#139 - Canvas FHD Monitors (Ft. Andy)
00:01Hello, everyone, and welcome to episode 139 of the N60 podcast, the official podcast of the N60 community.This podcast recorded live every Thursday at 10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.And on the official N60 Twitch, it is available to stream on demand on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud.My name is Mike. And with me, as always, is Ivan. How are you doing, Ivan?I'm doing good, Mike. Before I talk any further, I do want to apologize if listeners here area lot of background noise.My little podcast studio is actually in a broom closet here at the office, and there's sometraining going on right outside.
01:08So you may hear some voices that are not me.So sorry about that.But anyway, I can't hear them because I have my headset on, so it doesn't bother me.So I guess I don't really care if it bothers you.But anyway, our special guest today has been on here multiple times.I believe he was on the last podcast episode.as well, the world famous Mr. Andy Johnston.But for those that don't know who you are, Andy,
01:34can you please introduce yourself,let people know what you do, who you are, all that stuff?Sure.My name is Andy, and I'm the global PR manager here at NZXT,and I get to launch all of our lovely, lovely productto the universe globally.It should change me to the universal global manager.or universal PR manager.
02:01Universal. Dang, that's a, that's a heck of a promotion.Yeah, I mean, not everywhere in ZXD, I have my hands in it in the media.True. All right. So for this specific podcast, we are launching some new monitors called the Canvas FHD monitors.First, let me go ahead and show a quick video on it.Rip to all the people that are not tweeted in live.So we got some even more Mars now, which is very fun.Do you want to go over a little bit of the specs, Abby?Sure.
03:01So a couple weeks ago, we launched our FHD monitors.And for those who don't know what FHD means, it stands for full HD,and that is also code for 1080P monitors.Then what is special about our 1080P monitorsis that they have a 240 refresh ratewith a one millisecond response timeand this monitor is for people who are into competitive gaming.
03:34So like first person shooters,such as Overwatch 2 now,Valorant, Apex Legends, Counterstrike Go,or like League,if we're other competitive games likeRocket League and Leave the Legends to provide you with a very smooth overall experienceso you can perform better in your games.Interesting.
04:00Yeah.So for those that don't know, we now have a bunch of monitors.We have kind of two types of monitors.So the first one we're talking about right now that just got release is a 25F and the 27Fhas a bunch of awesome stuff on it.One millisecond response time, like Andy said, ultra-thin bezels.it's also compatible with cam, correct?Any?
04:25Yeah, so one of the cool things about our monitors is it has campatibility.Which, yeah, I wanted to work that in.The cool thing about it is the thing on, I sure everyone can agree on this.The monitor, the little nub to change your monitor settings is literally,one of the worst experiences of all time.Like, you go in the back, you have to find the nub,then when you push the nub, sometimes they're not responsive.Then you, like, if you miss a menu, you can't find the back button,
05:02then you have to, like, do all this random stuff.But the cool thing is, if you plug in your monitor via the USB cable into your computer,you can control a majority of those settings through cam without, you know,fiddling around with that little nub.And the cool thing is, using cam profile sync,you can set monitor profiles per game in addition to other cam settings.So for instance, let's say you have a specific brightness setting for Valorant.And then you can set it to have that specific settings, contrast, blah, blah, blah, blah,
05:42for specifically Valerant, and then it'll automatically switch to that.Then once it's done, it'll revert back to the normal one.Then you can have one for Overwatch 2.Then also, this can apply to lighting as well and cooling fan curves.So if you want your fans to go crazy while you're playing games or gamesso you can get the lowest temps possible, you can do that.Or you could just set it to silent mode if you want.You know, that's the beauty of this.
06:14The choice is yours.Yeah, and you're totally right about that little nub being so annoying on monitors.And even worse for me, if it's not the nub, it's like a row of buttons.So like monitor I have right now in front of me, which shall go unnamed.It's not an NCFC canvas monitor.It has one, two, three, four, five.It has six little lights, like on the bottom right corner with buttons behind him.And I have no idea what any of them do until I actually click them.
