Roar!
I'm a frog thing.
This thing's easy, eh?
Nice.
Touchdown.
So Ben and I just turned on the DAZN app and we were hoping to watch the Seahawks game
but something went wrong.
this is ridiculous.
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2015-2017 Mustang Roush Quarter Panel Side Scoops Review & Install - Duration: 2:54.
Here with a review and install of the Roush quarter panel side scoops for the 2015 and
newer Mustang.
Roush parts have always had their own unique type of styling, and these quarter panel scoops
are no different.
They're gonna be a good option for someone looking for that Roush style, someone that
wants quarter panel scoops that they can customize on their own, and someone that doesn't mind
paying a little bit more for the Roush name.
We're gonna discuss the install in detail later on, but I can tell you right now that
the install is easy, it's a one outta three wrenches in the difficulty meter, and should
take about a half an hour to complete.
The quarter panel side scoops are unpainted, which means that they're gonna look like these
ones right here right out of the box.
These aren't painted and they don't have a primer either, so they will need prep work
before painting.
So don't be surprised when you get an unfinished product like this right out of the box.
The nice thing about this is that you can paint these however you'd like to.
You can paint them to match your car's color like most people do, or you can paint them
another color.
It's really completely up to you.
Each side scoop does look a little bit different, and these ones here are taller than some of
the other options, like the MMD by Foose scoops, so you're getting a bigger scoop here.
These are gonna to fill up the full length and right in between the two body lines on
the rear quarter panel of the car, or right in front of the rear wheel, and they're gonna
apply with double-sided 3M tape, so there'll be no drilling or any type of modification
required to get these on the car.
As far as materials, these quarter panel scoops are made from ABS, and ABS is used a lot for
exterior pieces.
This is because it's very lightweight and durable, and it's gonna have a long life.
The other nice thing is that it paints very nicely, which in this case is a thing.
When it comes to price, you can expect to pay a little over the $200 mark for these.
This is a touch more expensive than most other options on the site, but part of that is because
of the Roush name, the styling, and the quality that you're getting here.
You do have a few other options on the site when it comes to quarter panel scoops, even
some pre-painted ones if you didn't wanna have to get the scoops painted yourself.
The install here is very simple.
You can plan on spending a half hour, and this is gonna be a one outta three wrenches
in the difficulty meter.
You won't need any tools to get the job done, but you will need a clean surface.
I'd recommend cleaning your car really well prior to the install, since these apply with
the 3M tape, and you wanna make sure you create a good bond.
You'd use the alcohol prep pads to prep the area where the 3M tape will be.
Roush includes templates for you, and you can align the template on the car and secure
it with masking tape.
Next, you're ready for the scoop.
The 3M tape will already be installed on the back of the scoop for you.
You peel off the backing on the tape and apply the scoop to the car.
You're gonna wanna make sure you use a firm and even pressure to make sure you have proper
adhesion.
That's gonna be it for the Roush quarter panel side scoops that fit the 2015 and newer Mustang.
And for all things Mustang, keep it right here at americanmuscle.com.
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GoSoci Review | GoSoci Demo + Bonus - Duration: 11:15.
GoSoci Review - GoSoci Demo And Bonus
hello user welcome to GoSoci one of the hottest pills tipple and massive
amounts of free unlimited traffic from the hottest social networking sites
including Facebook Twitter Tumblr Pinterest let me take you to a
walkthrough of the GoSoci tuned you can log in with Google or Facebook
account option on the login page now I am going login with gmail account
and here you are in the GoSoci dashboard area let's start with the
basics by checking out different tabs provided in the center of the members
area in the center you will be able to find stats or you can say report like
you can also see the number of shares and your last URL performance then in
the top right corner you will be able to log out of the dashboard alternately
when you see the top left corner of the dashboard you will be able to locate
your profile picture which allows you to access basic options you can log out
from here as well now let's move to the left side menu to get a glimpse of all
that is offered by your brand new GoSoci software 3 the site or map tab which
allows you to create sytem apps by clicking on the create psycho map tab
you will be able to locate site or map creation area start by entering the URL
of the website and click on generate tab soon after you will see additional
options showing different than analytics like the current link number of pages
scanned added insight amount number of pages left and time passed in this
process all continuously updating themselves you can then click the stop
option once you are finished doing the process once you click the stop option
the download button appears now click on the download button the sytem app file
gets downloaded which you can access from the drop down menu in the bottom
left corner of the user area from the drop down menu select the show and
folder option and you can see the folder where the sytem app file has been saved
pretty easy to hear now you need to upload this site amount to your server
where this website is hosted now we head over to the second tab that is at side
of maps and it takes you to another to setup where you can add sytem apps once
again copy the concern the URL
and open it on the new tab
while doing so at site or map dot XML at the end of the URL you can access the
whole document tree here
now copy the URL again go to the dashboard and paste it in the URL
section of bad site a map area on clicking submit your site a map will be
added successfully when you scroll down you can see the site or map URL has been
added it shows now 488 index URLs and date and time of mortification once
review you can either enter submit or delete the entry of the site a map
alternately you can also delete any added site amount by selecting the
particular URL and click on the trash icon just above the entries now we will
move on to the next feature in the dashboard the URLs once you click on the
URL tab the page Crowell starts happening and will add all site map URLs
which you have added earlier once all the pages are added you can see their
results whoa you can see thumbnails of all the blocks titles URLs site amounts
date / time modified and any editing action you wish to take you can delete
any blog entry by selecting it and clicking on the trash button alternately
you can share any blog entry on Facebook Pintrest Tumblr and Twitter by clicking
on the share button just select the social media option which opens once you
click share next you can also choose what is the best time and date you would
like to share it on there are different time options available you can schedule
the one that suits you and click on confirm whoa you did it now let's go to
facebook.com and check hey you can see the link shared on your Facebook
Timeline now go back to the user area and select
the same block that was shared earlier this time select all the social media
Facebook Twitter timelines tumblr to post the blog again choose a posting day
time schedule and hit confirm wheel once again check first facebook.com and you
see the post has been shared next Twitter and then tumblr timeline
we found it here - amazing job is invented all with a mouse click now time
to check another feature of this awesome tool that called Facebook campaign with
this feature you can launch a Facebook campaign we begin with entering the
title and description of the campaign
once you created you can see it in the Facebook campaign section with all its
details when you hover the mouse on the options on the bottom right corner you
can launch and group your Facebook campaigns let's click on the group icon
this feature allows you to search campaigns by any name now let's give the
keyword name to search in groups it will display all the existing open closed
Facebook groups by the same name with its fetch group fetch groups option you
can also save Facebook groups of your interest the software displays the
thumbnails title of the group privacy status links of all the Facebook groups
in the results area
we can share any single URL to on social media for that let's go back to the URLs
tab in the dashboard menu open a page URL in a new tab that we want share copy
then paste it in the add URL affiliate link area once you've successfully
submitted move to the last page of the results area and you will see that the
above link URL has been added in the end from the bottom right options you can
edit the page enter the title message that should be displayed on the top of
the post
add an image from your media gallery and
submit it successfully
review the changes made to the entry in the URL area now select the entry and
click on the share button select the Facebook Timeline in the launcher
section and set the schedule of posting it once the schedule has been added
successfully go to facebook.com and review the post in the post below the
image is the URL once you click on the image it will take you to the URL
affiliate link that was added now we go back to the dashboard area in the URL
section here you can delete any post that want
let's select entry number 489 and delete it and then confirm this is how simply
you can add create URLs affiliate links Facebook campaigns and launch them on
these hot social sites with a simple mouse click whoa what's easy is single
quote Mt now let's click on the Facebook campaign
tab we go to the online marketing campaign we created earlier there are
options in the right to launch it and delete it
now we click on launch it you will be shown the open Facebook groups selected
by you earlier it will be added to the Facebook launch your option where you
can select it while launching a campaign now again go to the features menu on the
left side of the screen and select roles tab select the first blog entry and the
online marketing group we created earlier will be accessible for us to
post blog entries
once you click on share button the launcher tab opens and you can select
online marketing tab under the Facebook launcher option repeat the same process
of selecting the data and time scheduled and once added successfully go to
facebook.com to check and review as you can see the link has been successfully
shared in the selected group on Facebook and you can open and view many of the
reports available post was
now we will move to the reports tab to review some analytics once you reach
there you will be able to review all the posts you can see the page title site
URL word posted post Lincoln date time of the post you can select and delete
the unwanted reports from the area
now we move on to the Settings tab in the dashboard menu select connection
from the drop down menu of the settings tab as you scroll down you can see
connection settings for all the four social media sites Facebook Twitter
Tumblr and Pinterest so finally we head over to the dashboard
tab and we can see a lot of activity happening in the user area when you see
the sharing stats you can see what percentage is shared successfully and
what percentage sharing failed next we review the submitted URLs section we
could monitor URLs scheduled and shared and easy to review line graphs moving up
you can see the number of site and maps added created number of URLs submitted
added launchers added created on
number of lunch or groups successfully created added congratulations you are
ready to drive unlimited traffic from the hot social sites and make killing
with this awesome powerful tool
thanks for watching our GoSoci Review
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Destination Ares Review - Duration: 6:43.
Sometimes you just look at the screenshots for a game and know.
You know it's going to be something you'll enjoy very much.
I did not have that feeling with Destination Ares.
Actually I was extremely hesitant to play it at all.
Yet, I feel inclined to give most games a shot and I'm glad I did.
Destination Ares is a simulation about flying through space to get to a planet so the crew
can start a new life.
You don't take charge of the ship by playing the commander.
Oh no.
You're the ever watching AI that must direct the crew to problems on the ship.
What a wonderful twist on playing god.
Of course two thousand one a space odyssey comes to mind.
The AI handles all events, internal and external.
Sometimes you'll get a communication or something emotional happens on the ship.
You need to select how to handle it and sometimes complete a minigame.
The outcome of the event could allow you to continue your trip or if you fail probably
something is going to break.
