EEVcomments #1 - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 12:00:30 am
content: New segment!Dave responds to Youtube comments and answers questions.

author: Ampere
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 12:25:43 am
content: First!Edit: Really, though, I like this new segment. It's nice to see you answering questions directly even if the comments found on Youtube aren't exactly of the highest quality on average. Most content creators completely ignore comments or even disable them.Good luck with your surgery, by the way.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 12:33:24 am
content: Quote from: Ampere on July 27, 2016, 12:25:43 amDisabling comments is just stupid. Ignore them totally if you don't like them, but comments are essential for a channels growth and success.

author: Macbeth
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 12:54:13 am
content: Second!...off to watch thatSiglent Spectrum Analyser teardown.It seems I left that one on the backburner!

author: ataradov
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 01:13:07 am
content: Well, to the quality of the content question. I do agree that video quality dropped significantly.If some interesting thing takes more than 5 minutes to setup, forget it, it is not happening. More and more things get tabled for later, which never happens. This is understandable, since you need to make scheduled videos, but it is also very apparent and is not looking good.More and more videos (including this one) are of a type that is easy to make (comparatively, of course) - talking head or screen capture.Edit: Just for comparison, quality of Mike's or Micah's videos is superb, but those videos are rare, but they are way more enjoyable.I guess it is just a different style and the need to make some money out of it. Unlike Mike's videos, I mostly "watch" Dave's videos in the background without paying much attention, anyway, there is just not enough "good stuff" there to warrant full attention.

author: Seekonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 01:42:07 am
content: I skip through a lot of videos. Is there really a need to make them a certain time content? Its a video. If there is something a beginner doesn't understand, they can back up.

author: Dave
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 02:11:56 am
content: One thing that I've been missing on your channel recently are videos where you do design work. Those used to be interesting.

author: Stefan Payne
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 03:27:28 am
content: Nice segment.As I wrote over @ youtube:Quote from: what I wrote on youtubean example of bad protectionsand another example is the EVGA 550GS...I won't start to bother you on capacitors (yet), but please, please take a look at the datasheet of the capacitor.TDK Lambda held a webinar here in Germany some time ago, with Conrad.de where the question if japanese capacitors are really better or not came up.He answered that it's not and it all depends on what you want and what you are willing to pay for.As for companys like Teapo (wich aren't that bad by the way), they are mostly rated for the worst low ESR capacitors they sell and most japanese companys don't have capacitors in that range...I would really be happy if you'd take a look at those things and make a short video about it!

author: Lightages
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 05:13:53 am
content: Sorry Dave, this is not interesting to me to watch. I stopped after 5 minutes I think. Just my personal opinion.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 05:20:08 am
content: I like the idea of this video. Giving a video response to questions/comments is a great way to maintain a solid connection to your audience. Much like picture-in-picture.Videos work much better than typed text. Text lacks the ability to convey expression outside of a couple of formatting options. I liken communication via text as trying to appreciate opera via teletype.The only criticism I would make is that some of the responses went on for longer than I felt was necessary, sometimes repeating ideas. I realise this will happen with unscripted content, but just something I felt was more prominent than I felt it should be. I did notice there were several editing cuts (so one wonders how long you did spend on the shoot) but I do appreciate the effort to trim it down.Like any of my comments - throw them into the mix and see what sticks to the wall.

author: hayatepilot
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 06:34:27 am
content: +1Totally agree with Brumby.I really liked the new segment. Especially where you rant on some comments.Keep it up!

author: elliottveares
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 06:38:43 am
content: Oh dearNow wish i did not post that "Third!" comment. It's a silly thing to post and I assumed it would quickly get buried in all the comments and no one would see.

author: Kilrah
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 06:46:19 am
content: I like!There's something in me that says that answering troll comments is pointless and a loss of time because they'll of course never learn from it anyway or not even read it (definition of a troll...), but in this form it could have the advantage of being educational for others in a much more useful way than a written reply.About the voice... you just get used to it I guessI had a very hard time back when I discovered the channel a couple of years ago, but the content was interesting enough to "put up with it"... it doesn't disturb me anymore.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 07:14:18 am
content: Some people may not like Dave's voice - but I don't find it a real problem.One thing that is a BIG PLUS is that it isclear. This is very important.

