The Hardware Unboxed Podcast

Episode 97: Simon from TFTCentral joins us after the wave of announcements at CES 2026 to chat about upcoming monitor technology, the current flaws with WOLED and QD-OLED panels, the types of screens we'd love to see, burn in, G-Sync Pulsar and more

TFTCENTRAL
Check out Simon's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@tftcentral
Check out Simon's website: https://tftcentral.co.uk/

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
02:43 - New Ultrawides for 2026
11:19 - New RGB Stripe WOLED
20:36 - Does 5K Gaming Make Sense?
30:16 - 500Hz 1440p LCDs
36:38 - The OLED Formats We'd Like to See & Future of OLED
55:50 - Status of OLED Burn In and Other Flaws
1:14:41 - G-Sync Pulsar

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Episode 96: Some employees have recently left LTT and their stories have been blowing up, so we thought it might be interesting to give our perspective on running a YouTube tech channel, whether Linus was being unfair and whether the ex-LTT guys made the right choice. Also, we chat about 9800X3D failures and Valve delaying the Steam Machine (and its price reveal)

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:42 - Our Thoughts on Employees Leaving LTT
45:50 - What is the Deal With 9800X3D Failures?
1:03:09 - Valve Delays Steam Machine
1:17:20 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

SOURCES
Jake's video on leaving LTT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqVxgcKQO2E
Zip Tie Tuning video on LTT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0GPnA9pW8k
Valve's Steam Machine update: https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/45479024/view/625565405086220583

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Episode 95: The Ryzen 7 9850X3D has been released and at best all we can say about it is that it's inoffensive. Also, more reports have emerged that signal the end of GPUs at MSRP.

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:26 - So The 9850X3D Has Been Released
16:04 - More GPU Supply Information
29:40 - Zotac Might Be In Trouble
43:11 - Intel Launching Big Battlemage for Pros?
49:09 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

SOURCES
der8auer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lS1S_VhUK4&pp=2AYB
Zotac Korea statement: https://videocardz.com/newz/zotac-korea-warns-of-steep-rtx-5090-and-rtx-5060-price-hikes-says-some-models-may-be-unavailable-for-a-while
Arc Pro B70: https://x.com/SquashBionic/status/2015648577511629092

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Episode 94: We released a report saying the RTX 5070 Ti is effectively being killed off, and that Asus put the product into end of life status. What happened there? We share the full story

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:33 - AMD Officially Launches the 9850X3D
05:53 - The RTX 5070 Ti is Effectively Dead, The Story So Far
25:38 - It Was From Asus PR, Not a Random Rumor
35:08 - Did We Cause Supply Issues?
48:57 - Why Didn't We Remove the Video?
57:44 - Why Aren't Companies Just Honest About Supply?

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Episode 93: A rumor and news episode to round out 2025. We chat a bit more about 9850X3D expectations, the current and future state of Intel CPUs following some 225F testing, Nvidia cutting GPU supply, potential new GPUs and Steve kills some hardware.

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
02:33 - More Thoughts on the 9850X3D
06:13 - Where is Intel at With Their CPUs?
24:42 - Nvidia Cutting GPU Supply?
37:38 - AMD Launches Radeon RX 9060 XT LP
43:22 - More Intel Arc B770 Rumors
49:12 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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