Finding Better Tech Broadcasts?

BearGrylls writes "As a young lad and aspiring technologist I have found shows like Revision3's 'The Broken' and 'Systm' to be entertaining, informative, and, most importantly, thorough. As time has gone on revision3 has kept some of the tech-related shows, but dumbed them down to appeal to a larger audience. This annoyed me, but I've continued to be a loyal viewer of their tech shows anyway. However, I suspect this trend to continue and my disappointment to grow. Where can I find tech shows that dive deep into projects and discussions instead of simply skimming the surface?"

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[dukeofurl01]

I've never had a first post before.

I haven't found any TV shows I like about Tech in a long time, but I like Make magazine.

On TV? No.

[iamapizza]

You won't find any. That's why these shows are on TV - for people who don't want to bother reading specs and details.

Re:Educational TV

[theaveng]

There's more to it than that. The OP's opinion: "dumbed them down to appeal to a larger audience" describes cable television (or any mass media) perfectly. As time goes on, the requirement for more-and-more viewers, requires lowering the intelligence to where even Jimmy-Joe Bob can understand.

I remember when TLC was called the Learning Channel and actually had intelligent programming. Now it's more akin to the "Tender Loving Care" channel about babies, weddings, and other stuff that doesn't require thinking. Discover Channel has also been dumbed down. Ditto Animal Planet. Ditto A&E.

The History Channel is the only basic cable channel that still teaches something useful. The rest don't require anything more than 5th grade education.

Re:Expand your horizons

[Have Brain Will Rent]

You can find serious tech, from the realm of computing at least, in the ACM conference proceedings which can include video of tutorials and paper presentations at conferences, e.g. the SIGGRAPH conference proceedings DVD. Check out http://www.acm.org/