Rebranded Zappiti products have magically appeared under the new brand name R_volution. The Matter 1.2 specification adds nine new smart home product categories to its interoperability standard. And Lee and his wife visited Tom in Florida, and you’ll never guess what happened right after they left.

Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAZKmb

00:00:00 – Intro

00:11:48 – What We Watched

Rob watched The Pope’s Exorcist, started Only Murders in the Building S.3, and continued with Loki S.2.

Tom has started watching Combat Juggling, and has nearly finished Star Wars Rebels.

00:29:53 – Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are Kevin for his PayPal donation, plus our 136 Patreon Patrons, as well as Eddie for sending a movie code to Tom to check out.

We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: J. Karl, Julian, and Vince. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

In the news:

00:32:16 – News: Zappiti becomes R_volution

Rebranded Zappiti products have appeared under the new brand https://www.rvolution.com/ shortly after Zappiti’s announcement that they’re closing down for good:

Shane Lee got the scoop that existing Zappiti products might be able to use R_volution’s software, for a fee: https://youtu.be/sI86wnbUqG4

00:37:49 – News: Matter 1.2 Spec Released

Nine new Smart Home product categories have been added to the interconnectivity standard: https://tinyurl.com/b3fs5zzw

QUESTIONS:

00:51:30 – Nick: Why Can’t PS5 Do It All?

Why do we have to make a choice between frame rate, resolution, and ray tracing? Will a PS5 Pro fix that?

01:06:00 – Infinite Gary: Exact Viewing Angles, and Like & Subscribe?

Online calculators seem to round the figures. How do you calculate your exact field of view? And why isn’t simply watching or listening enough? What do Likes, subscriptions, and comments actually do?

– https://www.displayspecifications.com/

01:18:05 – Kiran: YouTube Audio Bitrate and Stereo Upmixing

How can you check YouTube’s audio bitrate? And why does upmixing Stereo sound less clear?

– How to view YouTub’es Stats for Nerds: https://tinyurl.com/2sznhy4w

– YouTube’s Audio Codec Bitrates: https://tinyurl.com/47dxr9x5

01:27:32 – J.Karl: What’s Next for OLED TVs?

Will LG expand the number of OLED TV models with MLA next year? What do Samsung’s QD-OLEDs do to improve even more in 2024?

01:35:11 – Kevin: Selling Unwanted Speakers

We fail to deliver specifics, but we offer some suggestions for selling gear when you don’t want the hassle of doing it all on your own.

01:38:52 – Greg: Samsung S90C: Why Buy Any Other 77″ OLED?

A reminder that AAA members get discounts from Samsung. Can any other 77″ OLED TV model compete with the S90C’s value?

01:44:02 – Dan: HDMI Rant & Audiophile Envy

He just had to vent about ridiculous HDMI complications in a not-so-complicated system. And if ignorance is bliss, is it really so bad?

02:03:13 – Julian: Best Speaker Layout for Immersion

His seating position is fixed, and speaker placement options are limited. What’s going to give him the best immersion? We say less is more.

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