In a way it's like FTL because you need to manage the systems of the ship by turning
them off and on.
Also directing the crew to repair the components when they break with either a warning or an
emergency.
If you tell the crew it's an emergency repair they'll stop at nothing to fix it.
They'll even put their own lives at risk.
The communication system is most important because if that breaks you can't talk to
the crew.
It's funny when it's completely broken and they ignore fixing it.
Frustrating too though.
I'm pretty sure the crew is too stupid to fix it themselves.
Which is how I learned that if you hover over an item you can see if it's already starting
to degrade.
It's best to keep up the repairs on the most important components of your ship.
It can be a little annoying when the oxygen starts to get low and the system has failed
but no one will make an effort to fix it.
They're fixing the engine instead.
You're going to DIE, please fix the life support you idiots.
Your body, the metal surrounding the crew, is extremely important.
You're given five different configurations with only one being unlocked from the start.
I don't appreciate being barred from playing a higher difficulty if I want to.
I wasn't able to get very far with the beginner ships, I don't know if it's possible to
beat the game with them.
None of those ships matter though because the game really starts when you can build
your own ship.
You have to unlock it by spending points in a tree but the tiers after that unlock more
parts.
Your created ship still has constraints so you can't stick everything you want on there
but it's very free form.
Nothing to stop you from creating a ship that doesn't have a toilet, but don't do that.
Creating your own ship is the best way to play though.
I'm not sure why they even included the default ships.
It's a much more personal experience if your crew and your ship are in trouble.
Hiding the coolest part of the game from the start almost made me put it down immediately.
Do the developers not realize it's the best or was this a terrible attempt at a tutorial.
Forcing the player to fly a beginner ship is not as much fun.
As far as I'm concerned this is the ONLY way to play.
If you do decide to pick up Destination Ares make sure to purchase ship building as soon
as possible.
Another mechanic that bugs the hell out of me is the mini game for deciding events.
One of the events that happens frequently is that someone on the ship is hoarding food.
You can select from several responses to this and then based on that it will set the difficulty
of the minigame.
But the minigame is so confusing.
You're instructed to think Minesweeper.
Yellow dots on a square show how many red squares it's touching, don't touch the
red squares.
Then they give you a radar ping to see how many yellow dots are around you.
It's just not intuitive, especially when you're in a time limit situation.
Minesweeper works because you have a timer going up and precise control.
In this game it's the exact opposite.
The controls are too loose and with a little jiggle you'll hit a red block.
To further aggravate there are blank blocks that without hitting them seem like red blocks.
Those were free in Minesweeper!
The whole minigame is annoying and I go back and forth if the game is actually worth playing
because of the minigame.
I also wish the power management was a lot clearer.
Maybe I'm too used to FTL where I have very obvious control over the power level but Destination
Ares is obtuse.
There's nothing clear about how much power each system takes or how much extra power
I have.
For the beginner ship you need to juggle power a lot but when I built my own ship I had plenty
of solar panels.
It would be a lot easier to create a ship if I knew how much power each system used
and how much power I was going to generate from the solar cells.
The game is difficult enough I don't know why this isn't in the user interface.
One thing to note is that I am getter farther in the game each time I play it.
I'm not sure if that's because of the upgrades I'm getting or from skill.
The game is slower so sometimes it feels more like a puzzle that needs to be solved.
How many beds, batteries, and engines are optimal to make it all the way.
My best run is forty nine percent of the way.
I think with enough tweaks to my custom ship I could reach my destination.
I'm not going to try and paint a fantastic picture of an amazing game you must play.
It has problems.
What I did find was a game that had a unique style with more depth than expected.
I know it's not the highest praise but I think it could be worth your time.
You should be looking for a silly god game that's not stressful.
Well unless the communication system breaks and they won't fucking fix it.
After about a year of early access I would expect some of this to be fixed but with eight
reviews it looks like Destination Ares was a little passed over.
Hurts a little because I think with teaks to the minigame and some of the ship mechanics
it could have been a lot better.
I wonder if the developer is willing to work on this if more people start picking it up.
It has something though, and that's more than I can say for a lot of other games.
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Vernee M5 Review and Unboxing: DO YOU REALLY NEED THIS PHONE? - Duration: 8:42.
Hey guys!
This is Tech Brothers.
Vernee company is very active recently.
This chinese manufacturer releases a lot of smartphones for the last time, such as Vernee
Thor Plus, Vernee Mix, and others.
Today we want to talk about another new smartphone Vernee M5.
We received this smartphone some days ago from our partner GearBest online store.
In description, under the video, you can find links where to buy Vernee M5 cheaper.
Vernee M5 is budget smartphone, and it doesn't have any latest features, like bezel-less
design, dual rear camera, etc.
At first glance, it is regular Android smartphone without any features.
So, let's review it, and find out is it true or not.
The smartphone comes in white box.
Here we can see company logo on the front panel.
On the back there is specification list.
Let's open the box, and see what's inside.
Here we meet smartphone.
It has factory film on both front and back panels.
We look at design of smartphone later.
Under the smartphone we can see USB cable, power adapter, user manual, and sim needle.
It's a pitty, but there is not headphones and silicone case.
If the headphones is not necessary, because they are often bad quality, though silicone
case would be very useful.
Vernee M5 is made of plastic, that looks like metal.
It is really think smartphone, with 6.9 mm.
Most of other budget devices have thicker bodies.
It is not bezel-less phone, so there is frame on the left and right of display.
However, they are almost invisible, thanks to 2.5D effect of protective glass.
Also, you should note that there is no Home button, and fingerprint sensor is located
on the back.
On the right side you can find power key and volume rocker.
The slot for sim card is on the left side.
It is hybrid slot, so you can use dual SIM card, or one sim card and microSD memory card.
Despite thin body, Vernee M5 has 3.5 mm audio jack on the top.
At the bottom is microUSB port, and holes for speaker and microphone.
On the back panel of Vernee M5 is everything standard: the main camera sensor in the middle,
fingerprint sensor under camera, and to the left is LED flash.
Plastic inserts for antenass are very thin and stretched horizontally.
So, Vernee M5 doesn't have metal body, dual rear camera or bezel-less design, however,
thanks to its 5.2 inch display and think body, it looks and feels very good.
As I already said, Vernee M5 comes with 5.2 inches HD display.
Its neither too wide, like 5.5 inches, not to narrow, like 5 inches, so it is very confortable
to hold and use with one hand.
Its an IPS LCD panel, which has 2.5D glass on top.
The colors and brightness are decent with good amount of saturation.
The resolution is 1280 by 720 pixels.
Yes, it is not Full HD, but not many people will feel the difference at this size.
Vernee M5 is powered by very common processor for budget Chinese smartphone – MediaTek
MT670.
It provides good performance for budget device, thanks to eight cores with clock speed 1.5 GHz.
One of the main feature of this chipset is integrated modem with supporting 4G LTE Category
6 networks.
It has download speed up to 300 MBps.
The chipset can handle most intensive processing without any lags.
Also it has not problems with heating.
The maximum temperature it reaches up to 44 degrees.
Vernee M5 comes with 4GB of RAM for multitasking, and 64GB of internal storage with support
microSD card up to 128 GB.
Now, let's see some benchmarks.
New smartphone has about in AnTutu.
It is really good result for budget smartphone, As for geekbench 4, here we can see in single
core test, and in multi core test.
Later we will make video with performance test of this smartphone, and show you all
benchmarks and real gaming experience.
Vernee M5 runs on Android 7.0 Nougat with VOS UI on top.
It is user interface from Vernee, that does not differ much from stock Android.
There is no unneccessary Chinese apps.
However, you will get security updates and fixes through OTA.
The inferface works very fast and smoothly.
I don't notice any problems while testing smartphone.
Vernee company says, that new smartphone can take photos no worse than Samsung Galaxy J5
2017.
Perhaps, it is true, because specifications are almost identical.
Vernee M5 comes with 13-megapixel rear camera and 8-megapixel front camera.
The camera app looks similar to other Chinese smartphones.
Here you can find different modes, such as HDP, panorama, and other settings, like photo
and video resolution.
At the moment we can not tell you about camera quality.
We have to test it, and then talk about photo quality.
Later, we will publish video with detailed camera test of Vernee M5.
Despite very thin body, Vernee M5 is equipped with good battery capacity of 3300 mAh.
I should say, that OnePlus 5 has much more bigger sizes, and it received a battery of
similar capacity.
The manufacturer promises about 240 hours of standby time, or 13 hours of playtime video.
Please, check out the description, under the video, perhaps, we already made video with
battery test.
We plan to publish this video in coming days.
What can I say about Vernee M5?
It seems very simple Android smartphone for the second half of 2017.
It doesn't have latest features, like bezel-less design or dual rear camera.
However, we know that dual rear camera on budget smartphones is often fake, so I'm not
upset.
As for design, Vernee M5 has very thin body, and compact size, so it is convenient to hold
in hand.
I think it is the most important thing.
So, Vernee M5 looks pretty good for its price.
By the way, the price of this smartphone is about $120.
In description you can find link where to buy cheaper.
And now we finish this video, however we will make at least three other with different tests,
such as performance, camera and battery.
Please, check out description to watch other videos with this smartphone.
Thanks for watching!
Subscribe to our channel – Tech Brothers.
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Kitchen Product Review 6 | Rapid Slicer - Duration: 5:59.
Kitchen Product Review 6 Rapid Slicer
Hello and welcome back to In the Kitchen with Matt, I am your host Matt Taylor, today I
have another product review episode for you, I am going to be reviewing a product called
the Rapid Slicer.
It is a really cool product, and I am going to be doing a demonstration, and show you
how it works, it is definitely a good product to have, if you are slicing, vegetables, little
fruits, all the time.
I will go through a demonstration and show you how it works, and then you can decide
for yourself, if it might be beneficial for you in your kitchen.
My first impressions, I absolutely love this thing, I know it is going to save me a lot
of time, and it has saved me a lot of time cutting and prepping, and things like that.
