Digital Show & Tell by Monty Montgomery
Shares rank 6 of 8 educational videos by recommenders
Commenters recommend this Xiph.org explainer on digital audio for being well paced, accessible, and clearing up common misconceptions. No criticisms were recorded.
Commenters recommend this Xiph.org explainer on digital audio for being well paced, accessible, and clearing up common misconceptions. No criticisms were recorded.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Useful links and reading
“Thanks for the links very interesting to read.”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “How problematic is resampling audio from 44.1 to 48 kHz?” “The xiphmont link is pretty good.”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “How problematic is resampling audio from 44.1 to 48 kHz?” Well paced and accessible
“So incredibly well paced and accessible”
Comment from 3 Jul 2026 in “24-bit/192kHz music downloads and why they make no sense” Clears up misconceptions
“clears up a lot of misconceptions”
Comment from 2 Jul 2026 in “24-bit/192kHz music downloads and why they make no sense”
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The four most recommended other educational videos, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrej Karpathy YouTube videos | 24 | 3 | 89% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Handmade Hero by Casey Muratori | 24 | 10 | 71% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Essence of Linear Algebra by 3Blue1Brown | 16 | 1 | 94% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Ask an Astronaut | 9 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| Digital Show & Tell by Monty MontgomeryThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“So incredibly well paced and accessible”
“clears up a lot of misconceptions”
“Thanks for the links very interesting to read.”
“The xiphmont link is pretty good.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.