AV Rant #840: Our Favorite Movies
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everybody!
Rob saw Avatar: The Way of Water in HFR 3D, so he shares his lengthy review. Parasound’s founder retired, so there’s a new owner. 77-inch QD-OLEDs have been confirmed for next year. There’s a “truly wireless” TV with a battery. And we list our all-time favorite movies. Some might surprise you!
Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAjW9k
00:00:00 – Intro & What We Watched
Rob has many thoughts about Avatar: The Way of Water in his review of his HFR 3D experience. Tom watched Burnt, and The Bear.
00:27:49 – Listeners of the Week
Our Listeners of the Week are our 135 Patreon Patrons, including Martin, as well as Dan for sending a Movies Anywhere code.
Thanks also to Michael and Dylan for giving permission to use their photos on https://avgadgets.com/
And we appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Lance, Dan, Peter, Jay, Michael, and Martin.
Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!
In the news:
00:31:17 – News: Parasound Has a New Owner
Via Infinite Gary – Richard Schram, founder of Parasound, has retired, and sold the company to David Sheriff: https://bit.ly/3PFJeEU
00:33:17 – News: 77-inch QD-OLEDs in 2023
Samsung Display is making QD-OLED panels with better ambient black levels: https://bit.ly/3PQn96z
00:34:19 – News: Displace Readies 1st “Truly Wireless” TV
A long-life, swappable battery makes for a 55″ OLED with no wires at all: https://bit.ly/3WiN5dE
Comments:
00:37:51 – Comment: Peter – EIPMA Atmos Webinar Series
The Entertainment Industry Professionals Mentoring Alliance posted a 5-part webinar on Atmos: https://www.youtube.com/@eipma7270/videos
00:38:40 – Comment: Michael – SVS Ultra to 4000 Amp Upgrade
SVS gave instructions to build a spacer. Rob just turned his upside down.
QUESTIONS:
00:41:38 – Stephen: Adding Sub to 2-channel Music
Should a subwoofer be added to a pair of “full range” speakers? And should it be small so it’s “faster”?
– https://avgadgets.com/speakers-are-large-drivers-slow/
– https://avgadgets.com/speakers-for-music-and-movies-the-same-or-different/
– https://avgadgets.com/when-to-use-direct-or-pure-direct-mode-on-your-av-receiver/
– https://avgadgets.com/why-subwoofer-extension-is-important/
– https://avgadgets.com/what-does-it-mean-that-subwoofers-are-omnidirectional/
– https://avgadgets.com/i-want-a-subwoofer-that-will-pressurize-my-room-a-clear-definition/
00:55:56 – Dan: Towers Without Sub, RCA Cables & YouTube App
How did Towers with no sub sound so good? Why should RCA audio cables be coax? Why is it hard to close YouTube on Apple TV?
– Blue Jeans Articles:
01:12:23 – Jason: “Easy” Soundproofing
A requested rant about common “soundproofing” advice articles.
– https://www.soundproofingcompany.com/
– Museum Putty: https://amzn.to/3V8gh5C
01:18:10 – Eric: Spatial Audio Calibration Toolkit
A visit to Ascend Acoustics. And is the disc/download from Joe ‘n Tell & Techno Dad worth it?
01:25:51 – Joel: Loudness Management
What’s up with DialNorm and Dynamic Compression auto settings?
01:31:39 – Dylan: Acoustic Treatment Plans
With a nicely soundproofed basement, how should he treat his theater area?
01:47:55 – Myles: ATSC 3.0 Audio
Can a Roku SoundBar fix NextGenTV audio going through older Roku TVs.
01:51:42 – Martin: Long HDMI Cable Problem
Should he replace with an ethernet converter?
01:54:28 – Lance: All-Time Favorite Movies
What sparked us to get into home theater? And what are our all-time favorite movies?
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