I Made a Mistake... - ASUS OLED PG42UQ

The 42" C2 that Linus JUST installed is great, but it's not a monitor. ASUS has released their PG42UQ based on the same panel, but now with less annoying ABL and proper wake-up functionality. Despite the great display, some things don't quite go according to plan...

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:49 What annoyed me the most
2:47 "Following Instructions"
4:40 Plouffe is helping
7:10 The peel
8:20 GASP "oh no"
10:39 Settings and Features
12:55 Plouffe ACTUALLY helps
14:24 KVM problems
16:23 Wendell (MVP)
18:35 One last idea
20:20 Let's play a video game
22:42 Linus drops something
23:13 Outro

[dolan-duk]

If Asus allows it, keep the broken one and keep it on a static black/white checkerboard pattern and see how it deals with burn in.

[Mediocritical]

I love how Asus stipulated in the sponsorship agreement that Linus was required to have a partner while lifting the monitor. I look forward to more sponsors adopting a "Linus lift assistance" requirement in their contracts in future.

[SrCarpi]

This has all the essential elements of a good LTT video:
1. Linus drops something.
2. Things don’t work.
3. Writer gets frustrated with Linus because he’s out of control.
4. David giggles.

[guillaumecourtens]

I admire Linus’ commitment to add more and more failure points

[dragoncatallini]

I have to say, seeing Linus getting lots of unexpected troubles doing setup work for something apparently simple, gives me confort about all those times I had a lot of troubles doing stuff that I thought was a super good idea to have at home

[Lussimio]

Mistakes were made, but the biggest mistake is the undescriptive title.

[Yamartim]

You know what I used to be super jealous of Linus' super expensive cool tech setups but when they put out videos like this of troubleshooting hell I start feeling pretty good about my humble single monitor setup in one room

[BloodyIron]

I normally criticise Linus for lack of preparedness (seemingly) and planning, but this kind of a situation it's really worthwhile to demonstrate what kind of headaches you can experience with the more extreme/esoteric configurations of equipment. So, good work-ish Linus, crew, and Wendel!

[matasa]

Wendell is such a nice guy, to even offer a prototype product with expedited delivery date... Keep his friendship Linus, you're gonna need a friend like him!

[BossSauce_]

With videos like this I would love to see a summary at the end explaining what was accomplished.

I’ve been watching LTT and similar channels in the community for a few years now and I like to think that I understand most of what’s happening in these niche projects. That said, with something as ambitious as the Sebastian Tech House project I’d love to have a better understanding of the connections being made by the end of the video. It’s entertaining nonetheless, but personally I feel more engaged when I have an idea of how attainable this type of setup could be for someone outside of this level of knowledge. <3

[JeskidoYT]

This is like the third monitor Linus has been given to rotate out his LG TV.

[cbygelightbulb]

I love how Wendell is the guy every tech youtuber calls when they don't know what's happening

[rollingtroll]

Am I horrible for thinking: "With that many electronics in your house, rgb and all, starting 5 years from now you'll be stuck in an endless repair loop'.

[dvn.s_]

The quality of the videos recently has me so immersed into the story of what is happening, I subconsciously started thinking of this as a sort of episode. The narrative presented recently is astounding, especially considering it's just about some tech nerds. I love it. Keep the talent coming.

[ItsVoidion]

I'd imagine that the mounting holes on the right side of the monitor are used for NUC and other mini style PC's that don't have a lot of weight and could be mounted using only 2 screws. If that isn't the case, I have no idea what they'd be used for

[jamesr]

Using the LG C1 as a monitor: Service remote can be used to disable the brightness limiter completely. Enable WakeonLan. Use a smart home setup (like homeassistant) and motion sensors / bluetooth / whatever to do presence detection. When you leave the desk/room, turn off the C1. *As you re-enter* turn it back on and (if needed) restore the input settings. This is super annoying but now works pretty flawlessly.

[tommy]

None of this matters, he's gonna swap out to another display when a new one comes out with minimal differences.

[dinckelman]

I'm still really not convinced that getting one computer and a ton of optical cables, to split it between 3 locations was really that convenient of an idea. Evidently it's a ton more hassle than it's intended to be

[bryanb]

As the hardware guy in my I.T department I felt every painful moment of this video. Great job crew and Linus, I hope it gets completely figured out soon!

[alextheheck]

Thank you Linus for another episode of WendellTechTips. Jokes aside, I'm really thankful for these longer, VLOG-type videos, because they don't sugarcoat the frustrating aspects of tech.