The WAN Show: Will.I.Am’s Smartwatch, FreeSync Coming??, – April 11th, 2014

WAN Show Document: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/138790-april-11th-2014-the-wan-show-document/

ASUS G750JZ Gaming Notebook: https://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/ASUS_ROG_G750JZ/

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TOPIC TIMETABLE

0:00:10 – TOPIC: Where is Slick?? At PAX East!
0:02:31 – TOPIC: Today’s Topics
0:04:25 – TOPIC: Intro & Sponsor Introduction – ASUS & Dollar Shave Club

0:05:25 – TOPIC: Will. I. Am. Creates his own Smartwatch
– 0:06:12 – Not like Kanye invented white T-shirts
– 0:06:56 – Some challenges
– 0:07:57 – Y U chat spam? BANHAMMER

0:08:16 – TOPIC: VESA May Have Accepted FreeSync for DP 1.2a
– 0:08:41 – How G-SYNC works.
– 0:10:10 – AMD’s FreeSync origin & future
– 0:11:20 – Display Port, you just won!
– 0:11:48 – Legitimately sad for XB1 & PS4 owners

0:12:42 – TOPIC: Android TV
– 0:13:11 – But what’s the actual point & how is it different?
– 0:15:02 – Interface challenges

0:15:02 – TOPIC: NVIDIA’s Performance Claims with New Driver
– 0:16:57 – Reviewers are sick of these claims
– 0:18:00 – Actual performance improvements
– 0:19:25 – It becomes a trust issue
– 0:20:08 – Battery Boost claims also hard to validate

0:21:40 – TOPIC: Blackmagic URSA 4K Upgradable Camera
– 0:21:57 – Why do we call them “film cameras”
– 0:22:52 – Functionality & features
– 0:24:19 – Upgradable sensor??

0:25:42 – TOPIC: Thunderbolt Demo
– 0:26:25 – Mac & PC thunderbolt networking?
– 0:27:26 – Some negative things about it
– 0:28:20 – Hackintosh video coming soon
– 0:29:25 – TANGENT: It’s time consuming to do reviews properly… SAMSUNG!

0:32:05 – TOPIC: A Phone Battery that Recharges in 30 Seconds??
– 0:32:55 – It can also be used for storage!
– 0:33:45 – TWITTER BLITZ: Would you pay $200 for a 30 second recharge?

0:34:40 – TOPIC: Logitech G502 Proteus Core
– 0:35:27 – A truly next gen sensor?
– 0:37:30 – Twitter blitz results

0:39:15 – TOPIC: Do High End Phones Need to Exist
– 0:40:40 – Back on track from earlier tangent

0:42:02 – TOPIC: Radeon R9 295X2 Review Round Up
– 0:42:20 – Why we don’t have a review
– 0:43:31 – Why it doesn’t matter anyway
– 0:44:33 – The general consensus
– 0:46:10 – AMD’s recent dual GPU cooling innovations
– 0:47:28 – Why a single slim 120mm radiator is enough

0:49:30 – TOPIC: NEW Sponsor ASUS G750JZ Gaming Notebook

0:52:00 – TOPIC: Sponsor: Dollar Shave Club

0:57:32 – TOPIC: Heartbleed Bug
– 0:58:15 – Why SSL exists
– 0:58:45 – What the bug affects
– 0:59:20 – What you can do

0:59:55 – TOPIC: Netflix Streaming in 4K!
– 1:00:05 – 4K advantages
– 1:01:05 – 4K disadvantages
– 1:02:45 – Already having bandwidth challenges
– 1:03:15 – TANGENT: Samsung’s 4K 28″ $700 monitor on hand!

1:03:50 – TOPIC: DirectX 12 Will Double Xbox One Performance
– 1:04:10 – But can we believe it?
– 1:05:35 – How MS can improve Xbone performance

1:06:25 – TOPIC: Seagate 6TB Hard Drive Announced
– 1:07:20 – Who is this important for?
– 1:08:45 – Enough to keep mechanical storage alive?

1:09:10 – TOPIC: Google Ara Module Design Guidelines Released (v1.0)
– 1:09:57 – The coolest feature

1:11:20 – TOPIC: Google Glass Available to Anyone for One Day!
– 1:11:45 – Buy my Google Glass. I don’t like it.