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Audio & video engineering Videos Recommended on Hacker News (76)
Audio & video engineering is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 76 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2009 and 2026 — 155 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Audio and video technology: analog and digital audio, speakers, amplifiers, microphones, television standards, frame rates, codecs, streaming formats, display technology.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on D/A and A/D | Digital Show and Tell (Monty Montgomery @ xiph.org): “might be the best explanatory video I have ever witnessed” — an HN commenter, 2018.
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13 mo on HND/A and A/D | Digital Show and Tell (Monty Montgomery @ xiph.org)
FL Studio
15 HN recommender · 2017–2026
7 mo on HNThe world's worst video card?
Ben Eater
8 HN recommender · 2019–2024
6 mo on HNFloyd Toole - Sound reproduction – art and science/opinions and facts
CIRMMT
4 HN recommender · 2019–2026
5 mo on HNMiniDisc - An Appreciation
Techmoan
5 HN recommender · 2019–2023
5 mo on HNCassettes - better than you don't remember
Techmoan
5 HN recommender · 2016–2025
4 mo on HNWhy is TV 29.97 frames per second?
Stand-up Maths
4 HN recommender · 2016–2025
4 mo on HNE-paper hacking: fastest possible refresh rate
Applied Science
4 HN recommender · 2018–2021
4 mo on HNAtari's Quadrascan Explained
Retro Game Mechanics Explained
3 HN recommender · 2021–2026
3 mo on HNCD / Color
Captain Disillusion
3 HN recommender · 2020–2021
4 mo on HNVirtual Barber Shop (Audio...use headphones, close ur eyes)
LovelyVirus
4 HN recommender · 2013–2024
3 mo on HNSegmented Displays
Posy
3 HN recommender · 2023–2026
4 mo on HNStar Trek TNG Ambient Engine Noise (Idling for 24 hrs)
crysknife007
4 HN recommender · 2012–2018
3 mo on HNVintage Electronics - The Tefifon
Techmoan
3 HN recommender · 2016–2018
3 mo on HNRiding the Booster with enhanced sound
Michael Interbartolo
3 HN recommender · 2014–2014
3 mo on HNGaslighting Your Fans w/ Dolby ATMOS™
Benn Jordan
4 HN recommender · 2023–2024
3 mo on HNWorld’s Best Speakers!
Tech Ingredients
3 HN recommender · 2020–2025
3 mo on HNwhat did you do
Noodle
3 HN recommender · 2025–2026
3 mo on HNGoogle I/O 2013 - High Performance Audio
Google for Developers
4 HN recommender · 2013–2018
3 mo on HNThe Superheterodyne Radio: No really, that's its name
Technology Connections
3 HN recommender · 2019–2024
3 mo on HNWhy Snow and Confetti Ruin YouTube Video Quality
Tom Scott
3 HN recommender · 2018–2024
3 mo on HNHow To Draw Mushrooms On An Oscilloscope With Sound
Jellybean Fenderson
3 HN recommender · 2017–2022
3 mo on HNE-Ink on Android, and other new things!
Technology Connections
3 HN recommender · 2020–2020
3 mo on HNI could hardly believe my eyes! - Looking Glass Holographic Monitor
Linus Tech Tips
3 HN recommender · 2020–2024
3 mo on HNThe Loudness War
Matt Mayfield Music
3 HN recommender · 2009–2025
3 mo on HNWLW's 500,000 Watt Transmitter
K7AGE
4 HN recommender · 2016–2023
3 mo on HNThe Best Easy Way to Capture Analog Video (it's a little weird)
Technology Connections
3 HN recommender · 2019–2022
2 mo on HNThis AI actually WORKS!!! - NVIDIA RTX Voice
ShortCircuit
2 HN recommender · 2021–2024
3 mo on HNTested: Where Does The Tone Come From In A Guitar Amplifier?
Jim Lill
3 HN recommender · 2024–2026
2 mo on HNHow Analog Color TV Works: The Beginnings
Technology Connections
2 HN recommender · 2019–2026
2 mo on HNI Saved a PNG Image To A Bird
Benn Jordan
2 HN recommender · 2025–2026
2 mo on HNThis is the WORST Monitor Ever...ON PURPOSE! - Dasung PaperlikeU E-Ink Monitor
Linus Tech Tips
2 HN recommender · 2023–2024
2 mo on HNHow a TV Works in Slow Motion - The Slow Mo Guys
The Slow Mo Guys
2 HN recommender · 2022–2026
2 mo on HNDeath Magnetic Retail vs Guitar Hero 3
Metalfan7577
1 HN recommend · 2018–2022
2 mo on HNWhy Sony's Beta Videotape System Failed--and failed hard (Part 1)
Technology Connections
2 HN recommender · 2022–2026
2 mo on HNPink Noise for Ten Hours of Ambient Sound Blocker Masker - Burn In - Relaxation
Dalesnale - Noise Ambient
2 HN recommender · 2013–2022
2 mo on HNMoon Landings Faked? Filmmaker Says Not!
VideoFromSpace
2 HN recommender · 2017–2020