So without further ado let's go through a demonstration.
All right as you can see we have a lid with a little handle that you can hold onto, and
the bottom part, and on the bottom here there are these little feet, that grab really well
to the surface.
Now first, normally what you would do, say with olives, is you take a whole olive, you
can buy them pre-sliced but they are more expensive.
So let's say I have these whole olives, and I want to cut them up for some kind of a salad,
for some kind of dish and I don't want them to be whole, normally I would take one, and
I would take my paring knife, and go like that for each individual one, you could line
up a couple, and then it just starts to get kind of unruly, and if you are really fast,
you could do that, but you might cut your fingers, whatever the case.
Now, this is where this product comes in really handy.
So I am going to go ahead and take a bunch of these whole olives, as you can see I can
put a bunch of them in here, look how many I can put in there.
Especially for big dishes, now to cut all of those individually, with a knife would
take quite awhile, now you put the little top on here, you just apply a little bit of
pressure, and not too much, and you take your knife, and you want a blade that is at least
7 inches long, will work the best, and you put it in here, and go like this, right like
that, boom!
Look at this; all of these are sliced in half.
Isn't that awesome?
Really cool, I am going to put these back in here, and um, normally I would wash, this
off, before I use something else, and for that, one thing that is cool about this is
that it is dish washer safe, on the top rack, or you can just hand wash it, but it is dishwasher
safe, that is a cool little tip.
So normally I would wash this off, but just for the demonstration, I am going to show
you how to do this with grapes, you just take your grapes and put them on there, uh one
thing to note, you do want everything to be you know, almost pretty close to the same
size, it works better that way, it doesn't have to be, but if you want a more even cut,
if it is all the same size it works a little bit better, cherry tomatoes are a great thing
to use with this product, another thing that is cool is you can put like a chicken filet,
or a piece of meat, in there, and um you know you can do the same thing with a little meats
and chicken, so you just put the top on like this, hold it down fairly firm, not too much,
and then take your knife, and then within a couple of seconds, 15 30 seconds, I have
a bunch of grapes, that are sliced in half.
Isn't that awesome?
And now some final thoughts and impressions about this product the Rapid Slicer, first
off I love it, it is a great little, product, it definitely works as intended, it is easy
to clean, throw it in the dishwasher, top rack, or you can hand wash it, it is made
out of food grade material, umm, it just works really well, sometimes you get these little
products and they might seem gimmicky, and they don't work that well, this thing works
amazing, I am happy I have it, it is a huge time saver, so if you are always cutting up
little vegetables, little fruits, um, this product is for you for sure, I definitely
recommend it, some other things that may or may not be of importance to you, um it is
made in America, and shipped from America, that may or may not be of important to you,
and uh yeah, it is great little product, I really like it, I recommend it to anybody,
if you want to pick one up, I have a link down below where you can get it, this is an
affiliate link, so I will get a small percentage of the sale, it won't cost you any more to
go this route, but I definitely appreciate it, and thank you in advance for supporting
the show, it really helps me uh make more videos, and bring you more content, So yeah,
pick yourself up one, you won't be disappointed.
I am Matt Taylor, this has been another episode of In the Kitchen with Matt, thank you for
joining me, as always if you have any questions or comments or requests, put them down below
and I will get back to you as soon as I can, thumbs up down in the corner push it, don't
forget to subscribe to my channel and check out my other videos, take care.
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[TiG] Review: Comica CVM-VM10 Shotgun Microphone - Duration: 5:50.
Hey, this is Shane with That's It Guys.
Today I'm going to be reviewing the Comica CVM-VM10 Shotgun Microphone.
Now this microphone is very similar to the Rode Video Micro.
Comica was kind enough to send us this as a review sample.
It is an unpowered cardioid shotgun microphone that mounts to any device with a cold shoe.
This is such as a DSLR or a mount box for a smartphone or a GoPro.
When you first open the box, you will see a nice foam-lined carrying case that everything
is placed in.
Inside of that is, of course, the microphone.
The shock-absorbing mic stand which mounts to the cold shoe.
Two 3.5mm cables; one for your smartphone and one for everything else.
A windscreen and a pop filter.
I've mounted this on my Canon T3i, which I shoot the majority of my videos with.
I normally record using multiple audio sources.
That way if one of the audio files get corrupted or if there's a bump on the device - say you're
moving a large package around or something like that - that way you can kind of bounce
between devices if you have a lot of noise.
Now currently I'm recording with the Comica VM10 mic without any kind of filtering and
it's plugged directly into my DSLR.
The mic is about 6 feet or 2 meters in front of me and I'm speaking at a normal speaking
volume.
After using this microphone over the past few days in several scenarios, I've tested
out a few things to try and get the best sounding audio possible without any kind of filtering.
I'm in a very noisy environment.
My home theater PC is just a few feet away from the microphone and the recording device
and about 12 feet away is the refrigerator that often kicks in and starts running when
I'm trying to record video.
So that sound always gets picked up.
What I generally do is have some type of royalty free music play on in the background and that
kind of just mitigates that issue.
For this particular video, I'm not going to have any kind of music on in the background.
So you're hearing the raw audio untouched unfiltered from this microphone.
So, with that being said, I did try to see if I could impact the audio recording quality,
and my conclusions were that this mic sounds just as good in all of the scenarios that
I setup.
The first thing that I did was plug the microphone directly into a ZOOM H1.
I figured my DSLR has sensors, has motors, stepper motors, all sorts of sounds that it
may be able to pickup through the device, so I wanted to remove that as an issue, to
see if I could try and get different audio.
When recording on this, I recorded initially at 40% and 50% volume, and then I noticed
it was very quiet.
So I bumped it all the way up to 100%, and even then it was still quiet.
Once I matched the audios, I couldn't tell the difference.
So I moved onto the next scenario, which was seeing possibly if the microphone cable could
be a potential issue.
So I swapped it out with an audio cable - 3.5mm audio cable that had some ferrite cores on
it.
It was a thicker cable that was used in my car... and same situation.
It didn't change the audio one bit.
In fact it didn't even change the volume or the input gain or anything like that through
the DSLR.
So if you like the sound that you're hearing right now, that's what you're going to get
- more or less.
I figured this mic would be more appropriate with closer interactions, such as a vloggers
or if you're doing an interview, and generally as a backup audio source.
So if you're doing an interview, for instance, you would have some sort of portable microphone
that you're passing between the two people or a stationary microphone that's directly
in front of them, or even a lavalier microphone.
But in a lot of those scenarios - lavaliers move around, so you can get a lot of noise
from that.
You want to have nice clean audio, so something like this very close to somebody will produce
good audio.
So I wanted to setup a few scenarios to test out the recording.
The first scenario would be recording between 1 and 2 feet away from the mic.
This would be appropriate for vloggers or if you have a camera that can record at a
short distance while keeping everything in frame.
The second scenario would be recording 3-4 feet away.
This is probably the furthest you'd want to record where you're just picking up one
voice, and trying to distinguish that.
And the final scenario is at the distance I'm at, which is between 5 and 6 feet away
from the microphone.
At this distance, you're going to be picking up more background noise, which due to the
home theater and the refrigerator and everything else that's running, you're going to hear
that.
My final thoughts on the VM10 is that it's really solid.
I think with the included accessories and the ability to record on smartphones, GoPros,
and full sized camera equipment, at this price, I think you'll have a really good experience
with this.
Will it replace something like my Blue Yeti?
No - but it's not really supposed to.
It's supposed to be for recording singular direction audio and that's it.
It's supposed to be portable, which it certainly is.
So to conclude, I would say it's definitely worth looking into this if you're looking
for a shotgun microphone for your camera or your GoPro.
I've had great results with all the audio I've recorded with this.
If you guys are interested in this product, we have it linked below this video with a
coupon code for, I believe 10% off.
That code may change, but either way there's a link down below.
Thank you guys for watching.
If you'd like to see more videos like this, hit that subscribe button and see us later.
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Giant Campus A year in review | Social media - Duration: 5:12.
Hello, my name's Danny I'm in the library at Giant Campus shh!
Giant Campus is one! It started back in 2016
On the 1st of October I'm going to talk to you today around social
media and what our approach is to running a successful social media campaign
Social media to us is a platform where we can be creative we
can talk to our audience and our customers directly but most of all where we
can have fun!
We find if we have fun and we show people behind the scenes and some of the
kind of knowledge that we have...
Mr Quilter has turned up!
It should be social.
It should be the same as me meeting you in the street, shaking your hand and saying hello and working out what it is you do.
We launched at the beginning of October in 2016 with a 360 degree launch party.
Now this was scary.
We'd never done 360 video before let alone launched an entire business using
it so there was a massive learning curve throughout the whole
process from the technology, to the editing, to the sound to the lighting.
We launched the company by getting loads of 360 goggles, we sent them around to loads of
different businesses, influencers, people in radio, people in TV tried to get the
momentum for the Giant Campus band rolling and I think it did that I think
we got a lot of traction in and kind of local press and on radio and the 360
video on our YouTube channel. Another cool piece of content that we
put together quite early on in the life of Giant Campus will our boring training
video to some the word training kind of send shivers down your spine
Waiting for the clock to tick down to home time
In Giant Campus that is not how we deliver training, we use our ball pit or we use
the macs around the ping-pong table or the bar area, so we wanted to highlight
the difference between traditional forms of training and what we can offer
Halfway through the year we hired our Prefect, Amber, just off camera just over there.
And we came up with a competition and the objective of this competition was to
increase our Facebook following. A really good way to build kind of a buzz
around a brand. So we came up with the Jedi Box giveaway. The idea behind this
giveaway... Ram a box full of really cool gadgets, desk toys, things to keep
you productive, invite you to share our posts to follow us on Facebook with the
chance to winning this box but for every one of those people who know another
200-300 people there will be business owners in that mix somewhere.
