Zez Retro | Retro FOMO & Whacky CRTs w/ Shank Mods - Cathode Ray Podcast #19 @ZezRetro | Uploaded April 2022 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
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 Mods on YouTube
youtube.com/c/ShankMods

Our talk is a really casual chat with Shank about the mods he does, his love of CRTs and more details on 4 Layer Technologies, the company he co-founded to provide components to enable more people to create portable systems 4layertech.com

00:00 Start
02:20 The impact of his videos on our fomo
08:30 Shank's trip to the Computer Reset Warehouse
13:00 More talk about CRTs
27:10 The potential in HD CRTs
34:30 Time Sleuth hijinks
47:00 Buying pro and jank monitors from eBay
55:00 Shank's love of whacky CRTs: Shrek, Disney, Hot Wheels
1:04:00 Moving from CRTs to flat panels for Melee back in the day
1:14:00 Shank's home setup
1:25:00 Shank's PVM 20M2 repairs
1:31:00 His business "4 Layer Technologies" and their portable Wii kit

Steve and Louis maintain a blog about their projects "The Cathode Ray Blog"
cathoderayblog.com

You can find the audio on the web or your favorite podcast app
https://anchor.fm/zezretro

Catch us on Twitter
twitter.com/zez
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For all your CRT repair needs, check out Steve's channel
youtube.com/c/RetroTechUSA