06:46So it's really annoyingI honestly do hate thatand I'm glad that our monitors are not like thatbecause it's, to me it isthe most annoying thing aboutmonitors.Sorry, the second most annoyingthing about monitors to me is the ones that
07:02you can't rotate vertically.So that's the only thing I like about ourmonitor stand is thatyou know, it's very easy to just rotatethe monitor vertically.Yeah, and it's pretty solidtoo. Yeah, likeon other unnamed
07:18competitors monitor stands that I've usedthey're eitherthis weird tripod thingthat takes up a lot of room on your deskbut with theone that we have it's flatso it doesn't eat up that real estateas much and you can still place things
07:39on the base of it tooand it's very smooth to go up and downor to go vertical.Speaking of smooth, 240 hertz refresh rate, not bad.If I still played Counterstrike and didn't have two babies to take care of,this would probably be the monitor I get, to be honest.Probably the 25 inch, because I always feel like the narrower my skill division is for FPS games,of better. The other thing about these monitors too that we didn't mention yet is that they are
08:17AMD Frecinct Premium certified and compatible with Nvidia Gync as well. So no matter whatgraphics card you have, you could take advantage of those features. Yeah, I have a Canvas monitorthe 32Q and been using it for quite some time. AndAnd it, you know, I fake B-Sync on it all the time.So, how dare you?I know.All right.So you mentioned the 32-inch Q-HD.
08:52Can you explain what the difference is between the canvas FHD and the canvas QHD?So the QHD, that stands for quad-HD, and which is also code for 1440P, which to me is the sweet spot.of gaming, because obviously it's higher resolution than 1080p, but 4K gaming is still a little bitout of reach for most people. But 1440p is just a good sweet spot, I think. So our 1440Pmonitor still has a very high refresh rate with 165. It has HDR 10. We forgot to mention that the CanvasFHDA has HDR 400.But I just wanted to mention that out.And, yeah, also the other difference is
09:50that we have a curved one for the 32-inch.So the QHDs are bigger than the FHDand the top of the line has a curve.The other difference is the panels, correct?Yeah, so everything but the QHD,The 32Q is an IPS panel.The 32 Q is a VA panel.I know some people have issue with VA,
10:21but the reason why is a VA for IPS,and I think this is another thing we should talk about,is pricing because there aren't many curved, large IPS panelsthat you can get affordably.And that's another thing.I barely know.Um, it's, it has to do with how the colors are, um, presented, if I'm not mistaken, correct?Yeah, it has to do with the way the colors are displayed on the, uh, on the screen.
11:03Mike could probably just Google it real quick.Yeah, do a quick Google.Give an actual technical, technical definition.Here it is.So the difference between VA or vertical alignment,versus IPS is that VA has the things vertically aligned to allow light to pass,and then IPS is more parallel.So then basically it looks like VAs tend to have a more higher contrast versus IPS have a lower contrast and more wider viewer angles.
11:42There you go, Andy.People prefer IPS over VA.Yes, because IPS tends to look.look faster and quotes around look faster.But in reality they're around the same.As long as they have the same specs,they're around the same performance.While we're talking about panels,
12:04Andy, can you explain why our monitors are actually soldas panels only and then with the optionof adding a stand or an arm?So here's something that is unique to us isnot necessarily unique to us,but at least in our industrybeing gaming monitors,is you can choose the mounting system
12:32that you want to go with.So for instance,if you want to buy a stand,you can buy a stand for an additional price.It's usually $50.Or you could buy a monitor arm,which is another $100 or $165,depending if you want the single or a duel,
12:50arm. But, and I think one thing every time I buy a monitorcomes with a stand, and if I already have a monitor arm,that stand is just thrown away and kind of a waste. So wegive you the option just to buy the panel for a discount so you can useyour already existing mounting system. So you don't have torock the boat, so to speak. You just pop off your old paneland pop in a new one.Or you could just buy a panel here and buy a monitor arm
13:26that from Amazon or Microsenter or New Eggthat tickles your fancymore than ours if you choose.And for me, the best part about us selling the monitors this wayis I do think we are being a little nicer to the environmentbecause someone like me, for example,like I have two monitor arms on my desk.I don't need another monitor arm.
13:54So if I were to buy a monitor that it came with a stand or monitor arm,I would just take it apart and probably throw that piece away.And it's just like, you know, something that doesn't have to go into trash, basically.I know in the great metal, plastic.Yeah.I know in the grand scheme of things, maybe it's not like going to fix the ozone layer or anything like that.But it does feel good to do our little.part, I guess, to make the
14:21planet a little bitbetter. Well, it'sit goes tojust reducing wasteandlike I said, when Iput my monitor onto thedual arm that we sell,
14:38like the stand is just totally wasted.And it could have been avoidedif, you know,if I just bought the paneland nothow to deal with this huge hunk of metal and plasticthat's just going to go into a landfill essentiallyand just, you know, rot for eternity.
