neat concept and pretty well thought out, since it has been created and put on the market, it is going to create competition and maybe we will get Intel/AMD/Nvidia on the train with making the hardware to modern standards like an I9 micro chipset with an RTX 40XX mini series. We keep going bigger and bigger but with modern advancements you could definitely build a pre-2015 game killer GPU/CPU combo for something that small if they would just give 'er a go.
why would you buy that instead of a laptop? A laptop is much more compact
@@the_original_dude I do have a few thoughts on this and that is a great point. Personally, I have a hard time using laptops as I have really broad shoulders making the keyboard and trackpad uncomfortable. Using a mouse with the laptop is still a pain as the monitor is stuck relative to where the keyboard is making it insanely hard to type whilst looking at the monitor as well as making gaming a chore. I also use my desktop keyboard angled in at close to 45 degrees meaning I have to carry an extra keyboard AND mouse with me. My reading distance vision is also not great so I like to have a specific set distance that you can't really do with the laptop as it's all connected. I have raised monitors with them being raised about 6-8 inches above the desk which is something you can't do with a laptop without making it out of multiple pieces essentially doing what that thing does. I also DO own a laptop if that gives you any solace but I only use it when traveling and not much else. Mostly gets used to talk or watch shows. One final thing is the continuous upgradability and not being locked into one ecosystem. Sorry for this long drawn out mess of a reply but hopefully this gets the point across and thanks for asking.
@@thrownsofaraway9978 but what's the use case? Like staying at a hotel room?
You still would have to carry your keyboard of choice.
That tiny projector is gonna be way worse than a laptop monitor in uncomfortable position.
Imo, upgradability is a little overrated. But if you really need it, Framework seems like the only solid option.
Personally, given I understand your use case, I would just use a table(like Surface Pro or Dell XPS 13 2-in-1) with a mouse and a keyboard of choice.
Or use Framework(with removed display, but keep the keyboard and use it) + portable monitor + mouse.
Or Mini PC + portable monitor + mouse + keyboard.
If it's gonna be used only at some place with a TV and Android can do the job, I would just use the phone + TV + mouse + keyboard
I love how much fun he has with this. Makes me want one even though I don't need it.
I would recommend one for you if you are for example into fantasy role playing or need to spend time in a tiny apartment where a huge pc is not an option.
consoom
@@Yatukih_001 Actually I was thinking about using a raspberry Pi for a glovebox computer in my car (I have a 7 inch display head unit with AV inputs), but this would be a bit more powerful and capable and even more compact. 🤔
Mad props to the editor for that GI JOE PSA "I'm a computer..." inclusion. Bravo! I'll have to go watch all those videos again.
STOP ALL THE DOWNLOADIN
Not how I thought I was going to start my day lol good times.
NEURON ACTIVATED, TIME TO WATCH THE GI JOE PLAYLIST
Alright, give him the stick-DON’T GIVE HIM THE STICK!!!!
PORKCHOP SANDWICHES!
I was looking at the specs and was wondering about the Q6600 comparison. Thanks for that screenshot. Man we've come a long way in 15 years. I used to have a Q6700 myself
Just watched the intel bobble head video you did a while back and its crazy to see it was 13 years ago in that video It made me look your channel up and glad to see the years have been very good. Thanks for sticking around
You should pair it to the Nreal glasses that came out. Apparently it's USBC I believe, which is really convenient when you think about it. Since everything else is portable would be hilarious. There is also a Bluetooth finger mouse that's like $45. If you did all of this it would actually be pretty dope to watch
Edit I did not expect this comment to get as big as it did. That's really awesome
Edit edit:
Linus if you do mention me!
They did on the Short Circuit channel
I love the idea! If you're reading this: please like the parent comment so LTT sees it.
Those intro montages man. I'm kinda surprised there is no video compilation of the best (cringies) LTT intros
I feel like this might be a great little machine for running stuff like HomeAssistant. You've got plenty of ports for peripherals and dongles, and the low power draw means a far better energy bill compared to an old PC/Laptop or a NUC. It should be faster than a Raspberry Pi but more efficient than an older PC
Mini PCs have been around.
