I Put a Wii in this CRT

I put a Wii on a BVM input card. Fun little side project.
Not big or crazy enough for a full length video, so I made a short instead.
If someone is using this video to try to sell you a CRT using this video, or saying it's worth more because it's "viral", they are probably trying to sell it to you for far more than it's worth, and far more than they bought it for. This model of monitor is finicky, difficult to service, and very particular about video signals and sync. I would not recommend this model to a novice in the CRT hobby, especially at the unreasonable prices people ask for them.

[@ArkayeCh]

Finally I can feel like a space trucker in an Alien scavenging vessel while I play Mario Kart.

[@RandomPerson-xi7jv]

Now I want to see alien isolation being played in that thing

[@wizardothefool]

This. This is the idea i want to share with others

[@floppainflip-flops3414]

I get the "memories" vibes (memories anime)

[@barclaymovingpictures3041]

You won’t believe how often actual film equipment was used as sci-if prop, most of the stuff just looks like weapons or just military tech. In Aliens they mounted guns on a camera stabilizing vest, in spectral they used large cameras for energy weapons, the technology we use to stabilize cameras on camera-cars or helicopters is derived from a system to stabilize guns on tanks, same for widescreen lenses, those were first used for wide & sharp tank gunners sight. The battery connectors used for some electrically assisted weapons is the same we use for connecting lights…

[@ArkayeCh]

@@barclaymovingpictures3041 I love this trivia lol. Especially how because of the world wars driving industry and economy into a sharp directional change, a lot of regular companies were jnvolved in weapons because it was suddenly the only priority. Like my favorite fun fact is how General Electric is responsible for a minigun.

[@Mar1lynMon.r0]

Dude is all set for an apocalypse

[@kansasgarcia4422]

Lmk how he’ll be set for an apocalypse when that thing needs to be plugged into a 120v outlet with no power, cuz it’s an apocalypse

[@Mar1lynMon.r0]

@@kansasgarcia4422 generators, (for a short period) and possibly even solar panels if he could get his hands on one

[@yungsolos]

@@kansasgarcia4422 bro not literally 💀

[@ninjahedgehog5]

Perfect for mellee heads

[@9kanima]

​@@ninjahedgehog5 yes i need that so bad 😭😭

[@curbacz16]

“CRT gameplay on the go” is a statement I never thought I would hear in my life

[@clouds-rb9xt]

i mean tbh it would kind of work. You can't like play it handheld but with how small it is you could literally carry that shit to other places with you and then plug it in

[@LePlatypusBait]

Fulfilling the promise that the Gamecube carrying handle made

[@vsarge8762]

portables TV from 30 years ago were all about this

[@HieronymousLex]

I can safely speak for the entire melee community when I say: we’re jealous as hell

[@Lampaluile]

This is peak performance for sure

[@mrbaaman]

Literally build one bum

[@flopolol]

when i saw this i immediately thought of melee 🥲

[@celery.0532]

@@mrbaaman these things are hard to come by and expensive

[@That_Son_Ofa_Itch]

@@mrbaamana literal NON working Sony KD-34XBR970 is fucking 800$ without the module parts. 💀 but go on about how people are bums when shits literally a damn grand just to get in the door.

[@retronymph]

This is, no lie, probably the best build you've done in terms of pure utility. I hope there's gonna be a full video of this because I'd love to see the process

[@javitotito]

Utility? you can play wii and gamecube on your phone. Not stating what he did isn't amazing.

[@illumanarwhals3543]

@@javitotito utility in context of mods obviously. Not sure why there are so many people who keep bringing up you can play x or y on your phone or on regular hardware when it's obviously against the point. This mod gives the ability to have crt gameplay portably on authentic hardware, which for lets say, a competitive game like melee, is a unique level of utility and usefulness that not even emulating can reach exactly.

[@michaelellis6384]

Cool thanks 😮😮😮

[@edithboozy1000]

​@@javitotitoNOBODY wants to play games on their phones....NOBODY

[@thequeen901]

​​​@@edithboozy1000 everyone does they just want a controller instead of having to use God-awful touch controls-but at that point you've just re-invented the nintendo switch

[@MilesMetal]

Would love to see a video going through the process of making this. This is such a smart use of the open-source BVM input card project.

