(swooshing sound)
- Whoa.
Wow!
You almost knocked me out with that one.
Hello and welcome to Mystery Tech.
(serene music plays)
Wrapping paper?
(papers rustle) (serene music continues)
This is a tree.
Is this the Christmas episode?
(upbeat serene music continues)
(laughs)
I'm actually happy.
I've always wanted a Santa costume.
- [Matt] What size is that costume?
- This is a small.
- [Matt] How does a Santa costume
come in anything other than an extra large?
As a fat guy,
I am so offended by this.
( Austin laughs)
- You bring up a good point.
You bring up a good point.
No one wants a skinny Santa.
(bell rings)
Matt, have you ever dressed up as Santa before?
- [Matt] Wow, I take offense to that.
As a fat guy...
Yeah, I have.
(Austin laughs)
(zips costume up)
(upbeat music plays)
- Ho, ho, ho and welcome to Christmas Tech.
Is my beard in my mouth right now?
Absolutely!
But why don't we build a little bit of holiday
(spits) cheer?
(spitting continues)
(gags)
(serene lo-fi music)
Its all in my mouth.
(lo-fi beats playing)
So does this stand up by itself?
It feel like it needs to come with some type of base.
Oh, yeah. There it is.
(lo-fi beats continue)
All right.
- Santa, I thought I would help you out by giving you
what the kids that you are servicing really, really want.
- Please don't say servicing kids ever again.
(Matt laughs)
And so...
(bell rings)
Is that?
That's just a PlayStation.
- [Ken] It wouldn't fit in the sack.
- Did you put the PlayStation in my sack?
- [Ken] I did. Well, I tried.
Don't. Oh, no, no.
Okay, then base it on the floor.
(Austin groans)
- So, as the hottest gift of 2020...
- That's, that's for resale.
- Wow!
We don't even get to un-box the PS5.
Did you already sell that one?
- [Ken] Yes.
(serene music)
- All right.
Sonny tech.
Some kind of bright technology
for your holiday gift giving needs.
Okay.
A lot of packaging.
- [Matt] What is going on with this?
- [Austin] There's a lot of layers.
Somethings needs to be kept safe.
(sniffs)
- [Matt] Wait, is that just tin foil?
- I think this is tin foil.
(Matt laughs)
This is just tin foil.
What have you gotten?
- [Ken] So this is one of those education science toys.
- Oh, I like these.
Okay.
I'm about to learn something?
- [Matt] Probably not.
- [Ken] So the whole idea behind this
is that it is a levitating motor.
- Oh, that's cool.
All right. All right.
How's it powered?
- [Ken] It might actually be solar, which I know is...
- You mean all the natural light in here.
I'll just put it in front of the very real window
and then, you know, it'll be powered, right?
- [Ken] Yeah.
(swooshing sound)
- Okay.
So how do I arrange this?
Could basically be it's to change the float, right?
Oh, like that?
Nope.
Oh, Oh, wait.
It might be working.
- [Ken] Way to go. Oh yeah.
- [Austin] Oh, look at that.
- [Ken] Oh, just.Yeah. - [Austin] Wow.
That's pretty cool.
I'm afraid of it falling off.
So essentially the solar panels are, actually,
what's happening there.
So it's got solar panels
and a bunch of copper wire wound on the inside.
So, I'm guessing that's creating
like an electric magnetic field.
I mean, that's, these are actually moving pretty fast.
Dude, I love these science toys though.
That is so cool.
Science is great.
(upbeat lo-fi music)
(swooshing sound)
This episode of mystery tech is sponsored by LG
and their brand new XBOOM PL Series
of Bluetooth party speakers.
(upbeat lo-fi music)
So this is the PL2, the smallest and cheapest
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But when we jump up to the PL5 as well as PL7,
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Not only do you get that dual action bass with the speakers
which vibrate along with your music
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for that excellent quality sound.
So, if you want to up your audio game
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speakers at the link in the description.
