Consumer devices & gadgets Videos Recommended on Hacker News (114)
Consumer devices & gadgets is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 114 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2010 and 2026 — 279 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Consumer tech devices: smartphones, laptops, wearables, displays, cameras, keyboards, e-readers, smart home gadgets, product reviews, startup hardware demos, wireless charging.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on Detergent packs are kinda wishy-washy (Dishwashers Explained): “I highly recommend you watch this video by Technology connections[1], I too used to think I had to rinse my dishes before putting them in the machine.” — an HN commenter, 2022.
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8 mo on HNGuarding Against Physical Attacks: The Xbox One Story — Tony Chen, Microsoft
5 mo on HNclojure.core/typing - Matt Adereth
4 mo on HNiPhone 1 - Steve Jobs MacWorld keynote in 2007 - Full Presentation, 80 mins
3 mo on HNThe Art of the Bodge: How I Made The Emoji Keyboard
2 mo on HNSensor Fusion on Android Devices: A Revolution in Motion Processing
2 mo on HNSteve Jobs iPhone 2007 Presentation (HD)
2 mo on HNMy personal fight against the modern laptop
1 mo on HNApple Music Event 2001-The First Ever iPod Introduction
1 mo on HNSteve Jobs Introducing The iPhone At MacWorld 2007
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Mentioned in HN threads about consumer devices & gadgets, though never formally recommended:
Ballmer Laughs at iPhone · Bringing BACK The iPhone Headphone Jack - in China · Linux HATES Me – Daily Driver Challenge Pt.1 · How did Microsoft screw this up? - Surface Pro X (SQ2) vs M1 Macbook Air · Nvidia Said We Couldn't Game On This Crypto Mining Card... · WWDC 2023 — June 5 | Apple · Fixing Apple's Engineering in an Hour · Louis opens new Macbook Air, immediately loses mind. · HP computers are racist · How to be a technology innovator: Meredith Perry at TEDxNashville · CLEARink ePaper 2.0 at SID Display Week 2019 · Introducing r1 · Apple Event — November 10, 2020 · WWDC 2020 Special Event Keynote — Apple · Dell SCAMMED Me - $1500 PC Secret Shopper 2 Part 4 · Steve Ballmer Laughs At The iPhone · Nokia N97: The Truth · My Framework Investment Should NOT Have Worked Out · UPDATED: How to: Reset C by GE Light Bulbs · holoportation: virtual 3D teleportation in real-time (Microsoft Research) · Sony Releases Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn't Fucking Work · iPhone 12 Anti Repair Design - Teardown and Repair Assessment · Tactus Technology Tactile Touchscreen | CES 2013 | WIRED · WWDC 2024 — June 10 | Apple · I have some things to say - Core i9 & X299 · IS IT SPILL PROOF? Lenovo Thinkpad P50 review + spill damage test · Bookeen displays smooth video playback on eInk Panel · So I Bought Those Weird New AliExpress Retro PCs… · SmackBook · How most 16" Macbook Pros often kill themselves & why they're unfixable · Project Glass: One day... · Virtuo Vivo™ live scanning at IDS 2019 · Windows Was The Problem All Along · Microsoft Surface Parody · Gboard 両面バージョン · Infinity Blade: iPhone Trailer · Is USB Type-C ACTUALLY Stronger?? Durability Test · uBeam.flv · Neonode N1m review · Bad Apple on an E-ink E paper display (2022) · Microsoft Surface Demo @ CES 2008 · Introducing Word Lens · LED Christmas lights still annoy me. Let's try some more fixes. · Apple iPad Pro TV Commercial - What's a Computer? [2017] ❤️ · Apple Engineer Talks About New 2016 Macbook Pro · Why you shouldn't water cool your PC · Testing Apple's Touch ID with Fake Fingerprints · İpad pro— What's a computer– Apple · iPhone Commercials · Nook simple touch e-ink games · EEVblog #1001 - uBeam Ultrasonic Wireless Charging DEBUNKED! · Dasung Releases 25.3" Monitor- Paperlike 253 | First Look · Etak Navigator Tour & Demo · Google Glass · iPhone4 vs HTC Evo · New Technology: Haptic Feedback for Touchscreens · Apple Event — April 20, 2021 · iPhone 14 Pro Programmed To Reject Repair - Teardown and Repair Assessment · Kinect GEL Ride · Linus builds Linus’ new PC! · DYSON ANIMAL BALLS | It blows! · Brother Printer Genuine Toner Fix - Use Any Toner · iOS 4.0 on 3G iPhone (parody) · Apple’s iPhone Passcode Problem: Thieves Can Ruin Your Entire Digital Life in Minutes | WSJ · Using a Headless MacBook with Vision Pro! · Say hello to Project Tango! · Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon Adaptive Key Demo · Microsoft Surface multimedia coffee table · Siri Demo by Scott Forstall at Apple Special Event Oct. 4, 2011 · Steve Ballmer - MacBook Air on MIX08 · Lenovo X300 · A Magazine Is an iPad That Does Not Work.m4v · Scumbag ASUS: Overvolting CPUs & Screwing the Customer · I made a 32" Digital eInk Newspaper · XBOX Controller Mods: Analog WASD Gaming Keyboard · Quasistatic Cavity Resonance for Ubiquitous Wireless Power Transfer · Apple botches Macbook board design: again! · THROUGH THE LENSES - QUEST 2 vs Reverb G2 vs INDEX! 90Hz Quest · Symbolics Space Cadet keyboard review (Honeywell Hall effect 4B3E) · WWDC 2019 Keynote — Apple · Tomorrow's World: Mobile Phone 13 September 1979 - BBC · I Hope Google Doesn’t Ban Us... - Abusing Unlimited Google Drive · Microsoft Surface laptop: unrepairable junk · I had given up on AMD… until today - Ryzen 9 3900X & Ryzen 7 3700X Review · Apple's New AirPods Ad | CONAN on TBS