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 buy in DC 29:00 Japan is finally reopening and Louis HAS to go 37:00 Are you an "eBay" collector? Japan tickets + cheaper retro cost = adventure 42:30 Louis gives a tour of the new RetroCastle MiSTer IO board 51:00 Buying CRTs on eBay is "not a good idea" 57:00 Adjusting convergence via the menu on a BVM 1:01:00 What causes CRT convergence problems over time? 1:04:00 Whats the best way to turn off your CRT? 1:13:00 Should you turn off your CRT before rotating it to tate? 1:15:00 Do CRTs draw a lot of power? 1:23:00 What temperature is safe to store your CRT? 1:29:00 Steve sees price adjustments happening in the retro gaming market 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 null