[@supernintendozack-snz7493]

100%

[@Tordhaugs]

And some of what you learned about that crt and how it works. Also does it have intergrated speakers?

[@videostudios6042]

AGREED

[@brandbusters183]

That is the Sony & Nintendo collab we were not expecting & didn't know we need it.

[@justchillin1887]

What Could’ve Been If Nintendo Didn’t Screw Sony Over:

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

Yeah they made a prototype console.

[@tennojiberri]

​@@justchillin1887Sony-Nintendo Inc.

[@VennyYT]

Honestly this is my favorite custom Wii/GameCube. It’s literally everything you could ever need for home retro gaming and it’s semi portable.

[@frstwhsprs]

We need a full version of this. We want to see what you do and how you build it.

[@DanielGoulson]

I absolutely agree!!! I want to make this for myself so bad!!! Please show us how!!!

[@theminecraftryno]

Same here

[@joe_ferreira]

And can it do HDMI out?

[@Ben_1878]

We don’t

[@monkeh3612]

@@joe_ferreira why? There is already a monitor that it's plugged in

[@zenbmonk1016]

As someone who is still to this day loyal to CRT's, I enjoyed this video thoroughly.

[@sanguineskull]

They're neat. I used to put 'em together and stuff a few years back.

[@kndrg13]

Crt are dam good even by today standard

[@zenbmonk1016]

I'm the only family member left (as far as I'm aware,) a happy owner of 2. A LCD falls or even gets slightly bumped the wrong way, it's usually over 80 to 90% of the time all over. A Sturdy CRT, especially wood framed ones just shrug that off. I've gone through 3 LCD, where as the CRT my mom got me back in 2004 or 2005, still works. Only issue is the right speaker is quieter than the left.

[@HudsonGTV]

That is legit my endgame CRT.

[@somewhereupthere7]

i’d genuinely would pay at least 600 dollars for one of these literally one of the most beautiful items i’ve ever seen

[@LuwiigiMaster]

The TVs themselves go for double that. Internet suckers are easily parted with their money.

[@furriesinouterspaceUnited]

​@@LuwiigiMaster ? I literally find them everywhere I have like 5 of them

[@LuwiigiMaster]

@@furriesinouterspaceUnited I bet you're friends with that fat Dominican kid who always finds garage kept 240SXs that were only driven on Sundays for 500 dollars, too.

[@jamesrosewell9081]

​@@furriesinouterspaceUnited Holy shit drop your email so we can get down to business

[@monkeyjam294]

@@furriesinouterspaceUnited really?

[@NeverSayDie87]

Thank you for putting things in things that things should not be put in.

[@Bittamin]

It’s so awesome I honestly can say my day wouldn’t have been nearly as good if I didn’t see this awesome build

[@Fire2000Ml]

😳

[@ss4kaioken295]

Just knowing this is possible makes me sleep better at night

[@crimsontide1980]

I did this one time. It's now referred to as "the wood chipper incident". I really prefer not to talk about it if I don't have to but it definitely made me a changed man.

[@Lunatic5306]

That's what she said

[@ShankMods]

For those asking about the colorful diagonal lines across the screen: they are not present in person. They are a "rolling shutter" visual effect/artifact. A modern camera does not capture an image all at once, it "scans" the image from top to bottom. CRTs also create an image by scan from top to bottom. So normally, if you match the frame rate of the two, you can capture a pretty still looking image, because they are both aligned and scanning top to bottom. However, KZbin shorts are vertical, and to capture a vertical video, I had to rotate my camera 90 degrees. So now the camera was scanning from right to left, while the CRT was still scanning from top to bottom. This misalignment of the two scanning directions created the visual artifact of the diagonal lines. You can learn more about this effect by searching "rolling shutter".

