Steve Nutter & Louis Zezeran
In this episode Steve and I are joined by John Linneman from Digital Foundry & Eurogamer to discuss CRTs. A few weeks ago John posted a picture of his project to apply tinting (like a car window) to the screen of his BVM to reduce glare. John tells us the story behind this mission and … Read moreTinting BVMs & the German CRT wizard w/ John Linneman
Big news this week that the S-Video MiSTer FPGA framework from Mike Simone has been integrated into the main MiSTer core. This means you can access EXCELLENT S-Video and Composite analog output using a fairly inexpensive adapter. In this video I talk with Lu from Lu’s Retro Source and I have a long form discussion … Read moreLatest MiSTer S-Video & Composite Update w/ Lu’s Retro Source
Last week a lot of 25 x new old stock 27″ JVC CRTs went up for gov auction in DC. This sounds like a great chance to pickup a rare find, however dealing with TWENTY FIVE VERY BIG screens is more work than it seems. In this podcast Steve breaks down the total cost of … Read moreThe business case for buying 25 HUGE CRTs – Cathode Ray Podcast #44
Steve is back after his trip to the hospital! 0:00 Start02:00 Basketball and Jordan were huge when we were kids06:00 Laserdisc – how does it look?18:00 Steve weighs in on the N6429:00 Story of Steve’s first PVM32:00 A HUGE collection of PVM parts for the shop42:00 Steve opens up about his health46:00 Visit to Brooklyn … Read moreLaserDisc primer, many N64 emotions & PVM spare parts – Cathode Ray Podcast #43
30 episodes! We are really happy to have Webhdx, creator of the Picoboot Gamcube mod chip. His real name is Maciej Kobus and he comes from Katowice in Poland. A software guy by day, he fell in love with the GameCube hardware and has come up with some great projects. After Picoboot, we talk about … Read moreWebhdx – Creator of the PicoBoot GameCube mod – Cathode Ray Podcast #30
The Cathode Ray Podcast is a series with CRT shaman Steve from Retro Tech and Louis Zezeran from Zez Retro. Together we talk about CRTs, TVs and other retro gaming topics. In this episode we speak to Twitter funny guy the 8-bit Esquire. An attorney by day and big old retro gaming fan by night, … Read moreCrackhead PVM, Insurance Fraud & Market Manipulation w/ 8-bit Esquire – Cathode Ray Podcast #29
There are some audio issue with this episode, I apologize for this and hope its not too bad for you to listen to 0:00 Start1:00 Steve does Yoga with the Diamond Cutter7:02 Steve selling fully serviced PVMs14:10 More background on the MiSTer controller lag tester30:00 Louis wants to lag test projectors now34:00 Lag test a … Read moreIs a CRT market “price correction” due? Cathode Ray Podcast #28
The Cathode Ray Podcast is a series with CRT shaman Steve from Retro Tech and Louis Zezeran from Zez Retro. Together we talk about CRTs, TVs and other retro gaming topics. In this episode we talk to Andy King. Andy runs https://crtdatabase.com where he documents his work to repair and service CRTs. Andy also has … Read moreRepairing CRTs w/ Andy King – Cathode Ray Podcast #27
This week Steve and I have a general catch up on what we have been doing this week. 00:00 Start04:45 Tell Him He’s Dreaming’ recap11:05 SECAM discussion15:00 PAL / NTSC / SECAM28:00 Steve’s video on those big ass CRTs34:00 Tales from the CRT workshop53:30 We react to eBay CRT listings (dreamin’!) Steve and Louis maintain … Read moreTales from the CRT workshop – Cathode Ray Podcast #25
Recently CRT repair expert Steve from Retro Tech has been consulting for a museum, helping them preserve their collection of CRTs. You may not have considered this before but CRTs have played a huge part in visual art in the 20th century. Almost since they were created, artists have been incorporating them into visual installations. … Read moreCRTs in visual art – An art history tour by Steve