Our latest campaign idea was a really exciting one for us here Giant
Campus because for the first time we could collaborate with Sleeping Giant Media, we
pretended we had the new iPhone early and we reviewed some of the made-up
features that we thought the new iPhone would have. We weren't that far away as it
turns out... The results of that piece of content was more Facebook views than
we've ever had before more YouTube views and we've ever had before more social
interaction I think we had something like 58 thousand impressions on Twitter on
the launch night itself for the iPhone and because the iPhone is still going
that content is all completely relevant.
Working together produces some really cool things it's a
collaboration across social is an awesome thing for any business to do.
So, that's been on social media I hope you've enjoyed this video I hope you've
enjoyed a years worth of posts and hopefully you've had a quick look so
here's to the second year of Giant Campus.
Ahh, I don't have any party-poppers, I'm in the library... Shh!
Lets sweat it out in this little box room... I mean this massive library of books
and knowledge! *awks*
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BBG7 x Aji Jobito Chocolate pod test - 2017 pepper review #29 - Duration: 6:20.
Hi this is Peter Stanley, welcome to my channel
today I've got a
another pepper from Justin White
this is a bubblegum 7 crossed
with aji jobito
chocolate
and this is a creation
of Sandra Tipton
and I've never tried one of these, but it's really neat
because it's got the shape of a
a lot of shape of aji jobito
it's got the
large calyx
that the bubblegum have, and it's hard to see for the sticker but it's bleeding
a bleeding calyx to, it's bleeding up the stem
really neat
thank you Justin for sending me this
Justin
owns white hot peppers
and sells seeds, and I'll put a link to his
website in the description
I'm not sure if he's selling these are not but
he has a lot of seeds he sells
anyway
I'll go ahead and weigh it and cut it
measure it, and cut it open and we'll take a look at it
8.2 grams
it's about 1 1/4 inches long
and
about 1 1/4 inches wide
really
thick wall, it looks a lot like the
aji jobito as far as shape
wall thickness and everything
it's a really mild smell
not this other one looks like it
see little bits of oil there
alright let's go ahead and give it a taste
okay I'm back
alright here goes, the
bubblegum 7 crossed with aji jobito chocolate
yeah it tastes good, it has a
it was a real kind of mild sweet flavor
with just a little bit of earthiness
getting a lot of overall mouth burn right now
I didn't really get any heat when I was chewing it
but it's starting to build a little bit
mostly kind of focused on my tongue at the moment
yeah it's very good
right now it's around
maybe a little less than
a little less than habanero level heat
yeah I think it's about peaked
probably be useful in a lot of applications, powder, sauces
salsa
maybe jellies
it's a little too hot for like fresh eating
but it's got a very good flavor
and
it's pretty juicy
got a lot of kind of meaty
yeah kind of got just got a smooth
mouth burn it's starting to go down, it's probably mabe
like the lowest end of habanero level
I know they kind of range a little bit
150,000 to 200,000 maybe, I'm not sure
yeah it was really good
I never heard of it until
it was in a box that Justin sent me
a couple boxes of peppers this week and
and it was in there so it was
I really happy to be able to try that
and he put on the label it was a creation of Sandra Tipton
that's all I know about it
anyway, thanks Justin for sending me that
I hope yall liked that
and enjoy it and
thank you very much for watching
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Review of the Anet E10 3D printer - Duration: 13:08.
With the Anet E10 I got another 3D printer from my sponsor Gearbest.
The design is similar to that of the Creality CR10 I have tested in a previous video, however the dimensions of the Anet E10 are clearly smaller.
Nonetheless the print volume of 22x27x30cm is anything but small.
Why there is a hole in the back side of the electronics box will be explained later in this video.
The printer comes almost preassembled.
As with many cheap printers there are minor scratches on the surface of some components, however that doesn't affect the functionality.
The good build instruction is available in a printed version as well as pdf and a video on the micro SD card.
I needed approximately two hours to assemble the printer, however I took many pictures and video sequences during my build and I had to eliminate minor errors in design.
The aluminum frame is very solid.
The X axis is guided along one of the aluminum profiles by plastics rolls.
Quality and shape of the rolls are anything but perfect - you can feel that the movement is a bit rough while operating the print head manually.
At the end points of the X axis you can see that the lower edge of the belt doesn't run in parallel to the movement of the print head - an issue you can observe at many cheap printers.
The Y axis moves along round steel bars guided by metal bearings.
The movement of that axis is clearly smoother.
There is also an issue with the belt that doesn't run in parallel to the movement of the axis out of the box, however that error is easy to fix.
The electronics is in a solid metal box.
The LCD screen is a bit loose in it's frame, which doesn't really matter when operating the printer...
...but the rotary button has to be pulled out every now and then to make it trigger properly.
Wiring is done quickly - all plugs are protected against reverse polarity and labeled perfectly.
As written in the build instruction, use the correct terminals to wire up the end switches.
I cut off approximately half of the polyteraflourethylene tube running to the hotend - it shouldn't be longer than needed to reduce friction.
There is an issue with the wiring of the z motors:
The build plate hits the plugs while moving along the y axis.
So I turned the motors for 90 degrees to make it all work properly, however a couple of screws had to be loosened to do so.
Let's turn the printer on for the first time:
Through the printer menu, nozzle and buildplate get preheated for PLA with the print bed being set to 50 degrees Celcius.
After approximately 3 minutes the target temperature is reached and with that you can put the plastics sheet on the build plate.
Make sure that no bubbles are underneath the foil.
Next step is adjusting the printer.
Whenever the motors are disabled, you can turn the spindles of the Z axis freely, by what the frame of the machine bends and the X axis gets misaligned.
First thing to be done is moving both ends to the same height, for what I am using a pen as reference.
The spindles are turned manually until the pen fits under both ends of the X axis.
Leveling the print bed starts with turning all corner points of the build plate to a low position
Auto home all axes afterwards - especially the Z axis must move to the end switch.
With the motors being disabled, you can move the print head to the corner positions manually and raise the plate by turning the knurled nuts.
Adjust a gap of 1 to 2 millimeters in the first run...
...and reduce that gap step by step until nothing but a sheet of paper fits tightly between nozzle and print bed in the final run.
Now, you can insert filament.
The printer comes with two 10m rolls of white PLA.
As soon as the target temperature of 200 degrees Celcius is reached, you can push the lever at the extruder motor and insert the filament, which is always a bit fiddly at this printer.
As you can see, no plastics exits the nozzle.
I found the reason for that after removing the bowden on top of the hotend:
There was a piece of plastics jamming on top of the drill hole.
The worker in the factory did obviously not remove the filament properly after a test run.
While working with the E10 I found that the filament is always jamming at that point when trying to remove a spool.
The inner diameter of the Teflon tube is larger than that of the 2mm drill hole on top of the hotend, thus it can't work properly!
To fix that issue, you should replace the Teflon tube with one having the correct inner diameter, I widened the drill hole to 2.5mm which is not the best solution.
After inserting the micro SD card...
...and initializing the storage device, you can select a file and so start a print job.
I am using a file named "chess" that came with the printer.
The job starts after the target temperatures of print bed and hotend are reached.
The first layers were printed as expected so I went back to my office to continue working on other stuff.
When I came back after 10 minutes, that the job was aborted.
Temperature of print bed and hotend were set to zero, which was why I thought that a short power failure caused the error.
However when I tried to start that file again, the voltage dropped, causing the printer to reboot.
So there was in internal reason for the power failure - I figured out that the power supply was faulty.
I replaced the device by the 12V line of an old computer power supply I had in stock...
...and that worked!
After telling the manufacturer about the faulty power supply he sent a spare part to Germany.
More about that on my pages.
The mantra of my projects is to fix issues in a simple way and thats what I did by using the old computer power supply.
So let's continue with testing the printer.
In the second run, the job was finished after approximately one hour and the result isn't bad.
Another issue with the printer came to my mind when starting own projects:
Even while the nozzle temperature was set to 210 degrees Celcius, during operation, the real temperature was no more than 195 degrees.
The fan of the print head that normally cools the upper part of the extruder is also blowing on the lower part that is called "hot end" for good reasons...
A piece of Kapton tape at the lower part of that fan keeps the air flow away from the nozzle and with that the print head reaches 210 degrees with ease.
I hate wasting my time with printing sculptures or benchmark figures which is why I designed a special gimbal mount as a test run.
It's composed of a variety of gears - the largest with a diameter of 19.9cm going to the edges of the print bed.
Rapid changes in direction are needed to print the teeth of the gears - the tooth width of this middle sized gear is only 2mm.
More about my printer test and the mechanics build from all the parts is shown in a subsequent video.
You can see that there are gaps on top of the gears.
That's because of the too weak extruder motor: The motor is skipping by what the filament doesn't move with the accordant amount and so the flow of plastics exiting the nozzle is too low.
Here I am printing with 60mm per second with a layer height of 0.2mm.
Maybe with a better Teflon tube having the correct inner diameter the friction is lower and the printer works with higher speeds.
With the current setup, the print speed has to be lowered to get good results.
With a reduced print speed of no more than 30mm per second I got clearly better results.
To get an impression of the print quality you can have a look at high resolution photos of the prints I made with the E10 on my pages.
All in all the gears and threads work so that this printer is at least an applicable device after eliminating the errors in design.
There are obviously quality issues so that the manufacturer must do his homework before I would call this printer a good deal for non experts.
While experts can handle all the trouble with ease, for beginners in 3D printing this might be a frustrating experience.
I really like the look of the relatively sturdy aluminum frame, but I dislike the plastics wheels even if they are obviously doing their job.
Those wheels are another point in design I'd like to be changed by the manufacturer.
You can read all about the Anet E10 and more 3D printers on my project pages.
Thanks for watching and: "I'll be back!"
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Ford Escape 2018 Hybrid SUV Review | Big on power, features, and price - Duration: 3:23.
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Audi RS5 2017 review - Duration: 8:52.
13,000 of the previous RS5 were sold. That was the first generation RS5.
There is no similar Audi coupe, so I wonder what people bought before.
Doesn't matter, this is the new RS5. I think it's beautiful.