I bought a couple of a different brand several years ago.
They are great for media centers; movies, music, general office stuff, Even streaming my main PC screen to any TV.
Also perfect for the kids for homework and Minecraft.
Bless the editor for the GI Joe PSA parody insert, I see you.
The editor is a man of culture
"who wants a body massage??"
I don't know much about computers, other than the, other than the one we got at my house. My mom put a couple of games on it and I play those.
@@ReLo_FZR The editor is a millennial for sure
Pork Chop Sandwiches!
This honestly looks absolutely perfect for my hobby shed. I was not looking forward to figuring out how to fit a pc in there for discord and youtube and this is just the perfect solution.
I have a 10x8ft shed and have a full pcsetup with i7 4770k gtx 980ti in coolermaster big case and 3 monitors all takes up about 5ft by 4ft of my shed i have still half the shed with a motorbike in that spot
Why would a laptop not be suitable in your case? I assume you would need space for some kind of screen anyway?
Just get a laptop. Once you start adding in even the basic needs shown here you're WAY past the price of a laptop. That price is the cube alone without even an SSD.
Cool product. One of the best LTT videos in a while.
Hey Linus, you have inspired me so much to learn about pc’s and technology. You have really sparked an awesome interest for me! I live in New Zealand so most of the time when you post a video I just wake up and I immediately go to the TV and watch your latest video! I love all your videos so much. They are all so interesting and engaging to watch and I learn so much from them! I am currently saving up my money to buy my very first gaming pc! And with your help I now know what is good to buy and what's not, what I should be paying for components and knowing if they are good or not. So I just wanted to say a big thank you to all of you at Linus Tech Tips for sparking an awesome interest, giving me so much knowledge, and teaching me new stuff everyday! Keep it up guys!
15 seconds in and this is already a masterclass in video editing
STOP ALL THE DOWNLOADING
It truly is…
This is a masterclass? This feels like a tiktok video where the editors expect viewers have a attention span of 5 seconds by spamming all that text.
@@dominikkuzila I thought this must have been a bot comment, or someone in full sarcasm
the content aware face smoosh at the beginning felt like a youtube poop from 2008
@@hmm_okok The top comments on popular CZcamsrs always look like bot comments imo. They will praise the channel to the heavens no matter what they do.
Appreciate you LMG and staff keep up the fantastic video ideas and work!
This is a 81 dollar product from alibaba, sub
Foldout bluetooth keyboards has been available for ages on Amazon, they even make one with a touchpad now. I bought one years ago thinking it'd come in handy, was pleasantly surprised by the quality but, erm, have never used it since.
Seeing Pantera referenced in a LMG video is a New Level of awesomeness!
Second only to the reveal, that the 8-Bit Guy is a second cousin of Dime and Vinnie :D
That little computer is going to be great for Powerpoint presentations.
How? Your phone can already do everything this can
@@rhamlet5290 Well, for one, it runs on Windows. Second, you can connect a mouse and keyboard. Mobile phones are just that, phones. Unless someone bridges the gap and make them actually powerful enough to run more that ad-laden mobile games.
@@Mp57navy u can actually connect ur phone to mouse and keyboards for years now
@@MonicaHolly143 probably he is talking about the reality of NA, since they mostly use Apple as phones. Luckly, the rest of the world is mostly android and you can pretty much do this without so much hassle through BT accessories.
@@Gadlight Apple for phones. Android/Windows for pc’s
I've become a little obsessed with these mini PCs over the last couple of years. I bought a little Celeron N5095 one to use as a Plex server and it hardware transcodes like a champ for its price using quick sync. I've been recommending them to friends and family who don't need or want the portability of a laptop but also don't need a gaming computer. Even for Photoshop and light 1080p video work, some of the mid to higher end minis/NUCs work well.
