YT Tech Channel Recommendations

This guy never lets me down: https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

TheLinuxExperiment does really nice video about tech news, better than TechLinked in every ways.

Jayz2Cents is awful. Please don't watch that stuff. They're so long winded and lacking in... actual information. Add Digital Foundry, Hardware Canucks.

My two absolute favourites right now

Bringus Studios - this is pretty close to classic LTT episodes (he did "I bought a SEGA PC?!?!?!!" before Linus did) and often involves trying to upgrade hardware that wasn't designed to be upgraded or installing software on systems not meant for it (turning a PS4 into a steam deck for example) all with a delightful layer of jank to it So kinda like the videos with Jake

A little more different but equally brilliant channel is

MattKC - his most popular video is him trying to get a game to fit into a qr code (brilliant) but also extends to him buying and fixing a Wii he bought for 1$ in Japan or trying to build the fastest Windows 98 compatible PC and modding old consoles So kinda like the videos with Alex

Digital Foundry does really great deep-dives on the software side of things. A channel like GamersNexus is great for getting a sense for how a new CPU or GPU stacks up to other models. DF is great for looking at game performance in a specific title, and which settings to tweak for optimized performance with various graphics cards.

Edit: and they do the same for major console titles, plus cross-platform and cross-gen comparisons.

Cathode Ray Dude

I love Derbauer.

For more of the entertainment cool shit side of LTT, I love DIY Perks. He does a lot of really cool techy builds

Hardware Canucks for other Canadian tech news

RandomGamingInHD is pretty neat. Like seeing people push real budget stuff to its absolute limits. LowSpecGamer used to be my go to for that, but it seems he completely changed thr channels directions and purged the old videos.

LGR and 8-bit Guy both do a lot of cool stuff with old and obsolete hardware.

I can't believe no one mentioned MrMobile. I really enjoy his format and editing style. He mostly does phone and watch reviews, but sometimes sprinkle in laptops, and his When Phones were Fun series were awesome.

LowSpecGamer originally does what the channel name suggests, low spec hardware reviews and game on them with jank methods. However, he has since privated his previous videos, and transitioned to history and stories behind tech products.

One other channel that is more to the side of tech "explanation" is Technology Connections. The subjects of his videos are not necessarily "tech" we see in tech channels, but more appliance tech and the history or how it works. His channel is caption friendly too!

Brodie Robertson for Linux/Software content.

TechMoan is always a fun watch

Level1techs, Chris Titus, Servethehome, Craft computing, Lawrence systems, 8-bit guy, look mom no computer, Mark Rober, Austin Evans, mkbhd, ijustine, jerryrigeverything, technology connections.

Those I could come up with relatively fast without checking my subscriptions in freetube.

Also some rocket tech because rockets are cool:

Pbs space, Xyla Foxlin, air command rockets, everyday astronaut, Scott Manley, Marcus House

Mental Outlaw for Linux/privacy stuff for sure. Dude has some hot takes and has been focusing a bit more on his farm at the moment but he's got some good topics

I love OptimumTech. Mostly focused on SFF builds and peripherals and setup-minimalism. However Ali has a very relaxing voice and entirely drama free

I like Dawid does tech stuff as well

https://www.youtube.com/@DawidDoesTechStuff

Optimum Tech is nice

Cathode Ray Dude and Techmoan if you want to see retro tech.

It's crazy how much artistry went into mechanical engineering of tape decks and stuff like that before circuit boards and components were small enough that everything is uncreative.

Some of my favorites (that I have not seen listed here yet)

• Snazzy Labs
• TechAltar
• The Friday Checkout (alternative to Techlinked)

TechAltar is the best one

Tech Iceberg and RandomGaminginHD

(What can I say, the British accent adds like 50 points to my rubric

Phil’s Computer Lab if you want to see someone reviewing DOS, Win9x and XP era hardware.

I like Dave2D but it's tech products not hardware

You have the two best already… GN for quality reviews and Jayz for “We’re making a thing today, let’s see what happens.”

Dawid does tech stuff: https://youtube.com/@DawidDoesTechStuff

Here's a small Brazilian tech channel that I really like
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2r9ork83kGjXp5uP9cu71Q

Louis Rossmann https://m.youtube.com/@rossmanngroup

2kliksphilip, RandomGaminginHD, DIY Perks, der8auer, and KrisFix-Germany are all neat tech/gaming oriented channels, but obviously none of them cover gaming/tech as a whole like LTT does.

I'll recommend Power Cert Animated Videos, it's really good to grasp the basics on some topics in my opinion.

thank you all for the recommendations. i have a lot to watch now :)

Hacksmith is pretty cool, I dont know if you consider them "tech".

ct3003

Rather specific to VR, but SadlyItsBradley

BoostUpStation - Had an issue on a phone that I thought I had bricked, and this was the only place that I found a fix for it. Not XDA, no other sources had a fix for what I fucked up. I've been unlocking and flashing ROMs on phones since the Cynogenmod days, and this guy knew his shit, has a lot of other really informative videos.

ExplainingComputers - Focus mostly on SBCs but also does many other good videos. His recent video on Windows 11 was spot on in my opinion.

ExplainingTheFuture - Second channel from above, here he does a little more longform content on interesting topics.

digiblurDIY - If you care about having IoT devices locally controlled, this is your channel. This guy is extremely knowledgable, shows you how to flash Tasmota or ESPHome or even swap chips on devices to make them local.

Learn Linux TV - Has some interesting videos if you are into selfhosting and Linux.

Brian Lough - Videos on making things with small boards like Arduino boards.

DIY Solar Power with Will Prowse - Not sure if this would be considered tech or not, but this is a really good channel if interested in solar power and battery banks.

Hak5 - Security news

LGR - Cool retro gaming videos, I'm guessing most people already know about this one.

Louis Rossmann - He does a lot of talks on issues around tech, the big one is right to repair. His recent video on fixing a vibrating ring was quite funny.

Modern Vintage Gamer - Retro gaming, goes into a lot of the history of the modding scenes too.

Morgans Mods - For those intersted in home automation.

NostalgiaWindows - 90s kids will appreciate this.

2GuysTek - Found this in the Linux fallout, seems to have a decent, grounded take on it so I've recently subscribed but do not know much about the channel.