author: Dr. Frank
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 07:31:34 am
content: Dave,at first, I hope you'll get better quickly, after your cruciate ligament repair.(What about a teardown and repair video of your knee, during surgery? )Weeks or months w/o sports (afterwards), that's really tough, so I can really feel for you, if you were grumpy the next time..This new format is great, as you're more vivid in this video.. and this is more entertaining, for me, at least compared to the old-style mailbag videos..Frank

author: jancumps
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 09:18:28 am
content: I liked it. I like to be entertained.

author: meeder
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 09:30:32 am
content: Quote from: Brumby on July 27, 2016, 07:14:18 amMe neither but SWMBO thinks Dave's voice is very annoying so I have to watch de video's with headphones if she is at home.

author: bitwelder
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 09:45:07 am
content: I think this format has potential, as it allows Dave to address e.g. recurrent questions, and to answer to viewers that may not be interested to e.g. participate to the forum threads.I hope that it won't be used only as a defence from various accusations and negative comments, but possibly also to add extra notes to previous EEVblog videos (interesting stuff that was left off a video, quick updates, etc.)Knowing Mr. Wafflemaster's habits, perhaps here is where I'd welcome an 'extreme' cut: no more than e.g. 2 minutes to answer any comment

author: Barny
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 10:05:19 am
content: Grate new segment.Good luck with your knee.After surgery, we'll get a grumpy, ranting Dave?So, whats new about that?

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 10:18:36 am
content: Quote from: Lightages on July 27, 2016, 05:13:53 amYes and I also unsubscribed because because the quality is decreasing and NSA.Best of luck Dave tomorrow.

author: cj
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 11:59:08 am
content: I like the comments and answers concept.The best thing is you take the time to answer questions. It’s a valuable source of information.When I started in electronics there was no internet and I didn’t know anyone that could help me with my questions. I wish I had these resources back then.Dave, bigto you.CJ

author: SL4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 01:01:19 pm
content: It seems some viewers are like a large chunk of the general population...They don't recognise that an engineers's job is to solve problemsbeforethey happen... everyone else solves problemsafterthey happen!

author: Milmat1
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 02:10:53 pm
content: I enjoyed this new segment, Keep them coming...

author: strangersound
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 03:53:47 pm
content: This was good. Informative and amusing.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 04:42:30 pm
content: I think it is good addition to the bunch.

author: Vgkid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 06:22:04 pm
content: That was a nice watch. Started off as me just listening to it, but I started reading the yt comments.

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 07:10:57 pm
content: I like this new segment. Hope to have more.

author: joeqsmith
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 08:28:07 pm
content: Liked it.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 09:01:54 pm
content: Dunno if this segment is really interesting. It is a bit like a blog about a blog about a...@Dave: good luck with the leg! At least the doctors know what the problem is so they can go ahead and fix it.

author: jquinn11733
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 09:41:30 pm
content: My two cents: I liked this segment, liked 95% of the hundreds and hundreds watched,like Dave's voice, like being called a "yank", etc.... Keep up the GREAT work. Thanks!

author: mkdesign
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: July 28, 2016, 12:17:55 am
content: If I may offer an opinion of a new to eevblog and newbie to electronics with a background in software (systems and compilers)....I found your channel while working my way through AoE about a year ago and have been hooked since. Your video on op-amps was the ticket for that concept to finally register in my little pea brain. I would like to see more fundamentals, and you're correct that there are already a lot of those on the youtubes, but you do them so much better.Maybe it's because I've only been watching them for a year (and still have a few more older episodes to watch), but I like the way you've been doing the mailbag and wasn't especially fond of the turbo version. That segment is so much about your personality and our entertainment, please do what you feel is natural and I'm sure it will work.I don't see the justification for criticism of slipping quality in recent videos. I've been watching older videos along with the latest and it seems, if anything, quality has improved. The recent SA teardown was phenomenal as others have said. You have been experimenting, it seems, but I think that's great if you are doing it for yourself and not to please a few cranky viewers.I really enjoy the interviews and especially the field trips. You offer an interesting perspective and you ask great questions. I think you show the "right" balance of intelligence; not making the video about how smart you are, but you show just enough to get your subject to talk geek and let them be the expert. Viewers underestimate how hard that is.There is a comment above regarding more design work. I agree - would love to see more about your thought processes during the design phase. Not sure how to make that work in any volume of videos, though.I guess my only real criticism is that you seem to overweigh negative feedback lately. You created a winning formula, Dave. Keep up the great work.