Yeah this is great to put next to a home cinema set or something, it will surely be a lot faster than the garbage CPU that's in most smart TV's today
This. Even Dell/Lenovo SFF machines can be worth it, the one I have came with a Quadro GPU installed so that handles the transcoding for Plex handily.
I'm exited, and actually didn't saw Linus in a long time that exited for a product!!!
This video is a really cool ad for your products. I forgot it was almost a review.
This reminds me of the Android Remix Mini I backed a few years ago on Kickstarter. Really nice idea. However in the modern age, I feel like anyone who wants this sort of functionality can just plug an HDMI cable into their phone and get 90% of the functionality.
The problem being that it's only feasible with either Samsung (higher end phones) or Moto (even mid-range).
The vast majority of other phones don't even have USB 3.1/3.2 nor as good of a Desktop environment/UI as DeX/Ready For.
The USB 2.0 bothers me even more since it takes ages to load up a stacked DCIM directory, not to mention the 2 decade old speeds!
This ofc wouldn't have been a problem if more phones had a microSD slot!
@@sushimshah2896 agree on a lot of the points here. It does make me wish the form factor of this was more of a puck/phone shape than a cube. I know a cube is kind of their kitschy aesthetic, but I'd much rather something I *could* put in my pocket if I'm just going back and forth from work to home where I'll have a M/KB waiting at both places rather than need a carrying case to hold it.
@@Inpheksion again Samsung DeX is the best option right now imo, alongwith ReadyFor.
In fact if MS hadn't killed off WP, maybe Continuity would've been the go to! 🤷🏻♂️
(God I miss WP so much! 😢)
That uses the same CPU that the mini PC I bought a couple years ago uses (MeLE Quieter2). I turned it into a tiny plex box along with an external hard drive. It performed adequately.
Every time I see throwback videos I just shake my head at the little weasel Linus used to be 😂 You’ve come a long way.
Also your style then looks like my current teenage daughters… wtf are you guys thinking ?
Those custom PC cases were massive and awful back in the day 😂 wow, good memories.
I use the intel stick computer for traveling. I have a full sized laptop, but a lot of times in hotels, I need to use the laptop for work. I plug the stick computer into the hotel TV, and have access to youtube, and other streaming options (with ways to work around commercials), and they are powerful enough for classic gaming as well. The other issue that I can bypass is the hotel authentication page with a full computer, that sometimes does not play nice with other dedicated streaming sticks.
Very cool product. Would have liked to see the battery pack be cube shaped so it could stack underneath or even plug into the PC without a cable.
Linus had soo much fun with this product!!
Very contagious 😂
Would have been cool to see Anthony jump in and showcase what sort of emulation performance you could expect from something like that, I bet it could handle GameCube, maybe even ps2
Bare minimum you are easily playing everything up to dolphine quite comfortablely.
It handeld CSS pretty comfortably I think PS2 would be fine
All that after installing Pop_OS, obviously.
@@Bluman2 css came out in 04 dude it better be able to play it. i had a pentium 3 that could run it lol.ps2 emulation takes a lot more power then css i dont think this can do it comfortably. a lot of that is poor optimization on the emulator side of things. dolphin on the other hand could probably be ran in game native resolutions vs hd.
I think similar PC was tested on ETA prime chanel.
I was honestly expecting this thing to be a LOT more expensive. But at its current price it’s a pretty great deal for what you get.
When you do the math it's really not. It's an overpriced Raspberry Pi with a Celeron instead of an Arm chip. The price you see has no SSD and absolutely none of the shown accessories. You don't even get a case. Just the cube and a cord. A $200 laptop is a ridiculously better value cause you get a faster CPU, plus a display and keyboard. When you realize nothing shown is included for that price it's not only not a great deal, it's kind of a rip off.
not really. for 269$ you can get a Chuwi laptop with the same CPU, 8GB ram, 256GB SSD and (the star of the show) a 13 or 14 inch 2160x1440 IPS 3:2 screen (for some reason the 14 inch model costs as much as the 13 inch).
