Why Museums use CRTs for Art - Interview with Kirston Otis
Channel: Retro Tech
Date: 29/07/2023

This is an interview with my friend Kirston Otis.  He is the head of the Audio and Video Department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.  We discussed many topics mostly centered around the museum's efforts to conserve video art from the twentieth century.  

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0:00 - Introduction - How Kirston got into CRTs.
7:30 - The museum's CRT inventory
15:27 - Dotronix Custom Made CRT Monitors
21:35 - A Big CRT Haul for the Museum
29:50 - The End and Rebirth of CRTs
41:09 - How the museum maintains a Retro Tech Collection
47:20 - The Biggest CRT in Texas
52:12 - Closing