And again, huge shout out to LG
for sponsoring this episode of Mystery Tech.
(swooshing sound)
(bell rings)
(box drops)
Whoo!
Oh, okay. Oh, okay.
Well that's a lot of things.
All right.
So these are-
How many of these do you have?
(whirring sound)
- [Ken] Oh!
Oh, this is the thing that they try to sell you
at the mall.
And is overpriced as hell.
(toy buzzes around)
- [Matt] Oh, Jesus Christ.
(Austin laughs)
(toy buzzes around)
- [Ken] That seems to be bouncing up.
(toys buzz)
Well, that one's flying.
(toy continues to buzz)
Yeah.
Oh!
- Well, they're going straight into Santa's sack.
Ho ho, ho.
Whoosh!
(box flies then drops)
(swooshing sound)
(box drops)
Mutrics!
Smart gaming glasses.
- [Ken] By the way, this is another P.O. Box item.
We did not buy this.
- Yeah, I could tell 'cause it's getting-
The items are getting questionable.
So with our smart gaming glasses,
we have blue light reduction lenses
Bluetooth 5.0 with Google and Siri,
hands-free calls.
They're Bluetooth.
- [Ken] I guess.
- Ooh, this is actually a very nice little carrying case.
Oh, wow!
They're Gameboys theme.
Look at that.
- Oh, I like that.
- [Austin] Whoo!
Am I Santa from 1989?
- [Ken] They make you look older.
- [Matt] You look like the FTC Chair.
(Austin chuckles)
- [Ken] Pai?
- [Matt] Pai, yeah.
- [Ken] He's leaving.
- [Matt] I know!
- [Ken] Oh, the top of the glasses light up. Look at that.
Yo!
- Do they? - [Ken] Look at that.
Wow, in a straight line too.
- This is really quiet.
Can you hear this?
(music blares quietely)
- [Matt] Yes.
(music continues)
- How much?
How much can you hear this?
- [Ken] Barely.
And I don't have the headphones to hear your mic, so.
- [Austin] So they sound decent, right?
And it's certainly not as good
as a pair of headphones,
but I guess if you wanna, like, take a call or something
you'd be able to hear it all right.
I think I'd still prefer to wear headphones.
I think it's more of a gimmick.
It's more so about the look
of these glasses than anything else.
Do we know how much these are?
I mean, they look kinda expensive.
- [Matt] Whoa!
- It's a kickstarter.
- [Matt] $200.
- [Ken] Wow.
- [Austin] So the whole thing is,
it's about the audio
and the audio is fine.
- [Ken] I mean, designer glasses cost the same.
- [Austin] Yeah. - [Ken] But like..
- [Austin] But are these..
Look,
if you're about this style,
and you want a pair of glasses that will give you
like that blue light protection and looks cool
and we'll give you some audio that's fine.
- [Matt] I just, I like it more for the look.
- [Austin] Yeah.
- [Ken] These are the nicest looking like, quote unquote,
like geek wear that I think I've seen.
- [Austin] Yeah.
- [Ken] Like for the gimmick.
- [Austin] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And again if I could see through non-prescription lenses,
I'm sure it would look great.
- [Ken] You're nearsighted.
You can just use your phone really up-close to your face
and you'll be good. - Yeah.
It's great.
(upbeat electric music)
Glasses look so good.
(swooshing effect)
- [Ken] Santa, close your eyes.
- Okay.
Santa Claus has been informed to close his eyes.
(lighthearted music)
I wanna peek right now.
(lighthearted music continues)
- [Matt] Good choice of words.
- That sounded big.
Can I open my eyes yet?
- [Matt] Yes.
(lighthearted music)
- Pop!
Pikachu!
I mean, I see you did forget to take off the tag
from GameStop.
It says 99.99.
- [Ken] Oh, don't worry.
We used your Pro-Rewards.
We got like $10 off.
- Oh, thanks. Appreciate it.
