Hi, I am Steve from Retro Tech. I have a shop where I research obsolete video technology, repair analog video equipment, and restore Cathode Ray Tube displays (CRTs).
Have you ever wanted to connect a really old gaming console to your Sony PVM? For example, the Atari 2600 console has native RF video and audio output only. How would you go about converting that RF signal into something a Pro CRT can use, like composite video? The Sony TU-1041U is a good option. […]
Andy King was a guest on the Cathode Ray Podcast this week. Andy repairs and modifies CRT displays in the Bay area of California. He also runs a website called the CRT Database. The site contains helpful documentation on many CRTs. There are manuals, repair guides and even RGB modification guides for many consumer CRTs. […]
Have you ever wanted to preserve analog video from something like a VHS tape? Maybe you want to make a copy of a tape for a friend. Better yet, how about digitizing the footage from a VHS tape or some other analog video device. What kind of issues will arise? Depending on your equipment, you […]
Artemio and the amazing team behind the 240p Test Suite have released a new update for their SNES version of the Software. This update adds some important fixes including a correction to the Color Bars Test Pattern for Display Color Calibration, including CRT TVs and Monitors. Artermio published a post on how the Color Pattern […]
The the 240p Test Suite team has just added a new pattern to the software, called the “Monoscope Pattern”, developed by Keith Raney. The “Monoscope Pattern” is an expansion on the classic “Grid Pattern” in the software. 240p Test Sute Website: http://junkerhq.net/xrgb/index.php?title=240p_test_suite Follow Keith Raney on Twitter: @khmr33 MD Fourier Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aurbina Keith has added many new […]