This color, Sonoma Green, is exclusive for the RS models.
When you say "a dark green RS5", no one would think that's nice, but it is.
I've seen the A5, S5, and S5 Sportback and they're looking good, just like the previous A5 generation.
They're sportier than an A4.
The RS5 is the absolute best. This is what everyone wants.
They're using the old engine philosophy.
In the late '90s... The S4 I had too and RS4...
A V6 with two turbos and lots of torque and power.
After this, the S4, RS4, S5, and RS5 with a naturally aspirated V8 were introduced.
It sounded wonderful and it was fast enough, but its character was different.
Now, with downsizing, we have returned to the V6 with two turbos.
This engine is different than the one in the S5. You'd think the RS5 has a more powerful version.
This is a 2.9 engine with 444 hp; the same as the previous RS5.
600 Nm (443 lb ft) torque. That's 170 Nm (125 lb ft) more and of course lower rpm. You feel this.
Of course it has AWD, which means this is the fastest of the famed three on 0-100 kph (62 mph).
We're talking about the M4 (not the M3) and the C63 coupe (including the S).
This is the only one that does it below 4 seconds with 3.9 seconds.
The top speed is 250 kph (155 mph), but if you pay Audi 2,100 euros...
Come on, guys. You'll get to do 280 kph (174 mph).
I think it's not very enthusiastic about accelerating over 230 kph (143 mph).
Maybe I'm spoiled, but I've driven faster cars.
Another advantage of the V6 engine is that it's 31 kg (68 lb) lighter.
This generation RS5 is 60 kg (132 lb) lighter than the previous one.
The front and rear axles are lighter and the use of aluminum and stronger steel make it lighter.
A carbon roof is optional, but it won't have a sunroof. That saves 3 kg (7 lb).
Forged wheels are 8 kg (18 lb) lighter. Ceramic brakes are another 8 kg (18 lb) lighter.
You can keep going like that. What kind of car is this?
If you know nothing and you see the M4, C63, and RS5 parked next to each other,
these cars seem to match. Yet, they don't.
This is the only one with AWD and it's more point and squirt.
You can drive it fast everywhere and I dare to everywhere.
Certain professions love the S and RS models.
Everything is easy. It's easy to drive fast. Really fast.
The car invites you to do this.
It does stay neutral for a long time. This gives you confidence.
Most power goes to the rear axle. 60% to the rear and 40% to the front.
This can vary depending on what you're doing.
On a more slippery surface... We don't have snow to try it on, but you feel the rear do something.
There is no boring understeer. It's fun.
It's more fun than the previous RS5, which is too neutral.
Another interesting thing is that the S and RS models have no double-clutch S tronic.
The RS5 too has a normal automatic transmission.
The 8-speed automatic transmission functions well, but on the highway in Comfort it's indecisive.
It thinks before going down a few gears to accelerate, but you can use the flappy pedals.
I felt this was easier with the S5. I don't know why.
The engine is more powerful, so it should be easier.
The interior is typically Audi.
On the one hand it's brilliant, on the other... I've driven recent Audis and you get used to it.
The RS5 isn't very special. There are no fun tricks.
There's red stitching in black leather, but this is available for the base model A5 too.
It's fun, but I think it's not very well done. The Audi Virtual Cockpit has a special RS mode.
You'd expect it to be special with its power meter, but it's not spectacular with a wow effect.
It's not much cooler than before.
The RS5 shows a new design language for the Audi RS models.
It was inspired by the Audi 90 IMSA, a real race car.
The wheel arches and single-frame grille are wider.
This is 1 of the 10 air intakes up front.
You can count them. I will conclude with the price.
Yes, it's big. We're used to that with these models. It's in line with the price of an M4 or C63 S.
I'll read the exact price of this car. I can because the Audi RS5 has 30 assist systems.
It's filled to the brim. I'm not going to include it in this video, but I can do this safely.
172,701 euros. Prices start at 116,400 euros.
Is that a lot of money? Yes. Is it a cool car? Yes. It's very pretty.
The sound is a bit tame from the outside.
I think it sounds good inside, though.
It's very fast. Maybe we should use launch control again.
There's a speed bump over there, but that doesn't matter.
And go!
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Digimon Adventure Tri Symbiosis Review & Discussion - Digimon Tri CoExistence - Duration: 23:09.
Digimon Adventure tri Symbiosis! Oh what a wonderful movie! So what's up guys Foxen
here! Here's my full review for digimon tri Symbiosis. I got some pretty strong
feelings about this movie so things may get explicit. I do expect this to be
pretty long, chapter times will be down below. And while you're watching this make sure
to leave your own mini review down below too! Alright so let's go ahead and get
started. First off really quickly the name of the movie.
We know this movie has digimon tri symbiosis. The official English name has
come out it's not symbiosis but coexistence. Anyway let's begin with the
first character the child of light Kari. So just by saying the poster you
need instantly that Kari would be a focus of this movie but honestly I don't
think I would have even known this movie was focused on her if I hadn't seen the
poster. It was really only until later that Kari kept on talking and then I
remembered, oh yeah this is supposed to be about you! For this movie where
Kari is supposed to be a highlight she ends up getting a ripped of.fAas for
Kari's actual role in the movie one of her main focus is her feeling what the
digital world wants. She mentions how I want them gone. That the digidestined
themselves are a virus. I gotta say that I really like this parallel since it
really calls back to homeostasis having chosen her Kari as a vessel. This may
be one of her benefits. Next up the lovable Ninth DigiDestined
Meiko. If you're a fan of this character I'm sure you must have loved this movie.
Unfortunately for the rest of us she spends most of this movie just being emo
for a lot of it. And it's really not surprising at all that a lot of people
are annoyed or outright hate Meiko at this point.
I personally was getting really impatient especially the first time
watching this, but then when it was over I'm like okay. This is supposed to be
your movie. I'll go ahead and give you a pass. One of the unfortunate things of
this movie was just how much they had a remind Meiko that her and Meicoomon are
partners and super special! I was like, okay here it comes once, twice again and
again oh my god it's a broken record. Enough. As for Meiko's big moment in this
movie it was supposed to be her at then deciding for them to off Meicoomon.
Here they were trying to make this Meiko's moment and I emphasize trying. I'm only
gonna speak for myself but I really didn't feel it
since I really don't care for this character. And I'm not even saying that I
hate her. Meiko really hasn't been on this team long enough and when they're
mentioning killed a cat I'm like sure. Why not. If anything Meicoomon's been
here even less and that thing should be a digimon anyway so just revive it.
Since we're talking about Meiko let's talk about Meiko and Tai. This movie had
quite a bit of moments between Meiko and Tai.
It seems like they're really pushing it at least in this movie. Is this gonna be
some foreshadowing for Tai's eventual the new wife? It almost seems like there is a
love triangle between Mat, Tai and Meiko. Poor Sora is just getting shoved to the
back. As for Meicoomon the evil little kitty. In what is supposed to be
Episode one of this they actually confirm the fan theory. The evil cat is
in fact related to Apocalymon. So far I think that's been one of the most
popular theories about little Meicoomon. It's supposed to contain the dark side of
the digital world just in cat form. See I told you cats are
evil! Right now i'm gonna assume that Meicoomon got infected after Apocalymon's
defeat. The only time frame we've got shown was that flashback from Meicoomon
and Meiko. That was supposed to be the same year but in the fall when the
digidestined went to the camp. I think it was in the first movie where we saw that
digital Egg going Black. At that moment that should have been when that the DigiEgg
got tainted. And then from what we got later on in this movie it seems that Meicoomon
was really just being kept in check by Meiko's existence and to some
extent it seems that this cat starts going crazy based on Meiko's emotional
state. By the way I do wonder whether Apocalymon himself has some influence
on Meicrackmon. In the first episode there was this voice coming from it. I
don't think it belonged to Meicrackmon. And says we're talking about Meicoomon
let's talk about her mega. Which by the way I forgot to look up her name so let
me know her name down below! Anyway this thing goes into mega right as Jesmon
appears. It instantly starts dissolving and destroying material around it. That
was actually a pretty cool. It just helped to demonstrate the level of power this
thing had. Design wise though I am NOT a fan. I much more prefer that ultimate
Digimon form, which I hear is popular among furries but anyway there was a
question about just how powerful this thing was. Sure matter around it was just
getting dissolved but in terms of digimon power especially for Megas
that's not that special I don't think. This Mega didn't have an issue
holding its own against Jesmon and later Omnimon, and Jesmon,
we'll get to it. Really quickly let me bring up Agumon. I'm sorry but they made
Agumon way too stupid in this. Why is he only about food? I know it's supposed to
be played up for laughs but at this point is just starting to get annoying. The
only thing I'm looking forward to is just hearing the English dub of Agumon. I
think those lines will come off a lot better. Besides all the food stuff Agumon
did have one really good line. It was during his interaction with Meiko.
He accidentally asked if Meiko was flat-chested. I had to stop and go back
and see if you've really said that. Poor Agumon pretty clueless just like Tai. Next
up let's talk about the digimon invasion. One of the main things from the synopsis
and the trailers was this whole Digimon invasion. You know what this reminded me
of? The worldwide arc in season two. That then makes you think why is no one
bringing up the other DigiDestined and I'm not even talking about the 02 cast.
I could let it slide for everyone but i would expect at least Izzy to bring it
up at least once. And then we have the so-called major threat which turns out
to be not so major. The Digimon aren't even moving and then after that they
barely mention it. I was hoping to see some of the guys flying around with like
WarGreymon and Seraphimon to different locations worldwide but no. They just
spend some of the time running away from the police.
Next up Maki and the dark ocean. To begin let me mention that Maki and her
organization were there when Meicoomon started going crazy. I wonder if at
this point Dark Gennai got in contact with her. She was there from the very
beginning and then from what we saw in the last movie Maki was starting to lose
it. In this movie she's just wandering around with a special anti Digimon gun
and then suddenly she appears in the dark ocean. I know a lot of people wanted
the dark ocean plot pointer be brought up again but I don't think people wanted
it like this. Instead of Kari dealing with it
it's Maki instead. And by the way how did Maki even get there?