- [Ken] I actually hate Funko pops.
Their quality control is God awful.
- [Austin] Yeah.
- [Ken] But, in big size,
I don't think I'd mind.
And most importantly, you put it on the set.
- [Austin] Yes.
- [Ken] Don't cut your...
- I'm not cutting my hand.
I appreciate though
that you immediately went for the camera.
So if I do cut myself, at least we get it on camera.
- [Ken] Oh, I mean, it's for the content.
- [Austin] It's for the content
Behold!
Wow!
Wow, wow!
- [Ken] That's not what I was expecting at all.
- [Austin] What are you?
Wait, is it just a head?
(Austin laughs)
What do I do with this?
What do I say about this?
It actually does look cuter in person, I will say.
Once you get rid of the horrible looking box.
So, if you know a Pokemon fan in your life
and you want to give them an obnoxiously large Pikachu
and make a GameStop employee really hate you,
then the giant Funko Pikachu...
Wait, do I look like Santa Ash?
- [Ken] That's actually kinda adorable, not gonna lie.
For once in his life, Austin made a friend.
(lighthearted music)
- But I paid for him.
- [Ken] Oh.
Well, I mean, you do that for us too, so.
- [Matt] Yeah, but we don't even consider him friends.
- [Ken] Yeah, fair enough.
(lighthearted music continues)
- Come. Come Pikachu
into my sack.
(laughter in background) .
They can't hurt you here.
Ho, ho, ho!
Merry Christmas.
- [Matt] That's not what the sack is for.
- [Ken] Man, I thought PETA hated Pokemon but like-
(laughs)
Oh, man, wait until they watch Austin Evans.
They came up with the most humane way to capture Pokemon.
It's with Pokeballs not with a (bleep) sack dude.
(Austin and Ken laugh)
- [Ken] That's some Team Rocket (bleep).
(Austin laughs harder)
- I finally caught Pikachu.
I guarantee you Team Rocket
has dressed up as Santa before.
- [Ken] They definitely have!
(laughs heartily)
- [Matt] They have not dressed up as Santa,
but they did kidnap him.
- [Austin] Jesse and James kidnapped Santa?
- [Matt] Correct.
- [Austin] Okay. Got it.
Well, Mystery Tech is going great today, isn't it?
- [Ken] Are you gonna take him out of the stack?
- No, he lives there now.
I'll pick him up when he's big enough.
(swooshing sound)
(bell rings)
- [Matt] This is from all of us.
'Cause, you know, it's Christmas.
- Polar pen!
What's a polar pen?
Why do I need a polar pen?
- [Ken] Well, you're from the North Pole, so.
- Oh, clever!
A bunch of...
- [Ken] The box has been shifted around a fair bit.
But the idea is that it is a pen
that you can play with 'cause it is all magnets
and comes apart.
We know you like your pens.
- I do like my pens.
- [Ken] So, there's-
There's some pens and balls.
- Oh, wow.
It like, actually-
Oh, okay.
That's, yeah,
you're not kidding.
That's a pen that comes apart.
(fumbles with pen) (lighthearted music)
- [Ken] And you can make them disappear.
- [Matt] Remember how I said it was from all of us?
- [Austin] Yeah.
- [Matt] It's actually just P.O. Box.
- [Ken] That was just P.O. Box.
(Matt laughs)
- Matt, I'm about to put you in my sack.
(Matt laughs)
- [Matt] Aww, with Pikachu.
(fast paced lighthearted music)
- Magnets.
- [Matt] How do they work?
- It's a mystery.
Unknown by human minds.
(swooshing sound)
(lighthearted serene music)
Is that?
(lighthearted music continues)
That's an original Xbox.
- [Ken] Why, yes it is.
- Okay, well, it's been opened.
But is this like a complete original Xbox?
- [Ken] Yes!
- Dude, this is like straight up everything
that came with the original Xbox.
Wow.
- [Matt] And a couple extras.
