Random Thoughts Thread

[isiolia]

Whats the secret with 60 any way, why not 80 or 120 or 200?!

Far as I know it originates with AC power and pre-NTSC (or PAL) TV systems that keyed on it. In the US, it cycles at 60hz, in a lot of EU countries 50hz, etc. While NTSC doesn't key on it, the signal was broadcast slightly off from that (hence why it's not quite 60 fields/30 frames per second) so that the legacy black and white signal could still be there.

Computer monitors have done higher refresh rates for a long time though.

With respect to video itself, probably more just a matter of matching capability. The higher framerate that's being recorded, the more data (or film) needed, so you'd want a reason for that increased cost. So, it'd be used if the footage was intended to be slowed down, but otherwise you usually see higher framerate on content generated in real time (games, etc).

[RCBH928]

I looked at some 60fps videos, and they look uncanny. Somehow they feel too "real", something feels off. Maybe its just about getting used to it.

[RCBH928]

I never understood individuals and small companies that have a merchandise store and just who is buying from them? Sure I might buy a T-shirt with a famous band name on it, or a Mickey Mouse mug, but I am not buying a hoodie that says "Linus Tech Tips". Its even worse that all that merchandise is basically the same thing just with a different logo.

But I guess if they still make them and keep them, someone is actually buying.

[Ziggy]

But I guess if they still make them and keep them, someone is actually buying.

Bingo.

You wouldn't buy merch to a favorite YouTube channel of yours to show off that you like it and/or support the channel?

[o.pwuaioc]

But I guess if they still make them and keep them, someone is actually buying.

Bingo.

You wouldn't buy merch to a favorite YouTube channel of yours to show of that you like it and/or support the channel?

Definitely not. It's so unbearably tacky to me.

[Ziggy]

Would you buy a Racketboy coffee mug?

[marurun]

I have a Marurun-branded bridge to sell anyone who is interested. Real estate bargain!

[o.pwuaioc]

Would you buy a Racketboy coffee mug?

Maybe if I were 20. If a site were ad-free, I'd rather just chip in a few dollars than own give my own money to advertise someone else's business.

Would Racketboy (the site) or that random Youtube channel buy my branded mug or marurun's imaginary tshirt if I bought their tshirt or mug?

[Ziggy]

I think we're looking at it in two different ways, although I can't really use myself as an example. There are other attributes of a coffee mug than what's on it that determine if I like it or not, so there's only a few go-to mugs that I use. As for T-Shirts, I do have some graphic T-Shirts but I almost never wear them. I would buy a Racketboy coffee mug or T-Shirt, but only to represent something that I like. Supporting said thing is a secondary benefit. In the same way that I would buy a Futurama T-Shirt, if I was to wear a graphic T-Shirt, not to support Matt Groening but because I like Futurama.

That said, a Linus Tech Tips T-shirt does strike me as weird. I don't own any merch for any YouTube channel, but there's a few channels I could think of that don't seem weird to me. I look at it like if you bought merch for a TV show. Well, some YouTube channels are basically just TV shows now.

[SamuraiMegas]

The only merch from youtubers I have bought is mega64. They have great shirts and jackets that just genuinely look good; not like youtube merch. I wish I still had the pink neuro sweater I got from them- think I left it at the old apartment unfortunately.