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Do you consider this LTT video truthful and worth a watch? After their recent bruhaha on the tubes I have pretty much stopped looking at them. The content is ar

Do you consider this LTT video truthful and worth a watch? After their recent bruhaha on the tubes I have pretty much stopped looking at them. The content is arrogant and dismissive, generally low quality. I try to avoid sources that are known for factual errors and biases towards entertainment/charisma over nuance. A bit sad.

I_Am_Nous 3y ago
>recent bruhaha on the tubes I haven't kept up with LTT, what happened here to reduce your trust in their channel?
- jnsaff2 3y ago
  TL;DR people claim that there is a relentless pressure to push out content and therefore there are lots of benchmarks incorrect, factual problems and many problems where the correction is blended as a text instead of just cutting out incorrect stuff or reshooting lines. There are also claims of undeclared interests and biased reviews, also some obvious assholery where for great fun and ignorance they destroy/sell/bash development samples from startups. Just search for "ltt drama" on youtube and you see pages of tubers flaming it.
lofatdairy 3y ago
I haven't trusted LTT benchmarks or opinions for a while, and I don't plan on supporting them post-drama. That said, GP just posts a video where they use a relevant product in question, and I can see the operation for myself. I think that still contributes to the discussion and is a useful enough resource. Probably the monitor was hand-picked as one of the best-working ones, but this is the normal skepticism I approach any video showcasing a product sent by the manufacturer.
c0balt 3y ago
I would consider it truthful though worth depends on what you want to get out of it. I see it as entertainement with some light information. The video basically is them playing around with the display and trying out the different refresh modes. This includes a light introduction on eink and color eink.
- jnsaff2 3y ago
  I did end up looking at the video and I agree that it was informative and the product spoke for itself.

I_Am_Nous 3y ago

>recent bruhaha on the tubes I haven't kept up with LTT, what happened here to reduce your trust in their channel?

jnsaff2 3y ago
TL;DR people claim that there is a relentless pressure to push out content and therefore there are lots of benchmarks incorrect, factual problems and many problems where the correction is blended as a text instead of just cutting out incorrect stuff or reshooting lines. There are also claims of undeclared interests and biased reviews, also some obvious assholery where for great fun and ignorance they destroy/sell/bash development samples from startups. Just search for "ltt drama" on youtube and you see pages of tubers flaming it.

lofatdairy 3y ago

I haven't trusted LTT benchmarks or opinions for a while, and I don't plan on supporting them post-drama. That said, GP just posts a video where they use a relevant product in question, and I can see the operation for myself. I think that still contributes to the discussion and is a useful enough resource. Probably the monitor was hand-picked as one of the best-working ones, but this is the normal skepticism I approach any video showcasing a product sent by the manufacturer.

c0balt 3y ago

I would consider it truthful though worth depends on what you want to get out of it. I see it as entertainement with some light information. The video basically is them playing around with the display and trying out the different refresh modes. This includes a light introduction on eink and color eink.

jnsaff2 3y ago
I did end up looking at the video and I agree that it was informative and the product spoke for itself.