It's a great deal if it worked
@@Erevos85 I have a tablet from them and I still keep wondering where they got such good screens for cheap. The hardware is not the best(mostly Celeron) but the screen is always high resolution and nicer colors than Dell, Lenovo, etc. for the same price.
They did this 2 years a go with the "Lark Box" I'm very happy with mine, it's tiny and perfect for the lounge room :)
You still with it? mine was faulty, i sent to rma CHINA as they said and now i have nothing ... they scam me more than 200$
linus i saw you this much excited in ages
Walk on home boy! Nice Pantera reference and an awesome video, as always.
The tiny projector with the mouse controls on top is super cool
Yes…that’s what I want out of this product. Where tho
Yeah, but it has a 7 years old Android OS.
Dude, regardless of the limitations of this machine, just the crazy amounts of "innovations" that they have included here for the price they are asking for it, makes me wish this company a lot of success, If they get big enough to start making some more typical machines, who knows what crazy things they will add.
Thanks!
All I want is that tiny LTT screwdriver shown in this video :)))
Where can I buy it ?
Is it available for purchase?
i like small form factor stuff like this, it's really convenient to set up, you can put em pretty much anywhere in your house. they also tend to be fairly efficient.
same with a laptop.
1:41 HE KNOWS MR HOMELESS!!!
The Intel J series of CPU's are used in the Synology Nas Boxes aswell
Linus after getting a new pre built pc:
Boot it❌️rip it open✅️
Currently sold out but I am absolutely buying one when I can, this is so useful in IT settings.
The editing in the opening first few minutes is next tier good. Those GI Joe PSAs are so quotable! 😂
I had a somewhat similar idea years ago, but much more compact. Basically, a phone with a projector and one of those weird projectible red keyboards built in.
(This was just a passing thought I had that was completely destroyed by the fact that those projectible keyboards were crap and died horribly.)
Haven't seen Linus this excited in a while!
Linus's tiny hands touched so much strange hardware over the years, but their most intrinsic value in life has been found in building confidence.
I've had a PC in this same realm of size, maybe about 1.5x-2x bigger made by Gigabyte as a dedicated computer for our shop's office for almost 10 years now. Small PCs really are remarkable and can only imagine the leaps made in that amount of time. It was probably around 2x as much then as well!!
Oh, that resolution tells me everything I need to know. That little cube is running a fairly old MEMS (electo-mechanical) raster (left-to-right, top-to-bottom) scanning chip. If you bounce a trio of lasers off the scanning head, you get a color projector. If you aim a camera at the scan head, say thought a piece of fiber optics, you get a scanning camera that's super tiny. If you can turn on and off your lasers faster, you _can_ up the horizontal/X resolution. But, the vertical/Y resolution is locked at 480 no matter what. 848-ish X resolution is the best you can really get, though. Fun chips and nice to still see them in use from MicroDisplay more than 12 years after their commercial debut.
The bit about VGA connectors is true, BTW. My Microdisplay, bought cheap as HDMI was being adopted, used VGA.
It didn't detect the ssd the first time, but I had that issue once with a cheap off brand ssd and ended up having to load the drivers from a separate drive to get the bios to recognize it. It might be possible. I don't remember exactly what I had to do, but it worked eventually and I've been using it for several years now.
Using this with a portable tou h screen for a GM screen for Pathdinder or DnD would be awesome
9:09 someone needs to download the clip then replace the audio with song for denise
That's actually surprisingly bright for how small it is and how bright the room is
I just can't wait for 4090 4k high-end computers for today being compact into something this small in the future as just the norm.
We will have them on the form of steam decks.
It will be a novelty like this thing is now.
10:35 Linus is being dramatic about the internet speeds while I sit in Germany where 10-15 MB/s are considered fast. xD
This tiny pc is just so sick and packed with functionality for $200, this video was an absolute treat!
Prettt sure you can get tiny PCs like this without all the projector and stuff. Like this one on Amazon for $160 is the same form factor with a newer 10nm Celeron and newer GPU cores.
