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

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

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 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!

Cathode Ray Dude

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

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.

Hardware Canucks for other Canadian tech news

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

TechMoan is always a fun watch

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

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

I love Derbauer.