[@richardwattior]

genuine question - why not just film vertical video with ur phone? a newer iphone would look just as good as this video quality (in my opinion, i truly don’t mean to sound like a pretentious dweeb lol)

[@ShankMods]

@@richardwattior For the most part, newer phones try to do everything "automatically" and do not let you dial in the settings as much. In order to film a CRT, you need to manually adjust settings to synchronize the settings with the refresh rate of the CRT. So like framerate and shutter speed. If they are not matched, the CRT will just flicker like crazy and not be visible in the video. I cannot for the life of me get good photos or videos of CRTs with my Pixel 4A camera. Phones still use a rolling shutter, so the same issue also applies. Most phones will likely have the shutter setup for the landscape orientation, so if I have the phone in the portrait orientation, it will still be misaligned with camera. The only real solution would be to film in landscape and crop the sides of the video off, which would result in a VERY low resolution video.

[@Kree901]

I already knew that

[@906MediaProductions]

​@@ShankMods could you put your camera further back shooting landscape and crop it vertical?

[@ShankMods]

@@906MediaProductions that is an option, but would result in a pretty low resolution image. About 607x1080. So somewhere between 480p and 720p rather than 1080p.

[@MikeLaRock88]

We spent the weekend at my grandparents on the holidays and they still had a big back, RCA CRT in the guest room. My wife and I had too much fun watching movies on that old thing. The video quality is so nostalgic

[@FergVision]

Dude this is amazing. The power integration and reusing the racks at the back is just perfect 11/10 sir

[@sploodenhunter2886]

One of these days I’m gonna wake up and see shankmods put a wii in a human kidney

[@ShankMods]

10/10 comment

[@Stardust_Wyvern]

Kidnii

[@Bronze.]

​@@ShankMods I'll volunteer myself

[@excadrillo99]

Dude, you have to release a vid going over this! Would love to have a Wii in one of the input card slots in my PVM 20L5!

[@cheeseburger7889]

this card works with the pvm 20l5 from what ive heard since the nine inch bvm is from the D series line of BVMs and those monitors share input cards with the L5s if im not mistaken

[@mattmaster2582]

Can you imagine this being apart of the instrument panel in A airplane? First officer hands the captain a wireless GameCube controller….

[@ShomoroTMFG]

Sometimes it hurts seeing people be this skilled, absolutely amazing creation

[@mrmii6596]

Oh wow, I was just thinking about this yesterday. I was looking at the empty slot in my PVM 9-L2 and thinking 'hey, what if you could put an entire console inside of there?'. And now you made that happen. Fantastic work!

[@aidenelliott2006]

Ahh, the good ol days Mario sunshine!

[@EpicBenjo]

Oh man, I would have loved that on those long cross country road trips!!

[@jamescampbell6728]

Man that's super cool, I had no idea those had that modular section on the back. Such a perfect little emulation and GC/Wii device!

[@dr_workaholic]

This guy has definitely inspired me to tackle some projects I would not have otherwise

[@GatheredStorm_YT]

If possible I’d love to see a full length video about this on how you put it together

[@johnconnorstopskynet]

Dude that is so sick. I haven't seen something actually awesome on KZbin in like a month

[@ibitejawbreakers61]

Literally the coolest homebrew project I have ever seen. I want to do this some day

[@MGlBlaze]

I'm in awe. And am once again struck by the pain of it being absolutely impossible to find a BVM or PVM in northern ireland, and I don't trust shipping for a CRT at all. Alas. Looking forward to a long-form video of this build

[@ShankMods]

No long form video on this one. Just a fun side project. Too many other bigger projects in the works :)

[@TheSteelDialga]

​@@ShankModsoooh, exciting

[@garrettc.9451]

@@ShankMods Extremely disappointing.

[@ShankMods]

@@garrettc.9451 I have many other big projects in the works. The issue is they all take so much time. I feel the other projects I'm working on are far cooler and more interesting than this one. But my time is limited, so I have to pick and choose what video gets made and what doesn't. This was a project I whipped up in a few days. It wasn't meant to be a video at all, just a quick build for myself. I posted it to Twitter and was flooded with requests for a video. I can't push the other videos back, so I made a compromise: make a short video in a single marathon of a day. That way I could have SOMETHING out I was proud of, and not delay other, bigger videos. I pulled an all nighter and made this.

[@seannewton1798]

@@ShankMods Still extremely disappointing.