author: AccountRemovedPerUsersRequest
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2016, 02:23:49 am
content: Second GaryBlack. As a long time subscriber - and also a supporter - I've started to skip videos. Especially after what happened during Batterizer videos. Actually stayed away from the forum too...A.

author: jazz
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2016, 02:38:01 am
content: The channel used to have a lot more "hands-on" electronics and just the occasional blah video. That seems to have reversed over time, so it's now a lot of blah videos, which are a probably a lot easier to make, with the occasional hands-on. For me it has become less interesting that way, but I guess others seem to like it.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 28, 2016, 02:50:06 am
content: Things evolve. Things change. Some people will like the changes and subscriber numbers will go up. Some people won't and the numbers will go down.It's swings and roundabouts.It's a matter for any blogger to assess the consequences of change - and while there may be some who bow out, if the overall numbers increase, then the change is a good move. (IMHO)

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 28, 2016, 02:57:01 am
content: As others have said, the SA teardown with the extra graphics effort was well worth it. It doesn't take an Einstein to appreciate just how much more effort was involved and Dave's comment about this not being really warranted for a lot of gear is just simple pragmatism and practicality.You really aren't going to get a whole new understanding doing this on a DMM, for example.

author: Kilrah
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 28, 2016, 08:12:27 am
content: Quote from: jazz on July 28, 2016, 02:38:01 amThat how it feels but actually if you look back there were simply fewer videos. The "blah" videos are pretty muchin additionto the usual content leading to more videos, rather than less usual content.Easy to be biased, especially since for example when I found the channel I watched a load of videos, but those had actually been posted over years.

author: ajawamnet
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2016, 01:33:07 pm
content: Here's something from the ESA:https://escies.org/download/webDocumentFile?id=63402Note the mosquito trapped in the prepreg on page 4...But the jist of the paper concerns itself with factors that contribute to electromigration. I was talking to Dennis over at the Altium forum (long timer EE) and he had mentioned something about this a while ago.Surprising that even Class 3 stuff is susceptible to this - not just asian made happy meal toys for McD's.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 29, 2016, 12:21:04 am
content: How things go with your knee surgery Dave, gunna be dancing again soon?

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 29, 2016, 12:48:11 am
content: Quote from: Kilrah on July 28, 2016, 08:12:27 amMany have said this over the years, so at one point I went back and analysed 100 or my earliest videos to 100 of the later videos (around 500-600 IIRC) and the result was that people were in fact biased, in reality there was no change in the frequency of certain types of videos. I simply added more videos types, and people tend to remember certain videos and think I did more of them than I actually did. The data is someone on the forum....

author: GEuser
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 29, 2016, 06:08:34 am
content: The mowing needs doing Dave .

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 29, 2016, 07:02:10 am
content: Dave needs to make another EEcomments video where he replied to all the comments of this EEcomments video....

author: b_force
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 29, 2016, 02:00:01 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on July 29, 2016, 12:48:11 amWell Kilrah does have a point. If I look back in your playlist history, from the last year I see less in depth electronics/tech videos than 2-3 years ago.Nowadays it's mostly mailbag, a couple of teardowns and some general tech news.I guess Dave has the numbers (hopefully he keeps them up in categories) to see how many in depth tech videos he has over a certain period of time.I can do it myself, but by hand, that's an awful lot of work.The amount of videos Dave uploads in a year, is pretty consistent.If we go a year back from now (so from #906-#774) he uploaded 132 EEVBlogs.The year before that (#773-646) it was 127 videos.From #645-501 was 144 videosFrom #500-325 where 175 videos (a bit higher for some reason)And #324-192 = 132 videos#191-102 = 89 videosAnd so from the start 102 videos.Which is an average of 128±5 videos and a dispersion of around 30 (or 60 if you like to use 2 sigma)This also brings me already to a conclusion that the earliest 100 and last 100 videos is not very representative.To fully investigate how many tech videos there are it would be even better to divide every bit by two, and so look back over 66 videos.Which represents roughly half a year. Better would be to use actual dates instead (but for me that means that I need to open a lot of videos and check the dates).I do have to say that there was a lot of interesting stuff in the last few teardowns lately.On the other hand, most of the time it's nothing more than just summing up parts and if you have seen two scopes/analysers, you have seen almost all of them.Anyhow, we can go far into this discussion, at the end you'll always end up discussing and debating about taste, feeling and expectations.I guess we just have to see it as healthy critique to keep each other sharp, which you can take or leave.

