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.

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 a lot of experience RGB modding consumer sets and his website is one of the best resourcess available for that.

Andy runs a small CRT repair service based out of Northern California. If you are interested in his services, please reach out to him at https://twitter.com/dorksince93

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 favourite 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

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 the guys focus on their differing styles of video creation and why it's working for each of them.

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 favourite 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

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.

00:00 Start

04:45 Tell Him He's Dreaming' recap

11:05 SECAM discussion

15:00 PAL / NTSC / SECAM

28:00 Steve's video on those big ass CRTs

34:00 Tales from the CRT workshop

53:30 We react to eBay CRT listings (dreamin'!)

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 favourite 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

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.

The last week Steve was visiting Houston, Texas where he was running a series of workshops for the Museum of Fine Art. The purpose was to educate their curators of this museum (an several other notable museums) about CRT preservation and maintenance. Steve tells the story of his 20 hour drive to Houston, the different workshops that he gave and what he learnt about the use of CRTs in the world of visual arts. He also saw a great wrestling match.

If you missed last week's episode, go back and check out Steve's tour of prominent 20th century artists who used CRTs in their work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubbs9AHsZcY

00:00 Start

1:16 MiSTer S-Video updates

3:28 Steve's trip to Houston

7:20 First day of presentations - PVM 2030 teardown

22:10 Steve tears-down a dotronix monitor for the first time

30:45 The HDMI to S-video converters driving the exhibitions

32:40 Backstage in the museums CRT storeroom

37:50 CRT or flat panel for visual art?

41:51 The extremely cool 80's Sont CRT projector

51:00 A night at the wrestling!

1:17:30 Steve's pickups from the Electronic Parts Outlet (EPO) in Houston

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 favourite 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

*** NOTE: The second half of his episode is very visual, Steve talks us through a bunch of slides, so you may want to watch that part on YouTube instead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubbs9AHsZcY ***

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 Steve takes us on a fascinating tour of the world of CRT art. We tend to think retro gaming is the last bastion of our beloved CRTs however, these units have been used in visual art exhibitions since their inception. Steve is doing some upcoming consulting and maintenance work for a large museum with an extensive collection of CRTs. In preparation for that work, he created this presentation looking at some of the most notable uses of CRTs in visual arts in the second half of the 20th century.

We start with a catch up on the latest news about the MiSTer S-Video cores. Mike Simone has finalised his open source dongle design and Antonio Villena has made a limited release of his own adapters from his online shop in Spain. After this we get into Steve's presentation on the history of CRTs in visual arts.

00:00 Start

04:05 MiSTer S-Video updates

13:20 The "Retro Castle" IO board with a Saturn plug

20:00 It's hard to get info on Dotronix CRTs

23:00 Steve's been working hard preparing his CRT presentations

32:00 Background on why museums are interested in CRTs

36:50 Steve's presentation on CRTs in visual art (with slides!)

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 favourite 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

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 take a deep dive into the new MiSTer S-Video cores from Mike Simone. We discuss how the cores work, what cables you would need and give an explanation for how S-Video and composite video works.

00:00 Start

02:00 The back story behind the new MiSTer S-Video cores

11:00 Louis' poor explanation of dot crawl

15:30 The history of broadcast video and where S-Video came from

27:00 How composite video is generated from these cores

44:14 Steve's Polaroid Goodwill pickup

53:40 Louis' Switch Sports get delivered 5 days late

1:00:00 Steve's Costco Adventures

1:12:00 Late in the podcast and the boys get reflective on life

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

This special episode of the Cathode Ray Podcast was originally uploaded to Steve's Retro Tech USA channel

This is a conversation about CRT Preservation and restoration within the art world.  There are many challenges facing museums when it comes to using CRTs in 2022.    

For more information on repairs, diagnostics and to connect with Steve, please visit:  https://www.patreon.com/retrotechUSA

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.

This is our 20th episode and we want to thank you all for your enthusiasm and interest in our podcast. For this episode we start by chatting about our projects of the week. However, we recall our very first podcast together (Zezcast #2) and we get back into crazy stories about growing up as fired up young guys living in small towns.

I have a new series *Tell him he's dreamin'* where I breakdown local CRT listings (the affordable and not so affordable). If you have some great listings from your local area (especially Europe) hit me up on Twitter @zez

00:00 Start

07:00 Tell him he's dreamin' - Whacky prices for CRTs

15:00 The BVM card Steve has been working on

25:00 Stories about Nokia back in their hey-day in Finland

34:00 Payphones are free in Australia?

40:00 Stealing street signs and doing dumb stuff as kids

1:05:00 Naked Nutter

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

The Zezcast is a series of podcasts where I sit down solo with my favourite creators and members of the retro gaming community and ask them about their backstory and how they do what they do.

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 daily basis?

We then look back at how RetroRGB was ~2 years ago. No doubt the community has grown significantly in that time. More than just moving from New York to the 'burbs, how has his work changed?

In the final part I ask Bob about the future of RetroRGB and what vision he is trying to move toward?

RetroRGB on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RetroRGB

Bob on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RetroRGB

I also have a podcast with my friend Steve Nutter from Retro Tech USA called "The Cathode Ray Podcast" where we discuss CRT's and retro tech in general

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

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

https://www.cathoderayblog.com

You can find the audio for the Zezcast and The Cathode Ray Podcast on the web or your favourite podcast app

https://anchor.fm/zezretro

Catch me on Twitter

https://twitter.com/zez