[@detritus10001]

You are an absolute genius and my newest personal hero!

[@thepaper888]

How I wish. So beautiful.

[@vt_973]

Okay this is so sick though... probably among the best possible wii experiences tbh

[@lancelance7918]

Coolest project yet. I love watching builds and mods and this is the first one that makes me feel love. Its like tasting pizza for the first time ever.

[@RaucousRimo]

subscribed just from this short right here, that is LEGIT!

[@melody3741]

This is my favorite build EVER.

[@awesomenintendoman7054]

*slams credit card on the table* I need it! *slams credit card even harder*

[@PARZ-]

This is the greatest thing I've ever seen in my life :,)

[@muddle3017]

man, it really is the perfect melee setup

[@OutletBoyalex]

I love these type videos, you guys are genius!

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

This is the dopest shit ive ever did see. Dude, this would KILL for emulating games!

[@ashtroraven9747]

need a full version, especially want to see how he did the custom interface

[@gabrieldawa6221]

Exactly what everyone has been saying the last ~7+ months.

[@614BlueBerry]

This is actually amazing, great job!

[@Louispierce]

See a new Shankmods video :) It's a Short... :(

[@ShankMods]

I'm not a fan of shorts either, personally. I finished this project and posted about it on Twitter. I got lots of people asking for a full video on it, but I already have several big video projects in the works, so couldn't take on another one. Instead I pulled an all nighter to finish this in a single night. More videos are coming, and I hope they will be worth the wait. But I thought I'd throw this out in the mean time :)

[@chowderwhillis9448]

@@ShankModsIt really took you all night to film edit and upload this short video??

[@chowderwhillis9448]

@@ShankMods and btw what is the highest resolution this monitor supports, 480, 720 or something in between? Tbh I really can't imagine there being higher resolution back when this device came out

[@ShankMods]

@@chowderwhillis9448 Yes. Highly edited video production is a lot of work. Writing a script, recording a voiceover, recording all the different clips to visualize my point, synchronizing them with the audio. It's a lot of work, and very time consuming. The highest resolutions it does are 720p and 1080i

[@NathanielFrazier_]

The waffle house has found it's new host

[@game_force]

The waffle house has found its New host

[@aglioeolio8494]

Cringe

[@johnpaulcross424]

Your builds are always so astonishingly efficient and interesting, I love your content!

[@thenewguy2002]

Really need a full video for this one

[@carriecrackrock1221]

Finally, a recommended video with someone making something that's genuinely cool, and not in any way cringy, no terrible tiktok voice. Just sweet sweet information. Thank you lad

[@bushman8881]

The Waffle House has found it’s new host.

[@astick4933]

The Waffle House Has Found Its New Host

[@ravelnavarro4358]

you do not recognize the bodies in the water

[@DarkEcho32]

dead meme is dead

[@ravelnavarro4358]

@@DarkEcho32 it was alive when he made the comment

[@DarkEcho32]

@@ravelnavarro4358 no,it wasn't,a few tools beating a dead horse doesn't make a dead meme less dead

[@janmeyer8150]

This Looks absolutely amazing!

[@archibaldc.1833]

That power cable with the googly eyes is adorable.

[@chadkirk150]

I'm going to need a full video on this project. A short is not enough.

[@WashingtonPrime]

The kickstand is the coolest feature ngl

[@gendoslice5971]

thats such a beautiful creation youve made, really cool

[@LarsHost]

“This is one of the last crt monitor by Sony” Sony FW-900 💀💀💀

[@HEAVYTRACTORWORKING1997]

sony bvm monitors were made longer

[@LarsHost]

Maybe. But it’s not the last model to be invented in comparison to consumer tvs and monitors. And not the rarest I think

[@mamaharumi]

Would literally kill for one of these. Absolute dream machine.

[@exaviestivalet3393]

Legit earned my sub, this was so awesome !

[@claymorexl]

That moment when Sony and Nintendo both show up at your door to break your legs, but wind up fighting each other instead. Well played.

[@sEaNoYeAh]

This is the coolest gaming thing ever made.

[@parttimelazy4593]

Imagine going to a friend's sleepover and busting out this bad boy.