15:00I know a lot of people had some issues with usbecause everyone's like, well, why doesn't include it?But DSX hood also right here actually has a really good pointis that now you get to choose between having to stand includedin the price and having to buy an arm on topor leaving it in the box.which like I said there's there's more options for you to not have the stand than if we did include the stand like environment um mini here just says also as well it reduced the amount of random stuff in the corner uh I know for me specifically and I know some people here are uh kind of vulnerable to it is you'll keep everything no matter what because you think in your head you'll probably use it down the road and I have myI have three monitors and I have three monitor stands in my closet that I don't use because I use physical monitor arms.
15:54But in my head, I'm like, maybe I'll use it one day.It kind of gets rid an option for you.So it's just like I won't need it anymore.Yeah, I think a lot of people that are into computers and video games are the same way.Like, I recently had to get a storage space because my wife had enough of my hoarding.Like, I had drawers and closet spaces.space just full of boxes with like, you know, monitor parts, cables, controllers, oldGPUs, like old GPUs that I would never in a million years ever like use, computer
16:34cases and things like that.And it's just hoarding.And now I'm hoarding them in a storage unit.I'm actually paying out of store that stuff, which I got to get rid of somehow.Parking and storage are the biggest scams on the planet.Why parking?I just hate paying for parking.Storage is I don't think a scam though.
16:59I think like me,like I have a really small house, so I need it.I don't want to see the scam.But parking, yeah, like parking,paying for parking, I do think is a little,a little scummy.Or it gets too ridiculous.Like when you're in the middle of like downtown L.A.
17:21The only place to park is a $50 lot and you're just going to be there for like 30 minutes.Yeah.Or like when you're like me,you get a nutsberry farm and you pay $25 to park your car and then come out to find yourcatalytic converter stolen.Well, I went to Knott's Berry Farm post when you had your stolen.that was a fear of mine.I was wondering if my car.
17:46Yeah, then I even went to security guard.I'm like, what am I paying for?You guys are here watching the parking lot.You didn't see them steal my catalytic converters?You had your camera?He really had the converter stolen?Yeah.Yeah.
18:00I was like, and I was only inside for like two hours.I just went in there to get some funnel cake with my daughter and come on.And yeah, my car sounded like a hot rod.Fun times, fun times.You had funnel cake, so.That's what really matters.Yeah.Yeah.
18:23Sorry, I'm just still, I'm just still shocked.Someone stole your catalog converter, just straight off.I didn't know that story.I didn't know that part, no.I knew you had cartels.I didn't realize someone stole the actual part, right?All right.Speaking of which, oh, I also do want to show a quick picture that some of you guys may also
18:45relate to it's having all these boxes here this is away again I think this right here is amonitor right here or something like that but like I said having the monitor stand notincluded helps keep this out of your closet that's what my closet look like honestlythat's what my closet looks like right now so speaking of which how have the reviews on themonitor's been so far, Andy?Pretty well, I would say.Going into a new category,it's very hard to establish yourself for many reasons.
19:30However, I think both the FHD and the QHD did quite well.Everyone liked it for the design.One thing that is unique is we do have a white monitor.they're not too many white monitors in the ether.People did like, like we mentioned,the choose-your-mounting system,the way we approached it.People liked it for its gaming performance
20:02and picture qualityand also affordability as well.And what do you personally like mostabout our first set of monitors, Andy?This stand, to be honest.Like, the stand, some monitor stands that I've hadare a pain in the butt to, like, mount and assemble.This was just super easy.
20:32It just kind of, you put the base to the neck,then snap it in, and you're good to go.G2D, G2G.And assuming that,NZXT makes monitors in the future.We don't know.We never know.I can't predict what's going to happen.
20:49But if we do, what's features and specs do you want to see in those monitors?I would love a 4K monitor that's high refresh rate.I would love to see like a 4K, 144, and up monitor.That could also be able to handle like the,consoles in 4k.What size?I like 32.Like 27, 32, and then
21:25if we want to go bigger, then cool.But I do like the 2732 range.Once I get smaller, it's just like how, no.I feel on it for me, I like a smaller monitor for some reason.I don't know why, but I have a27 inch right now and that feels really big to me.I mean, I have 2.32s on our dual arms.That's a lot.
21:53It's great.Like, I don't know.Like, it's just, there's just a lot of space.I'm, I'm a type of person who has a very unorganized desktop in terms of, like, icons.Can confirm?Yep.And just windows.So I just like having the space to be cluttered.
