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Try to use You Tube in a manner where I will not contribute to making internet entrepreneurs any richer than they already are, for not shifting off their asses.

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Since the pandemic started I have watched more Tv that ever before, previosly, apart from the evening news at 7pm I might watch about about three hours a week including downloaded films.

Since the pandemic i have got into the habit of turning on the TV in the morning and watching Youtube fr half an hour (ish).

Thank goodness my kids persuaded me to buy a 55" smart TV before all this started - At the time i thought it a waste of money but it has been a great purchase.

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How wonderful is Youtube? Now you can find out how it works.



I notice it has a CV number, all the valves we used in the GPO radios etc were identified with CV numbers it was only after I left the GPO that discovered valves actually had numbers like 12AT7

Travelling wave tubes had a secondhand value amoung the amateur radio population they were suppose to the returned but usually "broke" when their hours were up

Here is a Youtube video about them too




How useful is Youtube eh?

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Saw enough Valves as a kid, no need for YouTube on this one.

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PCL86 etc, etc.

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There you go... Something to wile away the hours in lockdown.



There's something for everybody on YouTube

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Yes, I watch YouTube

I started watching it for the craft & hobby videos; leatherwork, knife making, and model making in my case, but I quickly realised that you can find just about anything you want -

military history, long distance walks, music, recipes, woodworking, humanism & atheism, and comments on Brexit, and BBC bias are just some of the subjects I've followed; but there are many others

I have some favourite channels, but once you start, and follow the links & prompts you can be there a long time if you're not careful
Certainly, if I'm not feeling very energetic YT is better than much of the bilge on the TV

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korean street food


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQIX...%9D%B4Yummyboy


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uXi...8B%B0%EB%B9%84

ETC.

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Yes, I am a bit addicted to Youtube. Now that it is cast to my TV I like watching the old music videos. The only problem is that I quite often don't finish them because I see some other video I want to watch. The ads get on my nerves a bit.

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The ads using the smart TV App are considerably less than the smart phone/tablet app for some reason, on the latter YouTube is getting almost unwatchable.

Creators can elect to have ads placed (by Youtube) during their video if they do I always leave a comment about unsubscribing.

The only real solution is to use a PC with an ad blocker and send that to the TV for ad free viewing.

As someone else mentioned YouTube is a bit addictive and following links or suggested videos can eat up time if you are not careful.