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I don’t know why people like MKBHD. I much prefer reading a thorough objective analysis like they do on Anandtech than some anecdotal opinions. It’s entertainin

I don’t know why people like MKBHD. I much prefer reading a thorough objective analysis like they do on Anandtech than some anecdotal opinions. It’s entertaining to watch MKBHD though. I want data. Not entertainment in my reviews.

usaphp 8y ago
> I don’t know why people like MKBHD > it’s entertaining to watch MKBHD thought.
- fermienrico 8y ago
  Touche :-)
- B1FF_PSUVM 8y ago
  He's a likeable fellow, doesn't ham it up too much. I watch very little video, broadcast TV nearly gives me hives listening to their anxious desperate voices, but do not mind an occasional Marques Brownlee video. Actually kind of soothing ...
rifung 8y ago
That's a totally valid point of view to have. I used to be the same and care a lot about objective comparisons but I realized when I just listened to those I usually regretted my purchase. For me personally, the subjective things like feel, design, UX are way more important so that's why I now prefer anecdotal opinions because things like UX can't really be measured. For example the Fiesta ST was car of the year and very highly praised by critics, but when I test drove it, I felt nothing. I instead preferred a car that was much worse but for whatever reason I liked it and in the end isn't that what's important?
ryanmonroe 8y ago
If nothing else, MKBHD reviews are 10 minutes of 4k video showing the phone from every angle
threeseed 8y ago
I'm confused as to why you suddenly brought up MKBHD. Or why you think Marques should in any way be compared to Anandtech given they serve completely different purposes. MKBHD is a fun, light hearted Youtuber designed for a quick watch often whilst you're doing something else. Anandtech is a multi-page, detail focused review where you often need to block a half hour to read through. The two simply aren't comparable.
on_and_off 8y ago
>I want data. I can't help but frown : the anandtech review really rubs me the wrong way when it starts with a long benchmark. Unfortunately benchmarks are an extremely poor simulation of real life workload and have indirectly contributed to extremely poor devices by making OEMs very tempted to optimize their devices for benchmarks and not for real life workloads.

usaphp 8y ago

> I don’t know why people like MKBHD > it’s entertaining to watch MKBHD thought.

fermienrico 8y ago
Touche :-)
B1FF_PSUVM 8y ago
He's a likeable fellow, doesn't ham it up too much. I watch very little video, broadcast TV nearly gives me hives listening to their anxious desperate voices, but do not mind an occasional Marques Brownlee video. Actually kind of soothing ...

rifung 8y ago

That's a totally valid point of view to have. I used to be the same and care a lot about objective comparisons but I realized when I just listened to those I usually regretted my purchase. For me personally, the subjective things like feel, design, UX are way more important so that's why I now prefer anecdotal opinions because things like UX can't really be measured. For example the Fiesta ST was car of the year and very highly praised by critics, but when I test drove it, I felt nothing. I instead preferred a car that was much worse but for whatever reason I liked it and in the end isn't that what's important?

ryanmonroe 8y ago

If nothing else, MKBHD reviews are 10 minutes of 4k video showing the phone from every angle

threeseed 8y ago

I'm confused as to why you suddenly brought up MKBHD. Or why you think Marques should in any way be compared to Anandtech given they serve completely different purposes. MKBHD is a fun, light hearted Youtuber designed for a quick watch often whilst you're doing something else. Anandtech is a multi-page, detail focused review where you often need to block a half hour to read through. The two simply aren't comparable.

on_and_off 8y ago

>I want data. I can't help but frown : the anandtech review really rubs me the wrong way when it starts with a long benchmark. Unfortunately benchmarks are an extremely poor simulation of real life workload and have indirectly contributed to extremely poor devices by making OEMs very tempted to optimize their devices for benchmarks and not for real life workloads.