22:12it's hard to be cluttered on like when I work on my MacBook it's very hard to be clutteredbut when I'm on my you know monitors it's it's it's great I cansee that makes sense because I'm the exact opposite of you I hate having like a messydesktop I have everything like I don't even show my icons on my desktopIt triggers me.On my, on my Mac, uh, Mac mini, Mac mini, I, it, my, uh, notifications are a mess.Or sorry, icons are a mess because I'll have like random photos and press releases all jumbled in.And it got, it's gotten to a point where I just made a folder to collect all my trash, essentially.
23:10and just like shoved it in.It's the equivalent of like taking all your,you're like mess in the room and putting it under your bed.That's essentially what I did with my icons.Thank you.You do thrive in chaos, Andy.I know. I love chaos.So apart from seeing that in our future monitors,
23:35if we make them, what about just in general?like what NZXT productsdo you personally as the PR guy around herewant NZXT to make in the future?ISo I think I've said this beforebutthis is also related to a tweet that you did
23:59a couple weeks agoabout graphics cardsI would loveto getan actual NZTgraphics cardandbecome an AIB for
24:16either AMD, Intel, orNvidia, any of them.Because I feel like we couldget a cool designfor the cooler,maybe make itincorporate the G12 into it,have like the G12
24:32pre-installed or have it come withthecrack in.Yeah, I'm surprisedthat, like, that tweet got covered by the press.I was just literally messing around.It is one of those things.It was an opportune moment because all the EVGA news.
24:54And then there's an EVGA filled vacuum in the AIB space now,at least for Nvidia GPU.So it's just like, like, it was kind of like, why not us?Yeah, well, that's, I mean, that's why I made the tweet.because everyone on social media was talking about EVGAnot making Nvidia graphics cars anymore.So I figured, well, it'd be funny if I tweeted that,what if NDAXC made graphics cards?
25:22Because I thought, yeah, people on social mediamight, you know, might interact with it.But I never once thought that there'd be like some news outletthat would be like messaging you.Like, can you confirm or deny that you were making graphics cards?I think that was really randomI mean I get itI mean
25:43the reporter whoreached out was doing their jobandno I get why they would do thatI guess I just underestimatedthe power of social mediaI've been on the good and badof the social media here
26:00sothere's never bad Andy what are you talking aboutit's always goodyou're right you're righthaving gotten in trouble in a longtime maybe we're due.We're a long already.Don't you dare say that.
26:16It has been actually quiet on that front.Yeah.For quite some time, which is good.That's intentional.I mean, we're trying, you know, I'm not going to deny that we've made a lot of peopleangry on social media before, but it's, it has never once been intentional.That's the flip side of things.The difference, though, now is, you know,
26:38definitely a lot more careful because now, like I said earlier, like I guess Iunderestimate it to the power of social media, which is true.Like you never know how people are going to take things, how people are going to, you know,twist your words or not understand what you're trying to say or let alone like who'sactually seeing these things.So definitely trying to be more careful with that stuff.So that explains why you haven't received much, much complaints.I, and I'm a fan of that.
27:09Don't rock the boat.All right.We have a bunch of community questionsherefrom theTwitch chat if you're watching live.Mike, you want to start those off?Yeah, so for those that are watching live,
27:24please.If you have any questions for us,please write in chatfor to get through some of them.We wrote a couple of them already.From Alken 0303,what is the best monitor for gameswith overkill graphics like Microsoft
27:36Flight Simulator?In general or inZXT?Do both, I guess, but let's seethat's like you right now. You would probably want theQHD one, but if you have the graphics powerto do it, get a 4K one.Because that game's all about
27:56enjoying the visuals andif you want the crispestvisuals, get a 4K.But 1440P still looksreally good as well.But that game is very hard to run.So if you don't have the best of the best,then maybe seek a lower resolution monitor.
28:21But if you just want to go overkill, 4K.Little pig boy asked.Great name.Wait a second.Is that the Philly Stadium behind Andy?Yeah, I'm in Philadelphia right nowbecause a lifelong is Phillies fan here to cheer my team.Uh-huh.
28:42Sure.What is the main reason why you have it as your background right now, Andy?I'm rooting for the Phillies to destroy the evil Padres.Destroyed my beloved Dodgers, dreams and hopes.At least you're not the Mariners.No, the Mariners are sad.Yeah, that was sad.There's a whole channel, and there's just like 20-minute video.
29:09I think there's this, it's called Sadman Baseball.and he made a 20-minute video about how the Mariners make him depressed,and he still loves them, but it's just like being a Mariners fan is a sad thing.They almost left the city if it wasn't for, like, Ken Griffey Jr.No.And Nintendo, I believe, actually.They've had two of the greatest baseball players of all time.Maybe three, I can count Randy Johnson.
