Zez Retro / Cathode Ray Podcast

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 Mo...

The Zezcast is my solo podcast where I interview creators and individuals in the retro gaming community who I think are interesting. In this episode I talk to Vinnk from Famicom Dojo, who for me is one of the OG retro video creators. Famicom Dojo is a series which has been around longer than YouTube (!) and started with Vinnk living in Japan and wanting to make the first documentation of the cool...

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 the guys talk about 00:00 Start 02:00 Upcoming Zezcast episode with Bob from RetroRGB 03:40 Xbox 360 steering wheel repair 08:30 Steve's thrifts for this week 17:00 Steve cleaning disgusting cap leakage on a BV...

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 the guys talk about 00:00 Start 3:30 CD hunting in Australia 11:45 Is mould bad on magnetic tapes? 23:30 Just WTF is a "stubbie holder" / "beer koozie"? 29:00 Steve's upcoming work as a CRT consultant for a mus...

In this series I team up with CRT shaman Steve from Retro Tech and we talk about CRTs, TVs and other retro gaming topics. This is my second episode recorded from rural NSW in Australia, the internet is stil shocking slow but we got it done. Our next episode will be Wednesday next week when I am back in Estonia and then we will get back to our regular schedule (and 1080p60 video haha) Topics this w...

In this series I team up with CRT shaman Steve from Retro Tech and we talk about CRTs, TVs and other retro gaming topics. This is a special episode as I am currently visiting my parents in Australia. You want to know about crap upload speeds? Anyone on Tel$tra in rural OZ knows what I am talking about. I apologize this episode is only at 720p otherwise we would have been here until next week uploa...

In this series I team up with CRT shaman Steve from Retro Tech and we talk about CRTs, TVs and other retro gaming topics. In this episode we are joined by developer Dan Mons. You may know his name as the lead developer (or "guy who pieces it together" as he likes to say) of RetroNAS, which is a great new open source solutions for storing all of your retro ROMs and ISOs. In addition Dan is a CRT ne...

In this series I team up with CRT shaman Steve from Retro Tech and we talk about CRTs, TVs and other retro gaming topics. This week's episode is a general round up of what the guys have been doing this week 0:30 Steve's surname, come on 10:30 Should you choose that OLED PVM over a modern OLED? 22:30 Using Retronas with a PS2 27:30 Making your own network cables 29: 30 Installing network cable in m...

In this series I team up with CRT shaman Steve from Retro Tech and we talk about CRTs, TVs and other retro gaming topics. On this episode we are fortunate enough to speak to Martin Hejnfelt from Denmark. Martin has done some amazing work in the retro community designing input cards and control replacements for pro CRTs. Some of Martin's work: * Designing the BKM-68x & BKM-129x replacement inpu...

In this series I team up with CRT shaman Steve from Retro Tech and we talk about CRTs, TVs and other retro gaming topics. This week's episode is a general round up of what the guys have been doing this week * Steve's Goodwill hunting missions * More about the OLED PVM * Filming CRT screens * Converting RGBHV to RGBs * Steve explains the experience of going to a NASCAR race to me We would like your...

Recently I was lucky enough to have time to talk to Porkchop Express from MisterAddons. Pork is one of the most active sellers of units and... addons for the MiSTer FPGA project. His store goes far beyond just reselling parts, he has also designed his own MiSTer cases using thermal data as well as creating a whole JAMMA interface board called the Mistercade. 3:30 Keeping DE-10 Nano's in stock 06:0...

In this new series I team up with CRT shaman Steve from Retro Tech and we talk about CRTs, TVs and other retro gaming topics. This week we have Bob from RetroRGB on the show. A while back Bob donated a non working LCD PVM to Steve. He has made now two (or three?) videos on the montior but there is final step: to properly lag test the device. Bob sent Steve a Time Sleuth and Steve tests the lag, li...

In this new series I team up with CRT shaman Steve from Retro Tech and we talk about CRTs, TVs and other retro gaming topics. This week's episode is a general round up of what the guys have been doing this week * Steve's LCD PVM * 3D printing Mistercade parts for fun and profit * Praying to YouTube Santa * Keeping your porn / beer stash in the forest * GBS-Control for PS2 We would like your questi...