Did she randomly get there from one of the other portals opening? And what's up
with the different guns? She first had a rifle and then moments later it becomes
a pistol. Is Maki really just going that crazy that she's imagining all of
this? And just seeing how depressed Maki is
this wasn't digimon this scene almost felt like she was about to off herself.
Anyway this whole depression into the dark ocean scene I do think they're
trying to bring up some parallel between Kari and her, although right now it seems
like they're not executing it pretty well. But anyway this scene was Maki does
confirm the dark oceans existence again so it should be pretty relevant and
Digimon Tri. Does this now mean that Daemon is confirmed to be coming back? You
cannot not mention Daemon. On the other hand they have been ignoring the 02
cast so I guess they could simply ignore demon just like them. Although at this
point do we really need another villain? There's already so many sides.
Perhaps Daemon has influenced over a different individual and you know who
I'm talking about! Let's bring up dark Gennaiaka the
Digimon Kaiser. So right from the end of the other movie in the beginning of this
one he goes on about how Meicoomon should have never been born but he was
waiting for that moment. I don't think he's necessarily referring to Meicoomon
but just this unique mutation. It just so happens to have been Meicoomon. There
still has that question of who is controlling dark Gennai. The popular
theory is Piedmon but a second one close one should also be Daemon at this point.
Anyway from episode 1 of this movie was it dark Gennai who sent a digidestined
back to the real world. That seemed awfully convenient.
Just how much control does this guy have? Also a lot of times that you see this
guy he's upside down. Dark Gennai was even on eyewitness to Kari and homeostasis
fighting it out. Wasn't this supposed to be in Kari's mind? So how did he get
there? Dark Gennai herself was less in-your-face and more in the background
in this movie. It felt like he was playing more of this Loki character by
setting things up but right now who the hell even knows what this guy's plan is.
Also which side is he on right now? There's Yggdrasil's side, homeostasis, the
digidestined, and i wouldn't be surprised if another
one comes up in the final movie. As for homeostasis and Yggdrasil if you recall
Yggdrasil is supposed to be this digital god of the digital world. Very
loosely homeostasis is supposed to be the successor. The one that keeps the
harmony whether they're completely following these roles and digimon try is
still a question right now serving on homeostasis side is Hackman initially
homeostasis wanted Hackman Tech may come on but as of this movie
homeostasis ordered Hackman to the late may come on what's interesting here is
how homeostasis has chosen to discard the digidestined since they couldn't
finish the job off I mean it seems pretty heartless but then again this is
supposed to be some superior being them as for each Rizzo in other Digimon media
this guy has always been wanting to get rid of humanity of course we haven't
gotten anything directly from Alpha Mon or each resume this does bring up the
question about why alpha 1 will be siding with it most of the other time
alpha 1 is fighting against it this is why I don't think it'd be too surprising
to see alpha Mon turn on him in the final movie and since I just brought him
up let's talk about the ro9 alpha man and Jeff smug these two were pretty much
part of the only action scene in the movie this also happen to be Jasmine's
first anime the view unfortunately I was largely unimpressed by what I saw the
action between just mom was really not memorable and it doesn't stop there this
also includes what I saw from alpha mode so the start of Jasmine's appearance we
had it trying to take out making ones mega I was pretty disappointed to see
most of the action just being a lot of tackling and they also didn't show off
Jasmine's special trait he supposed to be extremely quick yet you seen none of
that here also how about his sores which is what he's known for at one point even
it's not just when getting a chance to decapitate make Irwin's mega but it did
it it almost look like it was trying to carry the cattle way and then the actual
fight first is a lot of these things Jessamyn just kept on getting pushed
around it really just boil down to a lackluster appearance for his anime
debut another negative point for this battle was just how just one in our form
on again we're silent I don't know whether alpha manga talk but we have
seen Hackman with the boys then later just one actually speaks when doing his
ultimate move so why remain solid say something I don't know for me it just
the lesson that impact even more these battles already feel like there's not
much weight in them anyway by the way there's something else I need to bring
up about jasmine and Elfman at this point in the movie both of them wanted
to kill may come on so why did these two start fighting I know that you could
argue that Aikido still wanted to make mutton fusion to destroy the human world
but that wasn't eat results planned besides the video really wanted that he
could just an alpha man to nuke I'm sure eaters though could call upon a
lot of other rocks to help out anyway once again pretty mare for the battle
between Jasmin and alpha Mon which I could hardly call that battling was just
I'm using tackle back and forth and I'm not even sure where these two guys
disappeared to in the finale of the movie that they just instantly teleport
to earth to try to destroy this thing do they even want to kill it at this point
who freaking knows but anyway despite all the issues I just mentioned with
these two guys I really did enjoy one thing from alpha mode and that was him
summoning the Deacon slamming it against chespin and then having everyone revert
back to rookie form straight from mega this is just a pretty awesome scene it
really highlights just how powerful this guy is it would have been nice to
actually see the Magus getting reverted back but I'll get to that next up the
actual story for Digimon tri symbiosis slash coexistence you can let me know if
you felt the same in overall the pacing of this felt super super slow I know
some of the other movies had had slow moments but this one really only
suffered by having that large action scene at the very end at least the other
movies has some action scenes in the middle even if they were quick and then
they had a big finale this movie on the other hand it seems like they decide to
save everything for the final act then again in that final act there were some
scenes that they just washed past I could think of several examples would
have would have been nice to have really soaked it in and digested even if the
scene was only 5 seconds longer but nope we're at the end and we got a rush it
even though we took such a long time to get here next up a fond iman's fall down
mode or maybe the lack thereof on my first feeling of this movie I was pretty
fucking disappointed after seeing what they did you're gonna have a funny mount
fall down mode on the fucking poster and then do this it really feels like false
advertising and you see it all the time in movie trailers I know I know I'm a
little biased since I really love this Digimons design when I first saw this
I'm like frickin awesome but then in the actual movie Alf on Iman fall down mode
is on screen for a less than a fucking minute and actually it goes down to 25
seconds if you only count the screen time for a funny more
falldown would really just call it what it is is the freaking cameo if you're
not even gonna use her for anything don't put her in the freaking movie I
can't be the only one that got super disappointed by this the whole scene
leading up to it was also super quick it seems like it was a dark digivolution
from Cory being in shock perhaps there was some influence from dark Chennai or
maybe he been inked Rizzo he just had a funny Mon fall down was summoned and
then opening this gate to hell honestly I'm not sure what the hell was going on
at this point myotismon comeback doesn't sound that
bad at all then this demon angel decided to fuse for whatever reason it ended up
becoming this huge female looking white thing with demon wings of course boobs
and booty included I know a ton of people are bringing up comparisons of
what this reminds them of you can let me know what yours is for me this thing
reminded me of something out of Claymore and not so much that stuff you've seen
the enemy more than manga stuff another issue about this whole thing was just a
setup we had Kerry going into shock and even though the rest of the movie
leading up to this was very slow-paced they went quickly passes if I ever get
around to making the top 10 disappointing things and did you mind
trying I think this whole scene with the funny menthe fall down mode would take
the number one spot next up the animation I think I briefly mentioned it
in the past but it needs his own section this time I know personally I was pretty
disappointed by some of the stuff you saw did you want trial boss a very good
example was animation seen from Serafima I could just picture him looking like
little blocks in my head I don't know why but I did expect a lot better from
this movie perhaps part of that might have been you know since the movie was
like half a year away however this movie also suffered in that department one of
the big issues is just they're still using way too many still images and I
don't know maybe for a movie that's just way more obvious it is true that other
anime have to do it too due to time constraints or limited budget one
immediate example I could think of is attack on Titan season 2 but the thing
is they often find clever ways of making it less obvious and even if they do a
still image they don't hold it for that long I saw all the stuff images being
used at the very beginning episodes and I thought to myself okay they're saving
the budget for the Meishan finest but then when you got
through the battle scenes the animation here also took a quality hit honestly
there's really no excuse for this you got anime airing week to week that
has way better animation in this movie and again this is supposed to be a movie
I don't know if that's just an unfair comparison by me it also doesn't help
that I saw some very beautiful animation from two other movies this year that
includes kimi no na wa and the SAO movie after seeing this I really have my
expectations Lord for the final movie there was also the issue later on that
they've reused a freaking evolution scene for omnimon from the first movie
really guys I was a little denial the first time I watched its movie but then
it's pretty obvious when he watched a movie a second time I mentioned that the
sorrow that's how the battle seems to go quality hit it really took a heavy hit
when it came to the scenes with Jess one it might be perhaps because jasmine is
way too complicated his design you recently got to see that warGreymon upon
CGC I really think they should have considered doing that for Jasmine the
scenes was jesseman that weren't still images look like total crap to me but I
will try to be fair and point out my bias you may have known that I've been
playing Digimon links for the longest on my team Jess mana is my strongest
Digimon so I do happen to see a very great version of him pretty often the
one in this movie it just doesn't compare as for the ending for Digimon
choice symbiosis oh my god ty is dead I think Daigo might have died
too but I really completely forgot about him from this whole scene regarding
khari Mako and mint I really had an issue with it I just find it pretty
weird how matt was acting right now I'm really just trying to keep an open mind
about whether it'll be explained in the final movie but let's look at this Talia
supposedly just died and then you got Matt rushing everyone they don't give us
a moment to see everyone in shock and just get us to digest what happened for
a few seconds this was one of the scenes that they just sped through and then
format you got the whole goggle pic when he picked up the goggles I was like no
he's not going to that's gonna be too awkward and then he puts some on and
puts him around his neck okay the thing about here is why not
give them to Corey who isn't freaking Jacque was in like a minute or two
courageous lost her brother then her Digimon
come on net you can't be that heartless on top of that it doesn't help that Matt
is telling everyone to stop crying and stand up that they gotta move now
yeah they should start getting back to Earth immediately but for everyone else
give us like ten seconds give us some of those still images you so love the