29:38But Ken Griffey Jr. and Ichroo.Not Edgar MartinezWell, he's definitely in the top 100For sureWell, he's the best DHTrueAnd now they got Julio RodriguezWho might be the
29:52You know, the next GriffeyBut we'll seeThey had Felix HernandezBut he's notRight enough sports talkMichael has the next questionBefore people start tuning outFor from John Sal 75
30:08Would these monitors be goodFor dual useas a work monitor.I work from homeso I want one work stationthat can work and game on.I use our 32Q to work all the time.
30:21I use it on a Macand a PC.I mean,it depends on what your work is,but if you don'thave a ton ofcreative workloads,like video editing
30:35and you needlike superior color accuracy,I wouldn't getour monitor, but as a normal, like, for normal person, the canvas, both the Q&F are perfect for it.I mean, like I said, I've been using this since like March because I got an early sample in.I think March, but I've been using it for a long time, and it's great for work.I always equated as you can use a gaming monitor.as a work monitor as well
31:13but you can'twell you can but it's not going to be as goodyou can't really use a work monitor as a gaming monitorbecause a lot of work monitors will be relatively cheaplike there'll be like 6075 hertz at mostbut if you did the other wayso if you have a 1440p 165 or 240 hertz monitoryou can definitely use that for work
31:36yeah your documents will be super smoothoh yeah rolling Google Docslooks so good.I also want to point out, though,that it also depends on the games you're playing.You know, if you're, you know,playing, let's say,Nintendo emulator games because you want to play
31:57the games you've already purchasedat Nintendo on your PC,then you're probably not going to notice a hugedifference.You know, playing on a 60-hertz monitorversus 240 hertz or whatever.But let's say you want to play Valerant or Overwatch, things like that,then you're definitely going to want to have like something with a high refresh rate.
32:22What do you mean?I can't like Zeevo says, you can't have Excel at 240 hertz.Imagine.Imagine.All those cells and V lookups and.Oh, those.Those if functions are going to look so good.I use count if all the time.
32:41Count if X is in this cell.All right, Janet Dotes asked,what's the difference between Frecink and G sync?It's basically the same adaptive sync technology.It's just one's made by AMD and one that's made by NVIDIA.It prevents screen tearing.So if you are playing some games,you'll notice like it looks like the screen's having an earthquake.
33:11For lack of a better comparison, just like your plate tectonics are just like,just kind of broken.If you can tolerate that, cool, then you don't need adaptive stink.But it just prevents, it just prevents that to have a nice smoother picture.From God Death Wish, do these monitors come with PIP or PIP or PBRB?support. And that's pictureand picture and picture by picturefor those. They do not.
33:53From my understanding.Yeah, and I think it's becausethat requiresoutput fromtwo different sources at the sametime to go into one monitor.So like I guess if you hadtwo graphics cards plugged into the same monitor
34:11or something like that, right?And like manyme Cuddle says, like, I also haven't seenpicture and picture in areally long time.I think one of my monitors had itand I never used it.Like, I could see a use case of, like,
34:28like, if youhave your work stuff, if you havelike two computers ora TV, andyou have, like, your work monitoruh, you know,doing yourexiles in 240 hertz.
34:44And then, like,watching a game or having likesomething like Harstone in the backlike playing on the other thingor like uh got a death whichsays he wants or they want to use a laptopand a desktop and the same monitorand then that the I could
35:03um then this monitor ain't for youif you want to use them simultaneouslyall right got another question from little pig boyhow stable is a dualmonitor arm, Andy?I have two 32-inchmonitorsthat are pretty beefy.
35:26I haven't had an issuewith it.It is pushing the limits of it,butI have no complaints.We've seen that questiona few times on social media, too.I think people have a right
35:45to be concerned because the monitor armmight currently have, which is not in ZXT,like it's not flimsy, but it's likepushing the limit for sure on my monitor.Like I feel like if my monitor wasan inch bigger, it would probablylike be on the floor at this point.But you said yeah, 232.
36:04232.I have oneI have one canvas and the other oneisASUS tough.Nice.DSXOT also has a goodidea or good point as well it's hard to judge stability to it depends on what you're mounting the
36:21arm to you know if you're doing your 15 dollar ikea desk may not be as stable as like a hardwoodor um like physical like stable desk so as long as you're putting enough support behind it it shouldwork but please i have a a hundred dollar ikea desk it's just like the desktop the biggest one i couldget and five legs and I'm not concerned.Okay.Just judge based on your own best judgment.If you live in an earthquake prone area, if it falls, I mean, you have more issues than that.But I just shook my desk right now.
