Cathode Ray Dude - CRD

Cathode Ray Dude - CRD

Video cameras, computer mice, and the 2000s in general are my usual topics. I'm sure I'll waver eventually.

I hate capitalism and I'm not here to get sponsorships, I just want to share what I'm up to for your entertainment and education.

On my side channel (below) I sometimes upload smaller clips, and I do streams on some weekends.

Thriftmas 2023

Thriftmas 2023

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  • @weavercattlecompany
    @weavercattlecompany5 сағат бұрын

    45+ minutes to review a simple cordless soldering iron from Ryobi 🤣

  • @shmehfleh3115
    @shmehfleh31157 сағат бұрын

    You could probably make the argument that the human body has the same functionality. Under normal circumstances, we have a certain limit to how far we can exert our muscles. When we're under extreme stress, adrenaline kicks in which extends that limit, often at the expense of injury.

  • @disketa25
    @disketa259 сағат бұрын

    Why the video wall was done by using a bunch of little guys (30:35). Resolution. Matrix video wall controller is only capable of (without some dark magic) splitting the existing image. I.e. if it was 8k stream, you are able to split it into 8 separate 960x540 streams, then try to upscale those to something HD-esque. If you need more monitors than that, you get all that multi-GPU stream synchronization hell as a free bonus. On the other hand, each individual little guy is able to throw at least native FHD on its respective monitor, and network synchronization is less of a butt pain.

  • @hardhead7056
    @hardhead705613 сағат бұрын

    Dude. That's %100 custom. Do you even know the meaning of the word. 😆

  • @nastybun
    @nastybun14 сағат бұрын

    Someone at Phoenix was a big fan of Dark City.

  • @spongbob18
    @spongbob1817 сағат бұрын

    Nail varnish 👍

  • @CoastalCollectors
    @CoastalCollectors19 сағат бұрын

    lol. Had this in college.

  • @TheLumpenMaoist
    @TheLumpenMaoist20 сағат бұрын

    do you know what "Samsung Fast Booting" that is printed on the later revision of the Samsung N220 Plus?

  • @VexMage
    @VexMage22 сағат бұрын

    Bet I haven't seen the DOS installer? Do not cite the Deep Magic to me, Witch! I was there when it was written! 🤣

  • @HRJustinPlays
    @HRJustinPlays23 сағат бұрын

    Since you have the drive specific for that board you can mod it and put the actual disk drive tied to that. Not that you would really need it but then it would make it a fully functional Xbox 360.

  • @HRJustinPlays
    @HRJustinPlaysКүн бұрын

    I wonder if the removal of the disk drive has something to do with it also playing Xbox games. If it included the drive it would intrinsically play xbox 360 games. It would be great for people buying it of course. But would they need to acknowledge that it was just an Xbox 360? Would they need to pay Microsoft for the rights to resell the Xbox 360 then? Without the drive it makes sense that it would be a bit easier to hide the Xbox functionality.

  • @rainy2355
    @rainy2355Күн бұрын

    That was the most unexpected Xenia cameo I spat out my coke

  • @SuperprogamerTF2
    @SuperprogamerTF2Күн бұрын

    The laptop that you showed in the video is almost the exact same modwl as mine mines a E6430

  • @mx338
    @mx338Күн бұрын

    Train and train station displays in Germany are usually a Browser running on Windows or Linux systems. Modern trains have their own TCP/IP networks, running through the whole train, but for station displays sometimes you can easily find the website hosting the respective signs content.

  • @zeusde86
    @zeusde86Күн бұрын

    i actually loved the ION-ITX-Mainboards. many of them were made by zotac and the main advantage of these things were, that they can play up to h264-1080p hardware-transcoded without any issues just by installing the nvidia-driver (regardless of the OS). This made them the perfect candidates for running XBMC/Kodi on low-power-pcs with way more capabilities than a raspberry pi. up until h265/hvec and 4K became a thing, this little IONs were the perfect media-centers. used mine for way over 10 years straight.

