Zez Retro | Getting Hard In Japan & The Future of CRTs in Museums - Cathode Ray Podcast #40 @ZezRetro | Uploaded January 2023 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
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 show "Why Did You Come to Japan?"
11:30 Christmas Eve metal gig in Tokyo
13:20 Louis' technique for filming in stores
16:00 There were good amounts of CRTs!
26:00 How is each Hard Off store different?
33:30 Louis found a rare "Tales of Symphonia" GameCube controller for cheap
40:00 How do you transport all this crap home?
48:00 Steve's latest work restoring pro CRTs for museums
49:30 Why the PVM-2530 is SO HARD to repair
56:00 Steve's dream for the ultimate "modern LCD" CRT
1:00:00 Shank's INSANE Wii inside of a PVM
1:11:00 How to make a small PVM/BVM portable?


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