37:10And it was...Sweet.My key lights moved more.Let's see.From Go Stylent?Go Stylen.Would these monitors be good for Cod?Yeah.
37:27I mean, I wouldn't see why not.It's first-person shooter.I haven't played Cod on them,but I think it would be great.They won't make you great at Cod, though, right?Well, they would...They'll put you in a position to be great.It's on you to...
37:49to gap the bridge.You have the right gear.It's just you need to have the skill.No excuses.All right.Johnny Twin asks,are these monitor stands universal?You can use some universal
38:04as in not proprietaryto NZXT.Yes.They're VASA mounts.So any VASA compatible mountyou can use it with,any monitor with.Like I said, I have an NZXT Canvas 32
38:19Q.and some ASUS tough monitor that I mounted on it.So if I wanted to use another monitor that's VASA compatible,I'm sure it will work.Actually, I can answer this one.Johnny Twin asks, does this have HTML display ports?Yes, most monitors will have HTML display ports,but for these monitors specifically, they have two HDMI and one display port.
38:47They're HTML2,0, not 2.1.Yes.Um, those, the reason is it doesn't really need it for this output that it has.Um, I know PS5 now has 1440P support and I haven't tested that to see if it works on high refresh rate through HGMI 2.0.But, um, you could use that now, um, with, you know, with a PS5.but that is another question I could foresee,and I know people have asked me why doesn't have H.DMI 2.1,and that is the reason,
39:28because it doesn't really need it due to its output.It was a 4K monitor with a high refresh rate.It should have HDMI 2.1.All right, DB872040SX, great username.They ask, something that we actually talked about during the podcast,but they want to know if the monitors are all the same panel type.No.90 or 75% of them are.
39:57So everything but the 32Q is IPS.The 32Q is a VA panel.Oh, actually, this question was already answered.I'll move out to the next one.From Am Ritton, Ritonch, 150 for gaming, what is better, glossy or math display?I think it's on your preference, right?Like, I've never used a glossy monitor, so I can't speak to it.But I think that's just personal preference.
40:33Right, and that looks like that includes the community questions.So for this time, instead of me doing the rapid fire, I'm going to hand us off to Ivanbecause I don't know anything about baseball and all these questions about baseball.So Ivan, would you like to go ahead?Yeah, we figure, you know, Andy's a big baseball nut as in my.he recently jinxed the Dodgers into losing the in the first round of the playoffs,so I figured I would ask him a bunch of baseball question.So Andy, why did the Dodgers lose to the Padres?
41:03Because the Padres were better.Did you jinx the Dodgers by attending their first playoff game?No, I didn't because they won when I was there.So therefore, you should have crowdfunded me to go to all the games.so I could cheer them and boo the Padres.Are you missing a pet goose by chance?No.But the first rule of improv I should have said yes.
41:39So yes and I love that goose.All right.Here's a serious question for you.What do the Dodgers need to do next season to actually win the World Series?For one, the playoffs are a crapshoot.So as we see in the National League,all the teams that were better than the Phillies and the Padres lost.And, you know, like, it's just baseballs in playoff form is about dumb luck sometimes.
42:23So I would say solidify the starting pitching staff.a re-signed Trey Turnerandgo from there.This is not a question, butI kind of felt likethe Dodgersthey had nothing to play for
42:45towards the end of the season.Like they had alreadybasically got theirplayoff spot, won the division, andthey kind of started taking it easy.I felt like, so when it came timeto playoff baseball,they had to play the team
42:59that had to fight their way in thereand that was just likesuper amped andon fire basicallywhich was the Padresand I don't knowit's the new format I think is stupidto be honest
43:13because like a team that won111 gameslost to a team that had89 games or somethinglike a 20 gamedifferentialandyes the Padres earned their spot
43:29and it's justit's just weird because I thinkthe layoff alsokind of hurtthem. Yeah I think so toobut also in the American Leaguethough the teams thaton paper should be
43:45in the ALCS are in thereit's like the Astros and the Yankeesso II just thinkit was just dumb luckI don't like this format I hateit. I like the other onebetter. I don't like the expanded playoffs.
44:03ButI know why they're doing it, but I still hate it.You have my vote forCommissioner of Baseball, Andy.Rob Manfred sucks.All right, Andy, who's going to win between the Padres and the Phillies?I don't. I wantthe Phillies to win.