  • @outsdr
    @outsdrКүн бұрын

    Here's how I would do it (And not implying your way is wrong): 1- Plastic chassis goes in the dishwasher. 2- Keys go in a delicates bag and in the washing machine 3- Vacuum and scrape of the as much of the ... detritus, as you did. 4- Steel wool to remove the rust from the back, and more vacuuming. 5- Soak that filthy, filthy board in denatured alcohol for ... ever. Scrub it up using a dentures brush, and let it dry. 6- Let everything dry and then reassemble.

  • @outsdr
    @outsdrКүн бұрын

    Well that was vomit inducing.

  • @user-dm8be1is4g
    @user-dm8be1is4gКүн бұрын

    You have beta cam and betya confused. Pro and consumer respectively . VHS was terrible/

  • @user-dm8be1is4g
    @user-dm8be1is4gКүн бұрын

    My father was an independant video/film maker and I grew up around this stuff. One of my earliest "video memories "was being warned to never point it at a bright light source because you will permanently burn it.h

  • @TrinityCodex
    @TrinityCodexКүн бұрын

    are those just normal .NES files?

  • @SilasTheSilent
    @SilasTheSilentКүн бұрын

    The "shoulder pads" in conjunction with the "bar" on the back are supposed to resemble a "briefcase" in its design.

  • @bakonfreek
    @bakonfreekКүн бұрын

    Did you find one of your copies of Riven or was that a fourth one (which may or may not be lost at this point)?

  • @PWingert1966
    @PWingert1966Күн бұрын

    I once found a robust, ventilated box (weighing about 30kg with a 2mm thick custom-made stamped steel frame, about 1.5 x 3 feet and six inches thick) box that had a flat-screen TV and an Apple Mac mini in it. The power solution was hacked for direct connection and there was a pole mount on one end. Too kit home and powered it up and voiles an electronic menu display for a restaurant. These typically sit outside a restaurant facing the street and display the vendor's menu items to passing customers. The Mac mini contained a custom signage program that reads all the items, headings, categories, specials and seasonal items with pricing from an Excel file and used a file (.xls format) with a background image. There seemed to be a provision for touch-sensitive menus as well and It had a phone home remote capability (Probably to update the menu and confirm the software license)

  • @champagnelewis7049
    @champagnelewis7049Күн бұрын

    SLU Goodwill is practically just up the road from where I live. I got my current original Xbox from there! Don't usually find terribly much there tho

  • @imothy
    @imothy2 күн бұрын

    couldn't you install a shorty m.2 drive in there?

  • @conchobar
    @conchobar2 күн бұрын

    Thats a run of the mill audio amplifier chassis. Those heatsinks were designed to have multiple audio output transistors coupled to them. Just look at 1990s Krell and Nelson Pass amplifiers and you'll see the resemblance.

  • @RickSlick7270
    @RickSlick72702 күн бұрын

    i like your energy

  • @zyme5998
    @zyme59982 күн бұрын

    I had a similar AVerMedia TV Tuner card in my Dell XPS 15 laptop (L501X and L502X) which used a mobile Sandy Bridge i7, I think I saved them in a plastic storage container, but I think they only supported Coax connections, iirc though it worked with some earlier standards of digital broadcasts & cable...

  • @soviet9922
    @soviet99222 күн бұрын

    250$ for a 17' viewsonic crt "as is" they should change the name of the store to "super scalpers"

  • @soviet9922
    @soviet99222 күн бұрын

    That place is so fucking expensive that makes ebay prices look good.

  • @h8GW
    @h8GW2 күн бұрын

    I think I prefer "laptop" because it's not ambiguous like "notebook". In Chinese, they use their word for "notebook" and I sometimes had to clarify whether I meant a book or a computer.

  • @SwervingLemon
    @SwervingLemon2 күн бұрын

    "Bespoke". That's the most complimentary way I've ever heard anyone say "proprietary", which is another synonym for "Dell". Have those pricks ever made anything that wasn't "Bespoke" to the point of insanity? Laptops, meh, I can't blame them. Everyone's laptops are unique, but their desktops... are pointlessly "bespoke".