- Look at that.
That's control right there.
- [Ken] So, we have like one or two original Xboxes
but they're all scuffed up.
- We do. - [Ken] I just wanna see.
- How clean this thing is?
- [Ken] Yeah, 'cause I haven't taken a peek yet, so.
- All right.
(upbeat music continues) (removes the Xbox)
- [Matt] Christmas is over.
- [Austin] Fine.
Look at this.
They tell you how to connect it to a TV
via your VCR.
(upbeat lo-fi music)
- [Ken] Remember, this was a media player.
- Yeah.
This is in pretty good shape.
I do think it has been used
but it's been nicely repackaged.
It is, yeah, I'd say it's in good shape.
- [Ken] That is cleaner than our...
- [Austin] It's very clean. - [Ken] Yeah.
- It's very clean.
So why don't we fire up the original Xbox
and see if it matches up to the Xbox Series X.
Oh, sorry, not now.
Let's not make a comparison video.
We've already done enough of those.
(swishing sound)
Let's just play some Xbox games, shall we?
(swooshing sound)
Here goes nothing.
Ooh!
As it whirrs to life.
- [Ken] It sounds like disc grinding.
- Also we're not getting any signal though.
- [Ken] Like all relics of this time.
(Ken stumps hand)
- [Austin] Wow!
What is wrong with you?
- It's of the early 2000's.
It should just work now.
(lighthearted music)
- [Austin] I don't think it's just gonna work.
- [Matt] That was the late 90's.
(lighthearted music continues)
- [Austin] Anything?
- [Matt] Yeap.
- [Austin] What, really?
- [Ken] I don't know. Look at that.
- Oh, so yeah. That was totally...
(chuckles nervously)
- [Matt] So you just didn't plug it in.
- Yes, yes, yes.
(lighthearted music)
Can't recognize this disc.
Oh, well that...
I guess that's also a problem.
The disc is 100% fine.
Ken!
(blows air out)
Stop, stop!
That's...
(blows air out)
Wrong console.
(beats console rhythmically)
I'm gonna walk back in with this.
(continues to tap console) (upbeat lo-fi music)
(Ken laughs)
- It worked!
(continues to laugh)
I was just petting it.
It was... (laughs happily)
Well, I brought all my Xbox games but okay.
All right.
All right, I mean, I definitely wanna play Sega.
Okay. Quick battle?
Yeah. I wanna do quick battle.
(upbeat guitar music)
That does not sound good.
(upbeat guitar music)
(taps on console)
There we go.
- [Ken] Ooh, I'm telling you, man.
Like it's...
- You're nursing it through right now.
- [Ken] Yeah.
- It is not happy.
- Have you ever used the defibrillator before?
That's the same preview?
- [Austin] Have you? - [Ken] No.
(upbeat string music continues)
- Okay, good chat.
- [Ken] Okay, maybe it's broken.
Oh no, no, no.
It's not broken.
Oh, nevermind.
Oh, you just took it out.
Oh, your project Gotham.
- [Austin] Yeah.
Let's just try a different game.
- [Ken] That's my favorite Xbox game.
- [Austin] We just try a different game.
(lighthearted music)
Think at this point.
While it has been a Merry Christmas for many,
for us, I don't know if it's gonna work today.
You know what though?
We could put this disc in a Series X...
(lighthearted music continues)
You're trying to tell me
that the only solution to Christmas this year is a PS5?
- [Ken] Well not, no, not this one.
That one's still resale dude.
- Thank you very much for watching this episode
of Mystery Tech.
Is this an anticlimactic end
to what was a very mediocre video?
Well, yeah, I do think it is.
But thank you for subscribing nonetheless.
And most importantly,
thank you for ringing that notification bell.
So you'll always be kept up to date
when shenanigans like this occur.
I'm gotta fix that Xbox now.
- [Ken] Let's put a PC inside of it.
(upbeat lighthearted music plays then ends)