[@NaraSherko]

"And the picture looks amazing" The screen: Ahhh too many rainbow!

[@ozymandias1153]

This is really cool how have i not seen this

[@BearBoulder]

The videos dont do this thing justice. It truely is immensely beautiful. Its probanly the most crystal clear crt for gaming there is and ive seen many of them at video game conventions and theyre usually used to run arcade boards off of it.

[@AlessandroCD7]

"I designed my own, and put a wee on" sounds just funnier 😅

[@Hazzard2885]

This is for sure the best input board. Good shit dude

[@veehix1149]

Best Nintendo and Sony mashup since the creation of the Nintendo PlayStation

[@DavidPalin]

This is the single greatest mod I have seen.🤯

[@Bisen222]

Okay this is the coolest build ever made.

[@Real_Beaky]

At a point these homebrew devices are more art than anything else. I'm here for it. You should find a local gallery that will let you host an exhibit.

[@StupidStuart1]

This thing has more accessablity than a recent macbook lol :D

[@rcboyo3308]

That's some excellent work, well done!

[@IKnowFromMyCouch]

I love this guy! Shank's videos are the best.

[@moejuggler6033]

Legitimately impressed man. 👏

[@JoaoPaulo-et7ds]

The refresh rate looks so smooth

[@dabdoube92]

I confirm. Best setup for CRT gaming on the go !

[@XDeadzX]

That's a super slick homebrew launcher to pair with the sweet setup. It's been a while since I fiddled with mine, my launcher is way clunkier and wasn't booted straight to. Awesome stuff

[@nothingsatnowhere]

This sounds like something the 80’s would imagine for the future, it’s amazing.

[@CF-uj7oe]

This is incredible . What a talent bravo

[@christopher32074]

I think I also saw another channel by the name of Peter Knetter who put a Nintendo Wii inside a boombox. The boombox at first is Hello Kitty Themed and to go with its theme, he got a pink Wii and Wii Remote. Next, he opened the boombox, removed all the components, and did some modifications, a way that the entire console fit inside the boombox back in first with the front sticking out. For the speakers, he took computer speakers and properly fit them in the area behind the boombox's speaker grills. The sensor bar is stripped down with its sensors sticking out the front of the boombox. And finally, he added the screen is small that it fits on the boombox's CD cover and it opens like one too. The console, screen, and speakers are powered by an extension cord that had a clicker switch.

[@jameslocke1416]

That’s so rad! Seriously nice!! Those old Sony monitors look excellent. 😎👍

[@Laner84]

this is freaking sick ! love this 😍 I'm a little jealous

[@georged7627]

I definitely subbed because of this vid 🙏🏽

[@nexxusty]

Bro..... Sick, just absolutely sick. Nice one.

[@Catt0]

This looks perfect for other console modules!

[@alexmarsocci7187]

I’m so jealous that words can’t even describe right now

[@dwyanetherockjohnson9785]

That Super Mario Sunshine music playing in the background 🔥

[@joelandrex17]

that looks so GOOD!! i loved the way old TVs looked for retro games,i still miss playing sonic 1 when i was 5 years old...

[@JonFromWA]

Nintendo Execs: *looks closely at illegal games on interface*

[@PursuerOfTruth]

This dude, has earned you a subscriber. I mean damn, that is innovative af.

[@maxawesom3850]

Damn it’s over: You’ve made the ultimate retro console

[@hunte5748]

Dude that is absolutely amazing! I want one!

[@johnmcintyre2123]

I bet the image quality looks gorgeous in person. Really cool.

[@electricerger]

Modular card systems are the bomb.

[@alfred9281]

You are the person I want to become when I grow up. Using my knowledge to design amazing things.

[@sambish1981]

That is a thing of beauty!

[@jay9058]

this man does not miss

[@I.no.ah.guy57]

This is pretty awesome dude!

[@BleedingWhiteKnuckles]

Yeah we definitely need more videos from you!!

[@illsuspect]

Great, now I need a tiny CRT TV now!

[@KiraSlith]

It's a CRTII. That's amazing.

[@XBullitt16X]

That’s so cool man that’s an awesome CRT