The WAN Show: Will.I.Am's Smartwatch, FreeSync Coming??, - April 11th, 2014

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TOPIC TIMETABLE

0:00:10 - TOPIC: Where is Slick?? At PAX East!
0:02:31 - TOPIC: Today's Topics
0:04:25 - TOPIC: Intro & Sponsor Introduction - ASUS & Dollar Shave Club

0:05:25 - TOPIC: Will. I. Am. Creates his own Smartwatch
- 0:06:12 - Not like Kanye invented white T-shirts
- 0:06:56 - Some challenges
- 0:07:57 - Y U chat spam? BANHAMMER

0:08:16 - TOPIC: VESA May Have Accepted FreeSync for DP 1.2a
- 0:08:41 - How G-SYNC works.
- 0:10:10 - AMD's FreeSync origin & future
- 0:11:20 - Display Port, you just won!
- 0:11:48 - Legitimately sad for XB1 & PS4 owners

0:12:42 - TOPIC: Android TV
- 0:13:11 - But what's the actual point & how is it different?
- 0:15:02 - Interface challenges

0:15:02 - TOPIC: NVIDIA's Performance Claims with New Driver
- 0:16:57 - Reviewers are sick of these claims
- 0:18:00 - Actual performance improvements
- 0:19:25 - It becomes a trust issue
- 0:20:08 - Battery Boost claims also hard to validate

0:21:40 - TOPIC: Blackmagic URSA 4K Upgradable Camera
- 0:21:57 - Why do we call them "film cameras"
- 0:22:52 - Functionality & features
- 0:24:19 - Upgradable sensor??

0:25:42 - TOPIC: Thunderbolt Demo
- 0:26:25 - Mac & PC thunderbolt networking?
- 0:27:26 - Some negative things about it
- 0:28:20 - Hackintosh video coming soon
- 0:29:25 - TANGENT: It's time consuming to do reviews properly... SAMSUNG!

0:32:05 - TOPIC: A Phone Battery that Recharges in 30 Seconds??
- 0:32:55 - It can also be used for storage!
- 0:33:45 - TWITTER BLITZ: Would you pay $200 for a 30 second recharge?

0:34:40 - TOPIC: Logitech G502 Proteus Core
- 0:35:27 - A truly next gen sensor?
- 0:37:30 - Twitter blitz results

0:39:15 - TOPIC: Do High End Phones Need to Exist
- 0:40:40 - Back on track from earlier tangent

0:42:02 - TOPIC: Radeon R9 295X2 Review Round Up
- 0:42:20 - Why we don't have a review
- 0:43:31 - Why it doesn't matter anyway
- 0:44:33 - The general consensus
- 0:46:10 - AMD's recent dual GPU cooling innovations
- 0:47:28 - Why a single slim 120mm radiator is enough

0:49:30 - TOPIC: NEW Sponsor ASUS G750JZ Gaming Notebook

0:52:00 - TOPIC: Sponsor: Dollar Shave Club

0:57:32 - TOPIC: Heartbleed Bug
- 0:58:15 - Why SSL exists
- 0:58:45 - What the bug affects
- 0:59:20 - What you can do

0:59:55 - TOPIC: Netflix Streaming in 4K!
- 1:00:05 - 4K advantages
- 1:01:05 - 4K disadvantages
- 1:02:45 - Already having bandwidth challenges
- 1:03:15 - TANGENT: Samsung's 4K 28" $700 monitor on hand!

1:03:50 - TOPIC: DirectX 12 Will Double Xbox One Performance
- 1:04:10 - But can we believe it?
- 1:05:35 - How MS can improve Xbone performance

1:06:25 - TOPIC: Seagate 6TB Hard Drive Announced
- 1:07:20 - Who is this important for?
- 1:08:45 - Enough to keep mechanical storage alive?

1:09:10 - TOPIC: Google Ara Module Design Guidelines Released (v1.0)
- 1:09:57 - The coolest feature

1:11:20 - TOPIC: Google Glass Available to Anyone for One Day!
- 1:11:45 - Buy my Google Glass. I don't like it.