actual ending of this is supposed to be a cliffhanger
the immediate problem is the super ultimate like fusion that just happened
two super powerful Magus combining into some demon from hell it's already begun
this apocalypse on earth I can't say that I wasn't expecting to see something
like this for the final movie the actual execution of it I'm not a fan it does
worry me about what's coming for the final Digimon try movie it could very
much be like the final part two movie from Harry Potter or the final Hobbit
movie there's been a lot of massive slow buildup so far well did you mind try our
feature be mostly action and if it is based on everything you've seen so far
this has me even more concerned the animation quality here took a hit in
just one action scene could you imagine what will happen if most of the final
movie is all action I could only see them compensating by making a lot of
that still images I also got a feeling that most of that will be that demon
thing and the mega Digimon using a laser blast or nuking everything talk about
having a Michael Bay finale next up the zero to digidestined cast pretty much
nothing from them in this movie and after the previous movie I really didn't
expect to get anything they might as well just be dead the only a little bit
of scraps that we got was the Digimon Kaiser showing up in the real world
again if that counts I'm really glad that personally I really care more about
ty in there did you Dustin group otherwise I'd be further disappointed
next up let me bring up this throughout their battle scene I just found it
really weird how the Digimon were trying to shoot the digidestined what their
bodies did anyone else find this weird - at one point you see ancient woman doing
this - like what the fuck I think by far the worst offender of this was omnimon
doing it when the ground was freakin cracking what the hell on me money could
fly alright so besides all the issues I had here the top five moments for
Digimon try symbiosis number one involves ty and Agumon it was a pretty
short scene but I really enjoyed their back and for a conversation between anti
and Eggman their whole conversation at the school it would be nice to see more
of these moments between the partner Digimon and the digidestined number two
Mako scene it was really just a scene of her at school admitting that she doesn't
know it does seem really simple but I think it does a lot for her character
and this theme of growing up and not knowing is supposed to be a theme of
Digimon try anyway which brings me to number three ty this was towards the end
when he was questioning who the real enemy is supposed to be much like the
audience they have no idea it really brings up that adult connection ty and
other digidestined when you're younger you could really
point at something and call it evil or bad but as you start growing up you
start noticing that things become less black and white number four is a quarry
scene I really love seeing quarry fighting against herself it really was
her trying to kick out homeostasis it's just something we haven't seen in the
past car should have bitch slapped her out of there and then number five I have
to mention omnimon sure I really didn't like the battle scene but it was pretty
badass seeing omnimon slash through the digital gate making it expand when I saw
that I'm like ah that's pretty badass to conclude this my final thoughts Digimon
tries symbiosis aka coexistence would recently ranked at the bottom of all the
Digimon tri movies for me this barely feels like a movie at all it definitely
doesn't follow movies to react structure very well and I know someone's gonna
bring it up how they've all been like this which is true but so far this one
has done the worst at it what I felt from this movie was similar to what I
felt in part one of the final Harry Potter and final Hunger Games Movies
they're really not meant to be seen as a standalone product I'm assuming that
this movie Digimon try symbiosis has a lot of setup for the conclusion in the
final movie at least I hope it does and I can't really say that I'm disappointed
with this movie only that I really didn't care for it
the only huge disappoint for me was the tragedy of what they did for a funny
mount fall down mode this really could my excitement for the final movie let me
know if you felt the same way and about the final will be in all the movies
I think you'd agree that it's just really hard to get yourself too invested
in this when there's so much time between each movie the final movie
supposed to come out summer 2018 basically a year away please remind me
when the movies a week away but being serious I am pretty concerned about
what's gonna happen with the final movie based on everything we've seen from
Digimon tries so far I find it really hard to see how they'll even do a decent
job finishing the series off there's a high chance for a lot of people to be
disappointed and unfortunately I got a feeling that's gonna include me but
anyway more important is what you thought of this movie did you have any
of the same issues for symbiosis which were the parts that you liked in which
other parts were you really disappointed with by the way I have been working on
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Suikoden III Review! (PS2) The Game Collection - Duration: 13:39.
Welcome back to The Game Collection!
Summer has finally ended, and with it the Summer of Suikoden is winding down.
But before I say goodbye to it for good I wanted to cover the third and, chronologically,
final entry in the Suikoden series.
I am SuperDerek, and this is Suikoden III!
Suikoden III is an interesting addition to the classic, turn-based series.
Released in 2002, the game wasn't exactly what you'd call an early title in the PS2's
lifespan.
Despite this, the game is the series' first foray into the realm of three dimensions.
In fact, Suikoden III departs from the first two in a number of ways, which was a bold
decision.
Did it pay off though?
Our story begins 15 years after the events of Suikoden II, far to the west of the Jowstone
Empire.
The Zexen Federation is signing a peace treaty with the neighboring Grassland Tribes, when
things take a sudden and drastic turn for the worse.
The first departure from the norm, you will see as soon as you begin the game.
You are immediately prompted with making a blind choice between three characters: Hugo,
a brash young warrior of the proud Karaya tribe; Chris the silver-haired maiden of the
Zexen Knights; and Geddoe the leader of a mercenary group.
Throughout the game as you complete chapters, you will be brought back to this character
selection screen to play through those chapters again from each character's perspective.
As such, there's not a single silent protagonist filling the role of the hero this time around,
but rather three, fully fleshed out characters.
Each character's story centers on the events of a mounting regional war between the Grassland
tribes, the Zexen Federation, and a shadowy force acting behind the scenes.
Suikoden I and II offer a grim outlook for humanity and our collective inability to avoid
war.
We're drawn to it like a moths to flame.
Suikoden III on the other hand offers a more hopeful perspective on humanity, and our abilities
to come together to overcome greater obstacles.
And while that's certainly a less bleak outlook on life, it also differentiates itself from
its predecessors in a way that makes it feel like less of the Suikoden games that I've
come to know and love over the course of this summer.
That isn't to say that this game is free from its share of tragedy though.
There were definitely a few tragic moments throughout the game that left me without words.
And the fact of the matter is that things didn't really turn out alright for many
people in the game.
Suikoden III didn't do as great of a job of putting faces to some of those more tragic
events though.
Suikoden III still stabs you in the heart, but I just don't think they twisted the
knife quite right, if that makes sense.
The towns that were destroyed were decimated before I had a chance to get to see them flourish
first.
The NPCs that were killed off didn't have names or faces, and seemed to be instantly
replaced a few cut-scenes later.
The main characters that died barely seemed to have an impact on their own family members
for more than a few moments before they began the healing process.
I really don't want to give away spoilers, but nothing in Suikoden III holds a candle
to the plight of a certain little girl in Suikoden II.
But maybe that's too high of a standard?
Konami did try to revive the series staple of the sympathetic antagonist.
Unfortunately, I wasn't really sympathetic toward that character.
During the exposition dump where they try to make you feel the emotions for that antagonist,
I... felt the motivations for that character were just too abstract, and too petty to really
warrant the solution that they were offering, which took a huge leap in logic in the first
place.
So...
It might just be an issue with the localization?
Or maybe the original story?
I don't know, but at the end of the day, I wasn't really buying it.
Your mileage might vary though.
Suikoden III on paper plays pretty much the way you might expect it to.
Navigating towns and environments will feel familiar to anybody who's played Final Fantasy
X.
The camera controls are non-existent in favor of fixed camera-angles, or follow-cameras
on pre-defined rails.
These are completely serviceable, though they give me a slight case of claustrophobia.
The choice appears to be made due to time and budgetary reasons which makes sense.
After all, if you can't turn the camera, you can't see that the other half of the
world hasn't been constructed.
This slight problem was made a bit more noticeable when the camera gives you a slightly-too-tight
shot of your character running from side-to-side with a slightly too large hit-box, causing
you to get stuck on more passer-by NPCs than I could easily forget.
The real meat and potatoes of the game is of course, in the combat.
Which is more or less the same as before, where magical attacks have a set number of
charges, and character leveling was lifted straight from previous titles.
I wish I could say the same thing for the battle mechanics though.
While parties still consist of up to 6 characters of your choosing, Konami introduced some sort
of buddy system, where your columns acted as a single controllable entity.
So if you wanted to use one character's magic attack from the back row, you relinquish
control over the front row character, who will just deal physical attacks autonomously.
In this sort of case where your melee characters are in the front row and casters are in the
back can help speed up the flow of battle by 50%, but at the cost of 50% party control.
One of the neat things introduced that helps make the change worthwhile is the addition
of mounts, such as how Hugo can ride atop his Griffon, Fubar, but it would have been
nicer still to have the option to set certain characters to auto-attack if that was the
end goal.
The end result is what I think is a bit of an invasive solution to a problem that didn't
really exist in the first place.
Making a return from the first couple games is the series staple of recruiting a very
large cast to fill out the ranks of your castle.
There are fewer missable characters, and most will make their way into your party as long
as you follow the general guideline of trying to be a decent person to all people in the
game.
This decreases the difficulty of completing the game quite a bit, though the bonus for
doing so doesn't seem as impactful as in the previous Suikoden titles.
With the third iteration of the series, we also get a third interpretation of large-scale
battles.
This time, units are moved along points on a map that's no longer grid-based.
Some spots have different tactical advantages, such as receiving less damage, or even healing
wounds over a series of turns.
The individual skirmishes within the battles play out very similarly to normal battles
within the game, but with even less control over the different parties.
I think this makes sense, since I wouldn't think a commander would micro-manage each
of his teams.
It's really its own sort of system that would take far too long to get into, and while
I wasn't super happy with it at first, I did eventually come to understand and even
enjoy some of these battles, even if the difficulty could have been increased a bit for my liking.
And speaking of difficulty, I would be remiss to not mention that this game absolutely kicked
my butt, more than any other RPG in recent memory.
The difficulty walls within the game can sometimes hit you without warning.
