YouTube channels - prez and content discussions

[VMPhil]

I really can't stand a lot of people on YouTube. The people who do technology history videos tend to put on this really grating announcer-y voice and talk as if they know everything and haven't just copied a lot of the text from Wikipedia.

[Pip]

Absolutely. If there's one person I recommend on YT, then it's Adam Martyn since he has done a lot of great reviews of TV idents.

As a subscriber to Adam Martyn's Ident Review channel, imagine my surprise when he reviewed one of my mocks that had been lifted by someone from The Gallery in TVForum and posted to YouTube! My poor little mocky mind was blown.

https://youtu.be/BSLjuTvtUnE

In terms of delightful design and presentation (and really engaging content) on YouTube, the 'In A Nutshell' series by Kurzgesagt is pretty special.

https://www.youtube.com/user/Kurzgesagt

[johnnyboy]

I am a fan of MrWhosTheBoss, the mobile phone reviewer. The pres and filming on his channel is very slick.

At the complete opposite end of the spectrum is baldandbankrupt - a middle aged British bloke who speaks fluent Russian exploring some of the most hostile and exotic environments in the world (from a general British perspective). It's very minimal and it reminds me of an 'extreme' version of "As it Happens", this peculiar but compelling daytime show on Channel 4 from the late 80s where someone would walk around parts of Britain live trying to find interesting stories.

[Steve in Pudsey]

Away from archive TV channels etc, SortedFood's new videos on Wednesdays and Sundays are pretty much appointment to view for me.

[Inspector Sands]

One of my favourite channels is Techmoan. In the past I think his channel and blog were more technology reviews but now it's more retro technology particularly old recording formats.

https://youtube.com/c/Techmoan

[Mateus Honrado]

One of my favourite channels is Techmoan. In the past I think his channel and blog were more technology reviews but now it's more retro technology particularly old recording formats.

https://youtube.com/c/Techmoan

Interesting enough, he's also one of my favourite YTers too as I like his review of obscure formats.

[James2001]

As I've already said before, he's kept me up until silly hours on several occasions as I watch one of his videos... then another... then another until I realise the sun's starting to come up.

[dbl]

Johnny Harris for me, he started on an explainer YouTube channel called Vox. But since has left and ventured out to launched his own channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/johnnymangosteen

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His graphics are pretty slick, including the map animations.

Vox Borders is quite an interesting series, if anyone wants time to kill:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSjYra7c...hannel=Vox

[Mike]

Technology Connections deserved an honorable mention, I think he deliberately goes for the TV aesthetic (even down to the credit roll and theme music).

[James2001]

There's chubbyemu who I watch as well, he makes medical related videos which are quite interesting.

[James2001]

Techmoan's posted what must be the best product ever- a connected mug. That needs a firmware update.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X3WzrnyyGc

Close down the internet now, we've reached the pinnacle.

[Cassia Tuna]

https://youtu.be/_bAyUzrXoaw?t=9

So it has come to my attention that a 2018 episode of Spongebob made reference to the 1980s BBC Video logo.

For reference, here's the original logo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXl36erOOVk

[Ben]

Almost too similar to be a co-incedence.

[TheMightyTRex]

How to cook that
https://www.youtube.com/user/howtocookthat

She does debunking videos and spends a lot of time explaining why the content farms exist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSBSzWmj...YWwQ5z_iP4

Really interesting and a well produced channel

[Neil Jones]

One of the surprise hits of 2020 YouTube (primarily thanks to lockdown) was a mass influx of Medieval music covers, taking modern day songs and recreating them as to how they might have sounded in the 13th century. The success of this depends on the song, as some work better than others in this regard. People even came along and wrote medieval style lyrics in the comments. Which probably shows how bored we all were.

Avicii tunes worked quite well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeX1lNFHFg0

Then on Middle Ages - the Macarena:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDhP-rBJZ4A

Honourable mention must go to medieval covers of Barbie Girl, Blinding Lights and Boulevard of Broken Dreams.

(yes there is no "presentation" as such but its something different!)