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Inspired by this post but the other way around. Which channels (any subject) do you think have stayed true to their beginnings and are still worth watching today?

My pick would be Gamers Nexus.

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[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 1 points 50 minutes ago

Rick Beato. His channel banner says "Everything Music" and it's not a misnomer. I am not a musician, don't know a Dorian from a pentatonic, but every time he throws something up I drop everything and sit and listen to it. It's just that interesting.

You should know that he plugs his own music training courses (probably worth it) but has never once taken an outside sponsorship. He covers all genres and all fields of talent in music, and regularly pulls in younger unknowns for interviews as well as household names. He has nothing but praise for effort and talent, but no time for hacks. It is incredibly refreshing.

Even if you are only a listener and not a player, just getting the pro-level views on what things should sound like and even how to listen will take your own music listening up multiple notches. Be sure to look for his "What Makes This Song Great" videos, because they are not reactions, they are dissections: you will hear and learn things about songs you've heard a million times that you never noticed before.

Can't say enough good about this channel. When life sucks, I go listen to some Rick Beato.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 15 points 3 hours ago

Some of these channels have changed over the years, expanding and adding hosts and things, but they consistently make good content and have either improved or maintained that quality.

Wendover and Half As Interesting

Real Engineering

Mustard

Legal Eagle

Mentour Pilot

Not a channel, but a creator: Yahtzee Croshaw (was Zero Punctuation/Extra Punctuation on The Escapist, is now Fully Ramblomatic/Semi Ramblomatic on Second Wind.

CGP Grey

SciShow (and many of the other projects from the vlogbrothers, including Crash Course and vlogbrothers itself)

Technology Connections

Shaun

HBomberGuy

ElectroBOOM

Videogamedunkey

[–] AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

I just wanted to say, y'all are my people, we don't agree on everything, but I'm glad to have moved to lemmy. The few channels mentioned here that I'm not subbed to, I'll be checking out.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 12 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

This one guy Richard Astley. Banging tunes and the smoothest moves.

But really: Technology Connections

Some ones I haven't seen yet:

  • Camping with Steve (relaxed Canadian camping with plenty of dry humour, usually some wild stealth camping adventures)
  • Budget-Builds Official (tries out random ass computer hardware and finds its limits)
  • dosdude1 (infamous for crazy Mac upgrades that require resoldering BGA chips and chip programming)
  • EthosLab (already saw Xisumavoid mentioned, Etho is still happily making mature Minecraft videos)
  • Flexiny (ASMR-like videos of mechanics fixing old cars to run again)
  • FlyTech Videos (Windows experiments and deep dives into how Win32 and NT do things)
  • GIFGAS (usual accomplice with shiey in train surfing, although I enjoy GIFGAS' edits more than shiey)
    • Side note: His videos are taken down regularly so you have to be quick to download them before they disappear
  • Hugh Jeffreys (Australian right to repair advocate, usually repairs smartphones but has dabbled into more vintage items recently)
  • Janus Cycle (2000s deep retrospectives into technology)
  • Plainly Difficult (British industrial accident examinations with wonderfully shoddy graphics)new, * polymatt (absolute 3D modelling wizard who takes on restoring vintage tech to beyond brand new with incredible attention to detail, and very engaging edits)
  • Seytonic (cyber security news roundup weekly)
  • This Does Not Compute (retro computer repairs and retrospectives)
  • Usagi Electric (extremely vintage computer repairs, going right back to vacuum tubes to 1980s minicomputers)
[–] oxbech@feddit.dk 2 points 2 hours ago

I feel like Ethoslab deserves a mention. He’s basically making the exact same great fun Minecraft videos as I, a grown ass man, remember from my literal childhood!

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Post10.

11 years of posting videos. No politics, no ads, no culture war bullshit. Just camping videos and unclogging culverts.

[–] El_Scapacabra@lemmy.zip 3 points 50 minutes ago

Post10 is so wholesome. His enthusiasm for everything he sees and does always makes me feel calm and happy.