I remember trying to start Geddoe's second chapter, which put me between a rock golem
and a mounted army that I absolutely could not handle without an hour or more of dedicated
grinding in a small section of the world map.
Earlier parts of the game expected me to somehow survive an onslaught from armor-clad knights
as Hugo during one of his earlier chapters.
I unfortunately missed out on a side-quest that would have helped to sufficiently level
my party.
Missing that quest resulted in the need to completely start the game over only a few
hours in.
Point is, what the game lacks in every other aspect, it makes up for in difficulty.
Navigation around the map was… well, navigating around a map, for the most part.
However, there are areas, representative of the grassland planes, which you will need
to navigate each time you wish to cross them, which will be very, very often.
Traveling from one end of the map to the next is easily the most tedious part of the entire
game, and turned what feels like a 30 hour game into a 60 hour behemoth.
The visuals of Suikoden III look like they're from a launch-title, despite being released
well into the lifespan of the PlayStation 2.
This is understandable though, as it was the first 3-dimensional game that this team had
worked on.
And I would be lying if I said that I didn't find the visuals to hold a certain charm of
their own.
The artists were clearly not aiming for photorealism, but weren't quite going for super-deformed
chibi characters either.
What we've got are character designs that mimic art you'd probably see in a shonen
anime that plays a little fast and loose with its version of anatomy.
The character portraits are all really nicely done, and their translation into three dimensions
was handled overall, quite competently.
And considering the scale of having to model 108 unique character models, I'd call that
an impressive feat for the time.
Character animations on the other hand all seem to be copied and pasted from one character
to the next.
Run and walk cycles are identical, everyone has the same shrug animation, and sometimes
unique animations are hastily done, where the only moving part of an entire characters
body might be the head, doing some strange loop of unnatural movement.
The one aspect of the series that did not falter in the transition to three dimensions
though is the music, which remained as competent as ever.
The boss battle themes are intense, the towns themes help build the world and set the tone,
and exploration within the game is accompanied by some great overworld themes.
A ton of the music is really catchy, and the rest just rests in the background where it
belongs.
And on that front, I have no complaints.
To describe the game in a single word, I'd say the game is clumsy.
But I don't think the game was bad by any stretch.
Clumsy the way a child might sculpt a pinch-pot for his or her parents.
It's by no means a masterpiece, but to the intended recipient it can be irreplaceable.
The transition to polygons came with pitfalls, which the inexperienced team fell victim to.
The attempt to create a dramatic story was a bit clumsy and didn't really sell the
overall story.
The battle system was changed in an attempt to be unique, but didn't really improve
the experience.
It's clumsy, but it's also heartfelt.
And that's what helps Suikoden III be greater than the sum of its parts.
Believe it or not, despite all of the negative things I had to say about the game, I came
away from it with an overall positive impression.
The game took chances, and while not all of them paid off, it still delivered a good experience.
The Suikoden series was the brain-child of Yoshitaka Murayama.
It was his design philosophy that shaped the series, his inspiration from which Suikoden
I and II arose.
It wouldn't be unreasonable to say that with no Murayama there would be no Suikoden.
Which is why it was so shocking to many fans to see him leave Konami, one month prior to
the release of Suikoden III.
For years, fans have speculated about the cause for his sudden and untimely departure.
Murayama stated in 2009 that his employment ended on good terms, that it was a personal
goal of his to work at Konami no more than 10 years before going freelance.
But one thing is for certain, after his departure from Konami, Suikoden has never been the same.
But while Murayama was involved he was able to craft a trilogy of unique, politically-driven
war RPGs the likes of which have yet to be replicated anywhere else.
And that's why each of these games have easily earned a spot, in The Game Collection!
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Cult of Chucky Movie Review - Duration: 7:26.
Full disclosure - I'm not a Chucky fan.
I'm also not a fan of glory slasher movies.
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2018 Honda Accord - Review and Road Test - Duration: 8:56.
I'm not going to dance around it the 10th generation Honda Accord is awesome
not perfect but awesome
that awesomeness begins outside in the pantheon of Honda Accords this might be
the coolest the fastback profile looks substantive and sporty while the front
has an imposing modern presence it also looks like it has a unibrow
but the Accords got the swagger to pull it off creep inside and the design is
less radical but still attractive in an unpretentious kind of way interior
appointments are soft in the right spots specifically where you'll be resting
your elbows and knees for a midsize sedan rear seat legroom is absurd I'm
not quite sure what to do with all of this and despite a sloping roofline
Headroom is good in all positions yes even the middle position I do have to
contend with a center tunnel right here but if I needed to yeah I can hang here
for a while the roofline does slightly hinder ingress and egress it might be
nice if the rear upper door materials matched the soft front doors and rear
passengers would appreciate some USB outlets but overall the back seats raise
few complaints there's not much to complain about up front here either the
layout is a monument of simplicity and functionality all the buttons and
controls are where you'd expect them to be they're clearly labeled you can see
them from the driver's seat and when you use them they feel nice listen to that
click yeah
I especially like how the HUD and trip buttons use a larger font since they're
further away ah sweet attention to detail for hauling gear the trunk
provides a healthy sixteen point seven cubic feet supported by a wide trunk
opening 60/40 split-folding seats and a good sized pass-through to the cabin
though the seats don't quite fold flat raising the Accords usability is a big
center console a deep USB adjacent storage area with optional wireless
phone charging and a driver's seat that offers a wide range of adjustability in
my case I can enjoy a commanding ninety three a relaxed eight and four with my
arms on the equal height armrests and unlike in many cars with the steering
wheel just at low like I like it there's no obstructions for the gauge cluster I
can see everything perfectly clearly regarding the gauge cluster its analog
on the right and digital on the left the digital portion looks sharp and is
effortlessly customizable to display the tech ometer audio and phone information
or supplemental navigation directions we'd be even more impressed if it also
showed apple carplay directions but were fans nonetheless
speaking of carplay it's available on all accords except the base trim
along with Android auto beyond smartphone integration Honda really has stepped up
its infotainment game a 7-inch unit is standard but most of course will come
with this vivid eight inch touchscreen I love the bright colourful clearly
distinguished icons how utterly intuitive it is to navigate and the fact
you can go to submenus with these physical buttons located around the
screen but mostly I love the fact that I'm not gonna have to complain about a
lack of knobs anymore
so my biggest concern the volume knob has finally been addressed but you might
be wondering how does the Honda Accord Drive
it drives really well the brake and throttle are both easy to modulate
interior noise is a distant Rumble visibility is good in all directions and
the rearview mirror is wide and matches the shape of the rear glass giving you
an excellent view rearward if you're being chased by the law for the record I
am NOT being chased by the law yet
when cruising the steering is as stable as a Clydesdale that rock-solid highway
demeanor is elevated by Lane keep assist which comes standard that makes it so
you almost don't have to steer all right the car is telling me apparently I do
have to steer for roads that curve the steering wheel lands in the Goldilocks
zone delivering the right amount of heft and direct predictable responses from
the chassis there are sporty-er sedans and there are
softer sedans but the Accord strikes a smart balance
between those conflicting demands elevating the latest Accords road
manners is a two mode adaptive damping system offered on the Touring trim able
to adjust its reactions 500 times per second the adaptive dampers deliver a
commendable ride that helps smooth undulating roadways at the same time the
Accord can be fitted with 19-inch wheels that look neat but degrade ride comfort
versus the standard 17 inchers as is now common Accord features a sport mode that
alter steering throttle and transmission behavior the sport mode also sharpens
the two mode damping system though in practice mid-corner bumps still caused
the Accord to wallow and bounce thankfully among sensible family cars
that qualifies this fun from the driver's seat a long hood and curved -
make it seem larger than it actually is but rest assured the Accord is perfectly
manageable dicing it up in parking lots would be even more manageable of Honda
offered a 360 degree camera system but as is the standard multi angle backup
camera and optional front and rear parking sensors do a good job informing
the driver of relevant hazards the Honda Accords turbocharged four-cylinder
engine lineup consists of a 1.5 liter that's powerful enough for most buyers
needs but there is also a 2 liter choosing the 2 liter brings enough lag
free instantaneous thrust that you probably want more in the demise of the
Accord v6 the 1.5 liter engine comes teamed with a continuously variable
transmission while the 2 liter is partnered with a 10 speed automatic that
aside from occasional light jerkiness in stop-and-go driving is transparent in
its operation amazingly either end can also be paired with a six-speed
manual transmission and Accord sport models yes
a manual you know that thing where you use your right arm and your left leg to
shift gears meet rounding out the powertrain line up is
the Accord Hybrid whose two motor hybrid powertrain and lithium-ion battery pack
deliver primo efficiency for a midsize sedan along with uncompromised trunk
accommodations a welcome break from previous Accord hybrids in competitively
priced base form the Accord LX includes dual zone automatic climate control LED
headlights eight airbags including front occupant knee airbags and Honda sensing
a suite of active safety aids including lane departure warning with active
steering pre-collision braking adaptive cruise control and even traffic sign
recognition one of the things that Honda sensing does really well is alert the
driver without scaring the driver in some systems all the sounds and lights
can be jarring but with Honda sensing you get a gentle yet assertive chime and
orange flashing to alert you that doom lies ahead but it's not going to
distract you from that doom
available on higher trims our heated front and rear seats leather a moonroof
and passive entry to accompany the standard push-button start but for
maximum indulgence choose the fancy Touring trim and includes goodies like a
helpful and easy to adjust head-up display ventilated front seats a 10
speaker premium audio system and he previously mentioned adaptive dampers
buying for your midsize sedan attention are the sporting and lovely to look at
Mazda 6 the easy driving and newly outrageous Toyota Camry and the stylish
value-packed Hyundai Sonata among a slew of others it's out of competition but
man the latest Accord sure is awesome
depending on your wants and needs there are plenty of good reasons to buy a
midsize sedan that is not the Honda Accord but if you AskMe which sedan is
best for the widest swath of the car buying public the tenth generation
Accord is an easy recommendation
you
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