In this episode Steve and I are joined by John Linneman from Digital Foundry 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 we find out this latest successful effort has only come after years of trial and error. We talk about issues involving European CRTs: just what is an 100hz CRT anyway and how living in the East or West back in the day very much determined what TV you were watching. 

0:00 Start

1:30 John's journey to get into CRTs - did he ever leave?

10:01 Applying tint to a BVM

24:55 Visiting the German CRT wizard for maintenance

29:30 CRTs back in the day in West Germany vs East Germany

38:30 John explains what 100hz sets in Europe

47:00 What is scan velocity modulation (SVM) in a CRT?

57:00 Whats that PCMCIA looking card slot on some BVMs?

1:00:30 John explains his process for recording a CRT screen

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