44:24I thinkthem.I like how you say you don't know when you're wearing a Phillies jerseyand have the Philly Stadium right behind you.I'm at this.You do.All right.Who's going to win between the Yankees and Astros?
44:38I hope the Yankees.I don't want the Astros to win.That would be a bad outcome.I actually want the Astros to win because there's only,I think, one player left in that team from that original 2017 season, right?That was cut cheating.The thing is, when it comes to baseball, I'm very punitive,and if you've wronged me once, I'm never going to forgive you.
45:03I just can't cheer for the Yankees, man.I'm a lifelong Yankee hater.I'd rather have the Yankees.Like, to be honest, like, I would rather have the Yankees.The Astros are just, they've lost a lot of,they were cool before 2017.I wanted them to win because they were a small,I mean, Houston's the fourth largest city in America, or medium market, but I just don't, I don't know.
45:35Like, I don't think that, I thought the Astros got off easy.They did.But you got to admit, though, it is pretty cool seeing Jose Altuve, who's what, like five foot, five inches tall, hitting monstrous home runs.I don't know.It is.I used to like him.I used to like him until 2017.But, like, Yordaun Alvarez is a great player,
45:59and I like that Justin Verlander's still good.You mean former Dodger, Yordaun Alvarez?Yep.I think we got him for, like, Josh Reddick or something.All right, last baseball question before people start boycotting the podcast here.Andy, what are you going to do with your free time now that,baseball season's coming to close.I know you spend a lot of time
46:27going to baseball games and you and your girlfriendlove going to Dodger Stadium, so what's the plan?Live. Be happy.So I could save my miseryuntil next year.Correct answer wasget back to work, but okay.Touch grass.
46:46You keep on asking me to be on here, solike, you know,like, you're the onepreventing me for doing my work.Technically, this is your work.I mean, you're relating to the public, Andy,public relations.Fair, true.
47:04You're relating information to the public about our newest products, right?Yeah, that is true.Yeah, like more purple blurful says, let's go touch some grass.Never.Never.Grass hurts, outside hurts.Yeah.All right, Andy, thank you so much for
47:22join us on the podcast before we getinto the announcement.Do you have any party words for usor the community before we wrap things up here?Yeah, I actually do.Randomly today in Californiais the great shakeout.It's like a day where a lot of
47:41places,it's a statewide earthquake drill.And I don't feel like this iswidely known. So if you live on the west coastof the United States, so Oregon,in Washington or California,there's this app called My Shakethat you can download,
47:59and it serves as an earthquakeearly warning system.So an early warning systemfor earthquake, it doesn't tell you, like, in threedays an earthquake can happen, becausethat's not possible with current technologyor, really, to be honest.However, it can tell you
48:17like a minute before, or like 30seconds before and give you a notification.that an earthquake is coming so you can prepare.And hopefully you won't need it,but it may help you if you're in an earthquake-prone area,save your life or people that you know,and prepare yourself for some shaking.And also psychologically too,
48:41because earthquakes can be terrifyingif you don't know when they're coming.So I guess to help,Soothe your fears.Download the My Shake appEarly Warning System.Use promo code Andy.Save 10%.
48:59Save 10%.It really helped me out.I was like it. Andy, thank you.I wasn't expecting that, but thanks.Yeah, I downloaded itand I just got the notification.It says,Oh.
49:13This was a test.But, but yeah.Can we quickly just discuss what is that wallpaper on your phone?Oh no.So I have a bit with my friend where he just enjoys, he loves smelling his food or just getting like, you know, when you wear a nice cologne, he likes the smell of the cologne or whatever.Okay.And I troll him and every time we go out to eat, I ask him to like take a picture of him sniffing his food.I got a wild story at Disneyland, but I don't, that's maybe for another time.
50:04Yeah, we'll be on the next podcast you're on, Andy.Hopefully sometime soon.I have a feeling it will be soon.Andy honestly is a third co-host at this point or second co-host at this pointYou've had Andy on let me host anyone let me host I'm down to retire actuallyI've been a hundred and thirty-nine episodes. I think I'm ready to get a good runYeah hundred what episode is this one thirty nine oh there you go I thought it's likeOne of those things where it's like
50:39Three hundred episodes and you've been onNo, I've missed maybeNot much, but I've missed it.When you're on leave or that's when the podcast was on leave.Yeah.Got it.All righty, I guess we'll go over to announcements.Like we talked about, the Canvas FHD is available in 25 and 27 inches,
51:02including a 240 hertz refresh rate, which is insane.You guys want to learn more about the Canvas FHD monitors.Go to our website.nzxte.com.Speaking of also monitors,we are doing a giveawayfor a canvas monitor of your choice.Show us a picture of your gaming setup
51:24with the hashtag NZXT Canvas hashtagfor your chance to win a canvas monitor of your choice.If you guys, please make sure to sign upat nzxte.co slash canvas giveawayand sign up through thereand then we should be able to reach youand if you win, you get to choose a monitor of your choice,either the FHD, the QHD, and whichever sizes.
