Hardware (other) Videos Recommended on Hacker News (13)
Hardware (other) is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 13 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2009 and 2026 — 37 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Other hardware and electronics topics: miscellaneous devices, data storage hardware, hard drives, memory technology, peripherals.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on Harder Drive: Hard drives we didn't want or need: “recommend this video to anyone here.” — an HN commenter, 2025.
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9 mo on HNHarder Drive: Hard drives we didn't want or need
4 mo on HNHow does Computer Memory Work? 💻🛠
3 mo on HNVintage Electronics - The Tefifon
4 mo on HNShouting in the Datacenter
3 mo on HNSamsung SSD Awesomeness
2 mo on HNDEF CON 23 - Zoz - And That's How I Lost My Other Eye...Explorations in Data Destruction (Fixed)
2 mo on HNHetzner shows Special AM5 Board with 90° Rotated Socket
2 mo on HNGet Perpendicular
1 mo on HNWhy Your Webcam Still SUCKS!
1 mo on HNLinear Book Scanner
1 mo on HNVelocity 2011: Artur Bergman, "Artur on SSD's"
1 mo on HNScanRobot 2.0 MDS: Scanning very thick books up to 15 cm (6 inch)
1 mo on HNAll of our data is GONE!
Also discussed on Hacker News (7)
Mentioned in HN threads about hardware (other), though never formally recommended:
LGR Oddware - Danmere Backer VHS Hard Drive Backup System · Apple's soldered-in SSDs are engineered in the worst way possible · LGR Oddware - MiniDisc Data Storage: Sony MDH-10 · SSI's Shred of the Month: E-Scrap - Hard Drives Shredding (Q) · Moving Atoms: Making The World's Smallest Movie · I Hope Google Doesn’t Ban Us... - Abusing Unlimited Google Drive · What happens when the CPU cooler is removed?