In this new series I team up with CRT shaman Steve from Retro Tech and we talk about CRTs, TVs and other retro gaming topics. The Open Source CRT is still one of the biggest topics in the CRT right now. Steve and Louis talk about the overall CRT and retro gaming community's reaction to this so far.  In the episode we find out about Steve's new 3D printer, Bob's broken forbidden LCD PVM and Lo...

In this new series I team up with CRT shaman Steve from Retro Tech and we talk about CRTs, TVs and other retro gaming topics. In this episode Steve and I talk with the creator of the ongoing "Open Source CRT" project, which aims to be able to replace the majority of parts within a CRT with modern, configurable alternatives.  Follow Thomas: https://twitter.com/enginetankard In this podcast we...

This is our Christmas Special for 2021  Join @Zez Retro  and myself as we discuss CRTs, past Job experiences and the cultural differences of Bath Houses & Christmas around the world!  Please note that we do use adult language in this episode, so please be advised. This show can normally be found weekly here:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ZezRetro For more information on repair...

In this new series I team up with CRT shaman Steve from Retro Tech and we talk about CRTs, TVs and other retro gaming topics. We had a few weeks off because I was not feeling well and this week we are back with a catch up and a few viewer questions. Thank you for the questions, we are trying to get through them. Also we are learning how hard it can be to diagnose CRT issues over a YouTube comment...

This episode was recorded on Nov 30, 2021. I recently suffered a difficult personal situation and it will be a few weeks until we can record again. I'll put it up because the show must go on. Thank you for your support in this podcast, Steve and I really enjoy doing it and we are glad you like it. Please keep asking questions, we will get to them all in time. - Louis ******************************...

I had the pleasure of talking to Jonathan Thompson, who you might know from his fantastic YouTube channel "Scanline City". The channel currently revolved around arcade sticks and I think it is an excellent resource for those who love to play and collect sticks. Jonathan is very active in other areas of retro gaming as well, you may have seen his project to create high quality metal/perspex cases f...

In this new series I team up with CRT shaman Steve from Retro Tech and we talk about CRTs, TVs and other retro gaming topics. We would like your questions too! For now just tweet at Steve or I and we will work your question into the next episode 00:00 Start 02:16 Steve's week: PVM repairs 15:44 Louis' week: BVM pickup 35:58 Sony 9 inch RF receiever for PVMs/BVMs 43:54 Question time: How to identif...

In this new series I team up with CRT shaman Steve from Retro Tech and we talk about CRTs, TVs and other retro gaming topics. We would like your questions too! For now just tweet at Steve or I and we will work your question into the next episode Note: We recorded this episode before we originally asked for your viewer questions. We will begin to include those from episode 3. You can find the audio...

In this new series I team up with CRT shaman Steve from Retro Tech and we talk about CRTs, TVs and other retro gaming topics.   You can find the audio on the web or your favourite podcast app: https://anchor.fm/zezretro  In episode 1 we talk about the status of RGB modding your consumer CRT  in 2021. If you look at any of Steve's videos you see a lot of people  asking about the...

I had a fun chat with Luis Alba from YouTube channel Lu's Retro Source. I've been watching his videos for a while and I enjoyed seeing his channel grow as Luis found his way. I my own small way I could relate to this experience so I felt we should talk. Lu's was born in the Dominican Republic and came to America when he was 4, growing up in the Bronx. We talk about his early days when he started t...

It was a real pleasure to talk to Steve from Retro Tech. On his channel he puts out a lot of information about CRT history, current market trends, maintenance and repair. I dare say there are a lot of us out there who know much more about how our CRT's work thanks to Steve. I wanted to find out a bit more about his background and we spent the first hour pretty much talking about stories from his h...

I have been running a podcast called Comedy Guy for a few years now, talking about comedy and the entertainment industry, mostly in person. Now I'd like to make an online series talking to my favorite gamers and creators. The guests I have on are artists I watch and listen to. I want to get to know them and learn how they do their thing. You can find the video of this podcast at https://www.youtub...