51:48We have also announced that we have two new motherboards on their way,the N7 Z790 and the N7B650E, so many numbers and letters.The release day is to be determined, but please join our mailing listby check you out on our website nzexe.com,and you'll be notified when they are ready to go.Sorry,sooner rather than later.Yes.
52:12Also, I wanted to mention thaton a somewhat related note,the Intel 13 Gen CPUsjust dropped on nzxte.com.Yes, thank you for reminding me.We literally just made that announcement.The embargo was today.Go ahead and post that link in chat
52:34just so that people can see it.The reviews have been interesting.too. People are pairing them with1490 GPUsand the power draw on thoseis ridiculous. Have you seen that?I mean, I haven'tlooked much at the reviews. I read one
52:52that someone I know wroteor skimmed it over a bit.Andyeah, it's interestingbecause on the PC frontit's going to more power hungrybut on that Apple frontApple's focusing on efficiency more than
53:11just raw performancewhich is very interesting to see the two different approachesand where it nets outrightoh yeahMarvel Spider-Man remasteredif we have a deal going on with themif you purchase a qualifying
53:32Nvidia G-Forge RtX-30 series PCyou get a free copy of the gameplease check out nzxc.com or check for our custom and pre-built PCs and make sure that is a qualifying 30 series card.We have so many wonderful and beautiful people joining our partner program.If you guys want to join the N6C family, please check nzxte.co slash partner, sign up and best of left to all, y'all.And as you can tell, we are releasing so many new products.We just released new monitors.We have new motherboards on the way.
54:06We have new cases like the 87 and H510 flow,mics, keyboards, thermal paste, everything like that.So please, if you guys want, nzc.com,check out all the wonderful, wonderful stuff that we're selling.And for those that are on Amazon.Oh, also on Amazon as well.Yes, thank you for reminding.And New Egg Best Buy MicroCenter.
54:27Perfect.And for those that are waiting, the specified code,please refresh your pages, because I did change the code.So please refresh your pages.for your gleam.For those that are saying here, there is a secret code for 500 extra entries to win our NCCswag for a hoodie, a shirt, and then a sticker and lanyards.For those that are listening in, as I thank you for listening, the code, I'll put it in chat, is
54:56Hate the Nubs.Hate the Nubs is the code.H-A-T-E, T-H-E-N-U-B-S, Hate the N-U-B-S, Hate the N-N-U-B-S, Hate the Nubs.That is the code for 500 extra entries.Make sure to refresh your gleams, please.Sometimes if you don't refresh, it will give you the error code because I changed the code.So please.Yes, thank you.
55:20Thank you.Some people will appreciate the code.So thank you so much.Hate the Nubs is the code.It should be Andy's new stream name.Hate the Nubs.I was going to say, sorry, interrupted, there's few things I hate more on this earth than Nubs.The monitor nub is is is the worst and the podres.
55:41And the panres.But on ours, our nub is not as bad.It's a pleasant nub.It's a pleasant nub.It's a pleasant nub.Like on other monitors, the nub is just atrocious.Like abolish the nub.Abolished the nub.
56:00I think that's a, can I get it?I hate the nubs'n cc shirt.I'm putting into production right now.DsX hood.We're going toWe're going to, we're going to make this,we're going to make this happen.We're going to make this happen.
56:14Oh, the website for the partner program is nzxd.co slash partner.NZXT.com slash partner.And I think that is it for announcements.Is anyone else have anything else that you want to saybefore we end the podcast?Just want to thank Andy once again for joining usand dropping knowledge about our products.Always appreciate you, Andy.
56:34Likewise, fellas.Always happy to be here.Well, we'll have you again.Also wanted to thank everyone who tuned in liveand even those that didn't tune in liveand that are going to listen to thisonce it's uploaded.So thank you, everyone.
56:51I think that is it.So thank you guys for joining us.And remember tune in live every Thursdayat 10 a.m. Pacific Standard Timeon the official NCC Twitch.And don't forget to listen to previous episodeson Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud.And please leave us a positive review if you like what you hear and if you didn't.
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