The Cathode Ray Podcast is a series with CRT shaman Steve from Retro Tech and Louis Zezeran from Zez Retro. Together they talk about CRTs, TVs and other retro gaming topics.

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

https://www.youtube.com/c/ShankMods

Our talk is a really casual chat with Shank about the mods he does, his love and background in CRTs and more details on 4 Layer Technologies the company he co-founded to provide components to enable more people to create portable systems https://4layertech.com

00:00 Start

02:20 The impact of his videos on our fomo

08:30 Shank's trip to the Computer Reset Warehouse

13:00 More talk about CRTs

27:10 The potential in HD CRTs 

34:30 Time Sleuth hijinks 

47:00 Buying pro and jank monitors from eBay

55:00 Shank's love of whacky CRTs: Shrek, Disney, Hot Wheels

1:04:00 Moving from CRTs to flat panels for Melee back in the day

1:14:00 Shank's home setup

1:25:00 Shank's PVM 20M2 repairs

1:31:00 His business "4 Layer Technologies" and their portable Wii kit

Steve and Louis maintain a blog about their projects "The Cathode Ray Blog"

https://www.cathoderayblog.com

You can find the audio on the web or your favorite podcast app

https://anchor.fm/zezretro

Catch us on Twitter

https://twitter.com/zez

https://twitter.com/usa_retro

For all your CRT repair needs, check out Steve's channel

https://www.youtube.com/c/RetroTechUSA