[–] scala@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)
  • Practical Engineering
  • Gamer Nexus (for sure)
  • Matt's off road recovery
  • Tested(Adamsavage)
  • Startalk
  • Trail mater
  • GrizzlyandBear Overlanding
  • Kirk Kreifles
  • the Car Care Nut & Car Care Nut auto reviews
  • Driver 61
  • Sarah-n-tuned
  • Max Velocity (weather)
  • Grind Hard Plumbing
  • Throttle House
  • AutoJeffReviews
  • DrivingSportsTV
[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 1 points 11 minutes ago

Project Farm is still a go to for me. It's not perfect but he does more than enough for me most of the time

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Tested got me through covid

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Hard for me to say because over the years I've lost interest in most channels I watched years ago.

BobbyBroccoli, NightHawkInLight and Technology Connections are three that I always watch every time I notice a new video.

Techmoan is one of those that I watch from time to time.

And Nerdwriter1 is one that I haven't watch in some time but it is hard for me to imagine it having a decline in quality.

[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I think a whole lot of "maker" type channels have all stayed pretty solid, off the top of my head

This Old Tony
Adam Savage Xyla Foxlin
Clickspring
Blondihacks
Colin Furze
Inheritance Machining (though compared to some of the others he's relatively new)
Stuff Made Here
Jeremy Fielding

Branching out a bit

How to drink
Caitlin Doughty (ask a mortician)
LockpickingLawyer
NileRed (and NileBlue)
Tasting History
Townsends
Useful Charts

Some of them have changed their format a bit over the years, I don't think that's been a negative for any of them. Also due to how YouTube revenue works these days a lot of them have had to rely more heavily on sponsors, patron, merch etc. don't hate the player for that, hate the game.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 1 points 10 minutes ago

Colin is a blast lol

[–] Vupware@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

The Wonky Angle for IDM/electronic music coverage

Gtrippin for trip sims

Badempanada for anti-status-quo takes

Jacob Geller for video game content with a touch of breadtube

[–] AstroLightz@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Dank Pods! The content has only gotten better over the years, plus their expansion into car stuff and gaming. Started from iPods, now a bunch of different type of content. 🇦🇺

[–] El_Scapacabra@lemmy.zip 2 points 49 minutes ago

I always preferred Garbage Time, his car channel. Dude's hilarious.

[–] jeeva@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

Hbomberguy has been getting nothing but better.

Foldingideas also has fantastic long form video essays that I really enjoy.

[–] RipLemmDotEE@lemmy.today 16 points 7 hours ago

Map Men. It's always educational, interesting, and they have amazing Monty Pythonish gags and jokes.

[–] mrnarwall@lemmy.world 50 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Primitive technology. There are many imitators, but the original is a man on his own in new Zealand. His videos focus on building structures in the woods. Starting with river mud, he will make a furnace in order to make bricks in order to make a building to sleep in in order to use it for kiln drying for larger structures etc.....

Be sure to watch with subtitles to read his explanation of things!

[–] Thunderbird4@lemmy.world 20 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

All true, except he’s in Queensland, Australia.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 hours ago

I'm still amazed he's alive after all this time working in the Australian jungle

[–] Nefara@lemmy.world 18 points 8 hours ago

Also needs to be said that he's been creating for a decade and every video is consistently as good as the last one. The man single handedly spawned an entire genre and he just kept doing his own thing, algorithms and influencer culture be damned.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The USCSB has a channel with breakdowns of chemical disasters

It's got a pretty fun cult following and it posted within the last week XD

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

I love those videos. They've done more for safety awareness than any ad campaign ever will

[–] Cooper8@feddit.online 7 points 6 hours ago

Vlogbrothers ftw

[–] hitagi@ani.social 17 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

videogamedunkey

Been watching his videos for ~10 years now

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[–] Ozymandias1688@feddit.org 10 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Lemmino, Ahoy and kurzgesagt

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 4 points 3 hours ago

Add NileRed and that would be my list as well.

[–] msokiovt@lemmy.today 3 points 3 hours ago

Kurzgesat became highly biased after a partnership with the Gates Foundation. They were independent beforehand.

[–] horseloaf@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Stefan Milo - real archaeology, not ancient aliens

Cool Worlds - real astrophysics, not aliens

PBS Space Time - it's never aliens

twoodford - Zen and the Art of Guitar Repair

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

PBS Space Time is routinely over my head and I love it.

[–] NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

This Old Tony started posting sporadically again!

Goofy dad joke making hobby machinist with a sprinkling of fun cuts, and literally just a voice and hands working on things. One of my favorite channels.

[–] AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

This is definitely in my top 2 YT channels, contending with Technology connections.

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