HSU has released their MFL-6 speaker model at a slightly lower price than expected. HDMI has made version 2.2 official, along with Ultra96 cables, and LIP. The world’s largest Samsung Onyx micro-LED Cinema display has come to Texas. And Tom tells his origin story.

Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCk1px

00:00:00 – Intro

00:04:23 – What We Watched

Rob watched Squid Game S.3, and Companion. Tom watched Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, and Captain America: Brave New World.

00:34:39 – Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are Gurinder for his PayPal donation, plus our 131 Patreon Patrons, as well as Rohan for sending some Movies Anywhere codes.

We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Henry, Joe, Greg, Andrew, Rohan, James, Stefan, and Sasi. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

In the news:

00:37:10 – News: HSU MFL-6 Speakers

HSU’s newest Multi-Function Loudspeaker has officially been released: https://tinyurl.com/236wnp9j

00:40:58 – News: HDMI 2.2 & Ultra96

The newest HDMI spec is official now, and new Ultra96 certified cables and ports should be arriving later this year: https://tinyurl.com/ycke2e56

00:45:27 – News: World’s Largest Micro-LED Cinema

Via Karl: The 46′ wide Samsung Onyx p3.3 micro-LED Cinema Display has come to Texas: https://tinyurl.com/2ud9a76x

Comments:

00:46:18 – Comment: Infinite Gary – Digital Trends v Caleb Denison

Gary tracked down the publicly available legal filings: https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/58131009/Designtechnica_Corporation_v_Denison

00:47:08 – Comment: Nathan – Kaleidescape Disc-to-Digital

It isn’t officially supported, but scanning Ultra HD Blu-ray discs into Kaleidescape mostly works.

00:48:28 – Comment: Greg – TCL Sent Him a Cheque

His 98″ QM851G is making noises that it shouldn’t, and TCL’s fix is to simply give his money back.

QUESTIONS:

00:51:34 – Miguel: Most Accessible AV Receiver

His Yamaha Receiver works well with a screen reader, but he wishes YPAO were better. So what’s his best choice for a Receiver upgrade?

01:05:53 – Zeke: Two-Computer Split Screen

They want to turn two single-player outputs into a split-screen experience on one display.

– OREI Multi-Viewer: https://tinyurl.com/2u3ycfkb

01:11:40 – Henry: All About Zidoo

A ton of questions about Zidoo vs other disc backup players, storage options, backing up discs, longevity, and multi-room solutions.

– Current Zidoo Models: https://tinyurl.com/5e3w3rvt

– MakeMKV UHD Guide: https://tinyurl.com/mu9muzhh

– Ready-to-Go Asus Optical Drive w/ USB Enclosure: https://tinyurl.com/su9bszev

– 1:1 Disc Backup Tutorial: https://youtu.be/F0Pb4BHrBMk

01:41:20 – Joe: Used Paradigms vs New Models

What’s our take on how a speaker system made entirely from used Paradigm Reference Studio speakers would stack up vs brand new, current speaker models?

01:44:55 – Adam: ToneWinner AT-300 Revisit

Every outlet in his house hums. And XLR connections seemed to be his only fix. So if he doesn’t actually care about Front Wides, is the AT-300 his least expensive choice?

01:53:16 – Infinite Gary: New TV, No Bigger Than 50″

All the top-performing TV models seem to only go as small as 55″. So what’s his best choice for sports under 50″?

– LG B4 48″ OLED: https://tinyurl.com/u7z3djra

01:54:27 – Stefan: HDMI 2.1b Cables?

He’s seen some HDMI cables labelled as HDMI 2.1, while others say 2.1b. Does that matter?

01:59:02 – Sasi: Tom’s Origin Story

How did Tom get his start with Audioholics? Why did he eventually leave?

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