How Big Is Too Big? (CRT TVs) - This Week In Retro 201

For the first episode of 2025 we take a look at some of the BBC's Tomorrows World predictions from 30 years ago. What did they get right and wrong. We talk about how video game history can be different depending upon which angle you look at it. Then finally it's all about the CRT TV and would you want a monster of a set in your home?

All this and more retro tech news in Dave's Briefs and we set a new Community Question Of The Week.

This week we are sponsored by Sega Mania magazine. The new issue covers the second half of 1995 and finds out what is new for the Saturn and if the Mega Drive still has life left in it. Head on over to https://www.sega-mania.com/ and use the code TWIR10 to save on issue 8! 

00:00 - Show Opening

04:44 - We’ve Seen The Future
Story Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdn10yk0k1o

20:12 - They’re Rewriting The Past
Story Link: https://felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrification-of-video-game-history-dfe11f1e08ae

34:42 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

44:11 - Oooh, That’s A Big One
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfZxOuc9Qwk

50:21 - Community Question of the Week

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This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Neil from RMC and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

Dave's Housekeeping Links:

Amigathon 2025 Coming Soon!: https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=548758
Watch Their Twitch Stream On 18th Jan: https://www.twitch.tv/amigosretrogaming

C64 Cash Register: https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/indiana-bakery-still-using-commodore-64s-originally-released-in-1982-as-point-of-sale-terminals

1984 Games Shopping With Sarah Greene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9aUgK9rBGI

RIP Martyn Brown of Team 17: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/12/team17-co-founder-martyn-brown-has-passed-away-aged-57

How Elite Works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J10vYqqE6oI

Elite on Vic-20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR7df9rrbyQ

Retrobytes Top 5 Mircos: https://youtu.be/DtWOeloLDWk

CRT Simulator: https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/blur-busters-releases-authentic-crt-simulator-shader-for-high-refresh-oled-and-lcd-screens-240-hz-oled-recommended-for-the-best-experience

Pentium Division Bug: https://www.righto.com/2024/12/this-die-photo-of-pentium-shows.html

Cancelled Star Wars Battlefront 3: https://www.thegamer.com/star-wars-battlefront-3-free-radical-nintendo-wii-build-found-16-years-pre-cancellation-gameplay-footage/

Atari ST and PC Sharing An Operating System: https://www.goto10retro.com/p/computer-cousins-the-atari-st-and

New RetroTink 4K CE: https://www.notebookcheck.net/New-Retrotink-4K-CE-upscaler-now-available-as-an-entry-level-product-for-475.940018.0.html