  • @iamvulgar8188
    @iamvulgar81882 күн бұрын

    The box kinda resembles an og xbox. It would have been interesting to see what you described evolve, a market of mass produced improved custom cooled cases for every generation of console. Former CEO of Niveus watching this video kicking himself right now.

  • @hypercube33
    @hypercube332 күн бұрын

    There are tons of web-based, managed "remote powerpoint" things that do video and interactive displays. Also there are a bunch of these that run Android or Nix. Lots of Business class smart tvs, ARM and Intel Embedded junk out there. Some Screens have slots that take a card like this PC thingy and run whatever you'd like on it. Embedded comes in a few flavors too btw. It has different licensing (cheaper I suspect) and is typically supported much longer than normal and gets different updates.

  • @NullStaticVoid
    @NullStaticVoid2 күн бұрын

    At my old job we had a comical amount of security cameras. About half were analog. The rest were IP based. The IP based ones could go a lot farther out on a cable than you technically should We stuck one at the end of a direct bury CAT6 so it could be at the security gate in the back of the production warehouse. Our analog ones just covered the warehouse from the ceiling.

  • @BradPalmer28
    @BradPalmer282 күн бұрын

    I'd like to get your take on Binary Emotions - Digital signage platform. Raspberry Pi modified OS.

  • @Alacritous
    @Alacritous2 күн бұрын

    The Ryobi soldering iron is for soldering hardpoints in the field, not surface mount soldering on your desk. Holy shit.

  • @Alacritous
    @Alacritous2 күн бұрын

    Did you record your voiceover and then record yourself waving your hands at your voice?

  • @bennyfactor
    @bennyfactor2 күн бұрын

    I wish this is what an apple tv was.

  • @boy-who-likes-bats
    @boy-who-likes-bats2 күн бұрын

    54:32 dude that joke this far deep was killing me

  • @cheesietoastie
    @cheesietoastie2 күн бұрын

    My friend had a Sony TV, CRT, it was bigger than that , the stand was a subwoofer as well. He left it there when he moved, this was about 6 years ago and it was still working Sorry memory unlocked. Trying to move that thing 🥺

  • @johnfilbert8545
    @johnfilbert85452 күн бұрын

    Oddly enough, i work in similar industry, most of ours digital signage machines, are just regular devices that runs Linux, with a browser in them, remotely controlled by puppeteers, and some Node.js code... Extremely simple code, that don't really need that much of hardware. But customers don't have that much technical skills to put together something self.

  • @phantom_stnd
    @phantom_stnd2 күн бұрын

    Windows does hypervisor by default now

  • @firehawk128
    @firehawk1282 күн бұрын

    The HD-DVD drive not working is truly terrible.

  • @Fernando-wz6no
    @Fernando-wz6no2 күн бұрын

    PVM: Professional Video Monitor

  • @jonc4403
    @jonc44033 күн бұрын

    For small law offices that operated in just one state, there weren't that many Westlaw disks. I think it was maybe 3 for Tennessee, but I don't remember exactly. There's a chance I've got some in a drawer. No, they didn't have to be returned or destroyed. They just mostly weren't kept when everything went back online. I've also got a rackmount SCSI CD box. It had individual slot load drives, not changers. At that point, the drives were more useful to me than the rack box, so they ended up in computers. I probably could make the rack unit work again, but... why. It's currently in my rack, just playing shelf.

  • @RetroBerner
    @RetroBerner3 күн бұрын

    I think they hobbled that machine to avoid lawsuits from MS. Would love to see another video on this with everything polished up.

  • @IND4GR0V3
    @IND4GR0V33 күн бұрын

    i used that windows media center feature a handful of times back in the day

  • @glenncaughey5044
    @glenncaughey50443 күн бұрын

    Anyone else notice the ant running around the green pad all video?

  • @rfvtgbzhn
    @rfvtgbzhn3 күн бұрын

    It's kinda funny that someone who calls himself "cathode ray dude" got his first LCD monitor in 2003, when most people still used CRT monitors.