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hinch on 17 September 2021
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Azzanation said:
Captain_Yuri said:

That would be quite nonsense of Samsung if that's the case assuming the price of the TV stayed the same.

The weight doesn't mean much as far as the heatsink in concerned. We have seen plenty of times in the PC space that a bigger heatsink doesn't automatically mean better cooling and now the new tests for the PS5 sets another example. I do agree that it's ddddddddddgood to test things to confirm.

Considering what he presented in the video, he made the issue sound bigger than it needed to be. That's what got peoples attention and imo, he deserved the flack he got in return. Just not the extremes that some people went to. While he didn't lie about the results, the test that he did with the thermal camera lead him to the incorrect conclusion.

I was looking at upgrading my KS8000 to the later models but when i realized that they have been butchered, to either reduce the price or to make room for newer features without drastically raising the price, i decided its best i just stay with the one i have for now. Samsung do still make QLED TVs obviously however that feature has been moved to another line of models.

This isn't something new with electronics, companies will find ways to reduce their cost on building products by sometimes sacrificing major things, some newer models might have less life span than the older ones. The reasons we see videos of people raising their eyebrows when they see big changes, like with Austin, was to see if the company is actually improving the model or are they just cheeping out while still charging the same price.

I disagree with the feedback he received, Austin didn't deserve the backlash he got, because people misinterpreted his video from the moment they saw the headline. They judged the book by its cover and didn't actually know that he wasn't claiming anything outside of the two things he did in the video, open up the console and read the heat coming out of the exhaust. He even stated in the video that further tests will need to be done to prove if it actually runs hotter. That's why i don't understand the backlash, he stated very important things in the video which people ignored and just went with, his stating lies.

Anyway it does not matter, Sony did a good job in redesigning the system by removing a fair chunk of heat sink and managed to make it run just as cool if not cooler. At least now i wont have to trade it in for the older model. I am sure the sculpers who tried to raise the price of the older machines will now have to bring the prices down to match the new model since its basically the same with no disadvantages.

A few things he went full clickbait and spread old misinformation. 

Was wrong on several things and doubled downed on it. Including how heat can worsen performance (not true - at least for the APU). And had no clue on how smart shift technology works and how the APU handles clock frequencies. Tip - clocks has nothing to do with thermals. And that all PS5 should perform around the  same. That's been known since Cerny did he Road to PS5 presentation.

His testing methodology to get to his conclusion was highly questionable, near useless (without more indepth testing) and almost disingenuous. He didn't even test the FPS between consoles and conclusion came to be less heatsink and measuring heat from exhaust. Newer one = hotter = worse??

Like the guy would have saved himself a lot of grief he done some research first, and maybe a followup video, instead if playing the victim card; which was kinda embarrassing. While the doxxing and threats are BS, he should know that people behind keyboards and internet can be. Though the guy probably has earned a load of money between the two video's so he probably laughing now xP

Last edited by hinch - on 17 September 2021