GMKtec Mini PC Intel 11th Gen N5105, 10nm 8GB RAM 128GB SSD M.2 2242, Nucbox5 Pro Mini Desktop Computer Windows 11 Pro, Micro PC with Dual HDMI 4K, Dual DDR4, Dual WiFi, Giga, BT4.2& Cooling Fans
Isn't TF and MicroSD the same thing? Nobody can give me an answer for sure. Linus says they're "intercompatible" but I think that's just because they're exactly the same thing but labeled different.
How *is* this different than the other mini (micro?) PCs? Just because it has a matching projector?
Not bashing the video because it was still good, but just wondering.
@@netsider as far as I can tell this looks like a rebranded GMK NUC box or Lark box but with a last gen CPU.
@@MoChuang343 this is why i don't fund indiegogo stuff anymore, by the time it actually comes out years later someone already made a better cheaper version. I ordered a special video stabilization thing but by the time it came out the built in stabilization in go pros and reg cams already 3X better
Cube shapes are the worst for portability. You could probably take it apart and line up each circuit board half side-by-side so it has the form factor of a phone (that would actually fix the USB orientation too).
Love that, we definitely need a future version all without cables alla wifi or Bluetooth
That's offensive.
This is the same CPU as used in the Synology DS920+ NAS, which supports GPU accelerated transcoding on Plex. It'd make a cool little media box!
Was a normal monitor ever tested with this unit? Would be interesting to know how it performs connecting a regular display
based on my Chuwi Larkbox Pro with same CPU it works just fine like any other pc, even with 4K display (no idea though with 4K video I probably tested but I don't remember it was probably fine as well) I even tested steam FHD streaming but latency (I mean slower games were still playable) was probably due to wifi signal not display or pc hardware
Metal Linus, rocking out to Pantera. That's what I'm talking about 🤘
There's a few of these around... we use the Kramer Via Go2 units for wireless displays.
You get a like just for using the home improvement (HUUUUUUUH) sound. You guys rock my socks. Really hitting your stride Linus, KILLING it bro!
Editing on this one is really great! Awesome job Alexandre!
Got a ThinClient with a J4105 and 8GB of RAM, just had to add a proper SSD as it came with only 16GB. This did cost me 56 Euros incl. shipping... Using it as my low power NAS, not drawing more power in idle than the Pi 4 I was using before but offering more performance when needed.
I have that projector since covid. Not a new product, but the lens cover is a nice update.
The moment someone said something over comms was priceless. Also, it really is a cute little cube, even if it's more for web browsing I can easily see it be a nice alternative to fit the "NUC" niche at a fraction of the price too
It's a fairly interesting product although Intel's NUCs, while being more expensive depending on the configuration, do a much better job at being "a tiny desktop computer you can carry in your pocket" and actually having some decent power (you can even find ones with core i7 in them if you're willing to spend the price and hear a spinning fan all the time).
Great video that flows perfectly tho, love the editing!
I really want one hope they come out with a usb c powered version so you just need a decent power brick.
Just seeing how small linus is compaird to my cosmos II makes me giggle. Best one spot pc, case ever (don't take it to lan's(do i did do that ) it is pretty heavy) love it.
Given the size of this thing, my thoughts jumped to Raspberry Pi and the x86 alternatives, which seem close in price as well (at least with some budget allocated to case/heatsink etc)
12:30 If, like he suggested, I just watched CZcams videos and basic word processing, then I *would* just use a RasPi
Considering the performance of this product, I cant help but wonder if getting a used Tiny pc from Lenovo or Dell would be a much better value proposition.
I'm wondering the same, I don't see why people would buy this
if you fit it mounted behind 21" monitor and don't make it stick too far from wall then quite likely,
if you don't have usage like that
and don't need silent powerefficient pc for simple tasks that takes almost no space (internals of used laptop could probably 100% replace it as well) then there are infinitely much many more better options