I think a first release is nearing the horizon. Spent the past two days coding for a true "Random Channel" option. Now there's two Random channel options. One just plays randomized shows in no order. The other plays a random show marathon, in order, for 24 hours.

Still working. Both on the RetroTV Software and an actual job again. It's slowed me down, but I'm pretty close to an initial release. I've created multiple scripts for the TV to run on, and a menu to choose between them. The default we be a single channel for those that don't want to build a tuner.

I'm still working on an upcoming release date. Things have slowed because I've had to go back to work part-time.

I've also travelled down a rabbit hole restoring old TechTV shows for the Retro TV. I came across my old Leo Laporte's Almanacs and just couldn't resist.

A small 'Snippet' video is up. Just something I built in my spare time.

youtu.be/hKoC1L4LvW8

Decided that my 'earlier channels' needed some Made For TV movies. Every odd and even episode will play back-to-back, which is what I did for MST3K.

Remember this old Chef Boyardee commercial? You just know that poor girl was grounded for shoplifting when she told her mom the can mysteriously appeared at home. 😂

After 'piddling' around a bit with creating the Retro TV V2.0 I think I'm leaning toward a Cable Box. I just don't like the push-button style. I recently came into the possession of a classic wooden console TV and I think that I can make something to match it.

I new instructional video is going up tonight at midnight!

I've been performing updates and fixes (resulting from afore-mentioned updates) and believe that I'm ready to attempt a 'from scratch' install soon. I'll document the process as I go to create instructions for the final product.

Getting closer to version 1.0!

Decided to create something to keep people up to date on what's happening with Rex's RetroTV and software.