author: edy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 30, 2016, 02:24:13 am
content: Hi Dave, Wishing you a quick and full recovery from your knee surgery! I look forward to seeing you back on the trails, canyons and races putting test gear through torture tests! Be well! -- Edy

author: oldway
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 30, 2016, 12:36:13 pm
content: Hi Dave, I wish you also a quick recovery and I am happy to know surgery has been all right.About repair industry who is almost death, do you know this initiative ?http://repaircafe.org/en/http://theconversation.com/repair-cafes-are-about-fixing-things-including-the-economy-26244

author: djacobow
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 03, 2016, 10:37:57 pm
content: Interesting, and I liked the segment.I will say that, regarding the student who wrote about the future of EE -- I think that question could use a LOT more thought. It is this EE's opinion that electrical engineering employment is indeed in decline, at least in the USA, and I suspect, other development countries. It's not that EE skills are not helpful, or that understanding electronics, systems, signals, etc, are not useful. They are all useful and will continue to be. But I think more and more of the work, in particular, the high PAYING work, will migrate to software people who understand the hardware "well enough." Which is fine. The fact is that EEs make good firmware engineers.I think someone smart, with a solid EE background and a willingness to adapt throughout your entire career, should always find employment, but over time I suspect it will be less and less directly related to EE.I mostly know Silicon Valley. I can assure you, semiconductor employment is way down here. Mostly, it is through attrition, as people retire and move on, but nobody is hiring loads of young engineers to design chips anymore. It makes sense. Though volumes continue to grow, margins continue to shrink, and chip starts are way down, because "big" SOCs with lots of peripherals can fill many niches that used to require custom or semicustom parts.I'm not really a board guy, but speaking of SOCs, I think the proliferation of very capable parts with lots of cool peripherals is also obviating a lot of would-have-been design work. It's gotten really easy to plop down a uC and hook up a few things over serial links and a few standard interfaces. In essence, a lot of board design work has been slurped into the chips, where one team designs it once rather than every board designer doing it again. There might be more boards being designed than ever, but the effort per board seems to be going down fast, and that's actually not great for employment. Like you, I take apart a lot of stuff, and I'm blown away lately not by how complex many modern high volume boards are, but how dead simple they are.I do hold out some hope that as Moore's law sunsets -- and it really is sunseting this time -- there will be renewed interest in creative EE design, as natural evolution in performance and capacity won't solve problems "automatically." That will perhaps mean more novel architectures, use of FPGAs, close HW/SW codesign, etc.Of course, SV is booming, but it's just not driven by electronics. I suspect that there is a lot of growth in Asia and in development countries.Here is what the US Bureau of Labor Statistics has to say about the 2014-2024 job outlook for EEs:http://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/electrical-and-electronics-engineers.htm#tab-6Note that over a 10 year period they are predicting essentially no growth for EE's at all. None. Compare this to employment overall, in which the predict 7% growth.Finally, I think we all tend to think of EEs as the "model EE": clever, curious, and energetic -- and stays that way for 40+ years. But let's remind ourselves that 1/2 of EEs are below median. (not among the population generally, but among the population of EEs) If you know the student in question, you can make an informed assessment about that person's prospects, but when you are answering a generic question about prospects for generic EEs, I think the right picture to have in mind is that of the middling engineer, not a particularly good one. Will that person survive for a full career as an EE?I'm not saying at all that EE is a bad career, and for all I know the number of people getting EE degrees is going down faster than employment, so that the prospects for an EE graduate are actually quite good, but it is important for students to know the state of affairs.

author: deth502
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2016, 05:50:06 pm
content: first off, i love how you included all of the negative comments. youtube is full of ppl who take themselves way too seriously.second, on the unsubscribing for "bad content", honestly, i dont watch all of your vids anymore, partially because of the length of them. sometimes on days like today ill go and watch some of the longer ones that i had less interest in because of the title, but you have been putting out more content than when you started, so if the title dosent grab me right away, i may likely not watch a video. im not saying that is "bad content" but i can maybe see where he is coming from. BUT THAT SAID, i do think your channel has changed. your first videos, you seemed..... timid??..... idk, like it was forced. it seems since then you have become much more comfortable at it and your love of what your doing shows through, and i think it makes the video a LOT better. i dont think you should change what youre doing and lose that enthusiasm.i can watch thousands of boring videos of people with annoying voices tearing down electronics, but your enthusiasm for it make your videos not the same old boring shit, which is why i, and im sure a lot of your viewers, choose your channel.