Zez Retro / Cathode Ray Podcast

Steve took a trip to the hospital this week so Roger, the 8BitEsquire joins Louis again for the Cathode Ray Podcast. Despite what Louis says at the start, this is Cathode Ray Podcast #42 0:00 Start 1:00 Steve in hospital 6:30 Roger's upcoming first video 8:00 Would you bankrupt yourself in Japan? 11:00 The AV Famicom is too EASY. Bring on RF! 18:00 Louis reviews the N64 28:00 Japanese vs Western t...

We start the episode with a discussion of how Steve is updating his workshop with a streaming setup. Soon we will be able to watch CRT repair. In the latter section we discuss the recent controversy with DKOldies. We try and look it from two sides: Are high prices wrong? & Are DKOldies delivering low quality products? 0:00 Start 03:00 Steve explains the new streaming setup 08:40 Components in...

Louis is back from Japan and we start the episode with a recap of the adventures along with a summary of the state of CRT sales in the land of the rising sun. Steve discusses his work in museums and wonders how can we produce a LCD which completely replicated the physical and image quality of a professional monitor. 0:00 Start 02:30 Hunting for Retro at Hard Off 06:00 Louis was on an Japanese TV s...

Today I talked with Japanese comedian Meshida. This isn't a talk about retro gaming but rather about Japanese culture and Stand Up comedy. Meshida does his act in English and is helping to introduce that authentic style of Stand Up to Japan, much in the same way I helped to bring it to Estonia. We focus on the Japanese culture side of things and I figure this will be still be interesting to y'all....

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 0:10 It's impolite to just plug a USB into someone's computer 5:02 I want more of that Steve lovin' 7:40 Steve is gunna coach his son's backetball team 16:21 Managing a comedian on tour is nuts 19:50 Louis picked up...

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. 0:00 Start 02:15 Updates on the BVM A series BKM 68x replacement cards from Martin Hejnfelt 07:20 Great sellers like Ryan at Castlemania games are good for our community 14:32 The parts shortage is a technology shortage 18:40 Ar...

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 Steve and Louis catch up after weeks of "real life" getting in the way of their retro projects. 0:00 Start 06:00 Steve's trip to MicroCenter which ended in him junking his car 20:30 Other "green stuff" you can bu...

If you don't know Mason by name, you will definitely recognize his visual work in the retro gaming community on YouTube as Mason has worked on the image and branding for many popular gaming channels. Mason was himself a gaming YouTuber in his early teens and has now moved into graphic design and video editing. We talk about Mason's life as a creative and how he works as a freelancer with numerous...

Steve has been busier than a florist in England this week, so I grabbed retro gaming Twitter celebrity 8BitEquire for a fun catch up episode.  We go through Louis' working with John Cleese this week, the PCE-2-USB by Robert Dale Smith and the recent enhancements to the RetroTink 5x. 0:00 Start 2:30 Louis organized the John Cleese live show in Tallinn 7:00 Autograph hunters are weird 16:00 Rog...

This week we have Justin from Console Kits (and RetroRGB contributor). Justin has a great YouTube channel where he focused on Arcade1Up units. We have a pretty casual chat about what the three of us have been up to recently. 0:00 Start 4:00 Justin and Steve recap Retro World Expo 7:00 What is LVDS and how does it compare to HDMI? 7:50 Thoughts on the Open Source CRT 13:00 Lag on Arcade1Up screens...

After a long break Steve & Louis are back for a few episode of the Cathode Ray Podcast! Last weekend Steve attended the Retro World Expo in Hartford, CT. The event is one of the major retro conventions on the calendar with a who's who of creators attending including friends Shank, Displaced Gamer, My Life in Gaming, Jeremy Parish, Dan Citrus3000psi and Bob from RetroRGB. We hear Steve tells st...

Today is a special episode, Louis is flying solo talking to Oleg Kutkov, a Ukrainian engineering who has a bunch of experience with the Starlink receiver dishes. Oleg works as a network hardware engineer and was an early adopter of Starlink technology in Ukraine. Before the service was even available in his home country he had purchased a dish and was trying to reverse engineer and understand the...

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. After two weeks of interviews, Steve and I haven't had a chance to catch up in a while.  00:00 Start 02:20 Everyone on YouTube is a PicoBoot mod expert by now 06:45 Background into the LG NeTee CRT 20:06 Would the NeTee be consi...

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. 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 co...

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, the 8-bit Esquire has a great collection and a bunch of good stories to go along with it. This podcast st...

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. There are some audio issue with this episode, I apologise for this and hope its not too bad for you to listen to 0:00 Start 1:00 Steve does Yoga with the Diamond Cutter 7:02 Steve selling fully serviced PVMs 14:10 Mo...

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 resou...

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...

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 an...

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 prese...

*** 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 tak...

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 0...

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.pa...

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 (Z...

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...