Steve Nutter & Louis Zezeran
This is a new series of posts where I show some of the more interesting and more outrageous online CRT sales in Estonia. Where I live it is still possible to get a good deal on a local CRT, but there are more and more dreamers popping up who think that a TV is worth … Read moreTell Him He’s Dreamin’ – CRT Prices in Estonia – 27.04.2022
I decided to start a new segment where I wrap up local CRT offers in Estonia (the country where I live). You can still get some good bargains here but seeing more and more offers having their go at high prices. I keep track of these and I am happy to say the high priced … Read moreTell Him He’s Dreamin’ – CRT Prices in Estonia – 11.04.2022
In this episode I talk with Bob about the past, present and future of RetroRGB. I love talking about organisations, leadership and how to grow a community. We start with what does an average day and week look like for Bob. What work does he do and how does he coordinate the community on a … Read moreWhat is the future of RetroRGB? w/ Bob – Zezcast #7
In this episode we have the pleasure of chatting with Shank from Shank Mods. You know him from that Hot Wheels PC video, GameCube Joy-cons and creating a portable Wii, among many other great portable modding projects. Shank Mods on YouTube Our talk is a really casual chat with Shank about the mods he does, … Read moreRetro FOMO & Whacky CRTs w/ Shank Mods – Cathode Ray Podcast #19
Head over to the Zez Retro YouTube channel to check out the latest episode of the Cathode Ray Podcast. This week we discuss the BVM cards Steve has been working on. These had some really bad cap leaks and a lot of cleaning was required. We also take a long look at the current state … Read moreWhich CRT wiki?, repairing a BVM input card, weekly thrifts – Cathode Ray Podcast #18
In today’s article I will show you how to piece together composite and s-video output from the GBS-Control. I’ll do this by using the “VGA->Composite/S-Video adapter” by Antonio Villena. Lets start by looking at the adapter by Antonio. It is a small and relatively affordable device to allow s-video and composite from a MiSTer. You … Read moreHow to get Composite & S-Video from a GBC-Control (with help from Antonio Villena)
One aspect of running a CRT repair shop is having a stock of random parts salvaged from machines that are unrepairable. I have a large “graveyard” of CRT parts from mostly Sony Trinitron PVMs. Recently I traded for a rough Sony PVM 1344Q from 1992. This monitor was filthy and had a number of issues. … Read moreRebuilding a Sony PVM 1344Q CRT from 1992
Today, Steve I released this week’s episode of the Cathode Ray Podcast with Aussie Dan Mons, creator of RetroNAS and man who (probably) has more CRTs than you. Beside being a Linux wizz who has assembled the amazing new RetroNAS project, Dan has a long history within the movie production and VFX industry. He regails … Read moreCollecting, color calibrating and repairing CRTs with Dan Mons – Cathode Ray Podcast #14
In my previous blog I showed you how to make a dongle which converts RGBHV to RGBs. We saw that this was very useful for use with a GBS-Control. Due to the system’s off the shelf hardware, it only outputs RGBHV and if you want to use the signal on a regular 15khz CRT, you … Read moreRGBHV to RGBs to use the Time Sleuth on a CRT
The GBS-Control (GBS-C) is an amazing piece of affordable hardware. For around 30 bucks worth of parts, I have a good scaler which does the job for me. It also has excellent down-scaling to 240p which I was hoping to take advantage to hook up a more modern image to a 15khz CRT. The GBS-Control … Read moreConverting RGBHV to RGBs for the GBS-Control