00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are Jonathan & Matt for their PayPal donations, plus our 126 Patreon Patrons, as well as Alex for telling Ascend Acoustics his speaker purchase was based on our recommendation. We also want to thank Alex & Jay for their notes of gratitude to us for keeping the podcast going. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

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00:10:04  – In the news:

– Xbox Series X/S can output Dolby Vision at 120 Hz, and LG’s 2021 OLEDs are the first TVs to support it: https://is.gd/9C4bqt
– https://avgadgets.com/what-is-a-qned-tv/

– Designed for Xbox monitors promise features, but not performance: https://is.gd/zfpOhG

– Resolution Games quickly doubled back on Oculus Quest VR in-game ads: https://is.gd/IM00aC

– Via Karl – Netflix has a movie deal with Spielberg’s Amblin Partners: https://is.gd/TOcOvY

– Amazon Fire TV streaming devices finally have Peacock: https://is.gd/baWPCU

00:23:33 – Comments:

– Gurinder sorted out his projector noise issues with JVC, and continues to recommend using shipping pallets to build a riser.

00:26:28 – Jack R. found the j5create JCA374 USB-C Multi-Adapter
lets his Microsoft Surface Tablet output 7.1 audio when other USB-C to HDMI adapters didn’t: https://is.gd/DS2a4e

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00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are Michael and Rafal (apologies for our pronunciation!) for their PayPal donations, plus our 126 Patreon Patrons.We’d also like to thank Jay, Lance, Mark, Dan, Brenda’s Husband/Tara’s Dad (Andrew), and Chad for their notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

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00:10:02 – In the news:

– HDTV Test got a pre-production Onkyo TX-RZ50 Receiver and found it has three fully functional HDMI 2.1 inputs. Plus they have info on other Onkyo, Integra, Pioneer, and Pioneer Elite AVR models, including pricing: https://youtu.be/u9zJOYLYX_U

– Oculus Quest VR games are getting ads, and Facebook wants to you know they thought of lots of ways your private data could be shared, but they won’t do it: https://is.gd/V9HkBM

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00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are our 125 Patreon Patrons, including Niels & Bertrand. We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from Karl, Art, John, Niels, Albert, Jack & Bertrand. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

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00:07:20 – Correction
Last week Rob mistakenly said there wasn’t any way to listen to Atmos Music from Apple Music on a full speaker system via HDMI. Happily, the Apple TV 4K can, in fact, output Atmos Music: https://is.gd/V99eVk

00:10:59 – Denon/Marantz SPK618 HDMI Adapter

00:13:18 – In the news:

– IKEA & Sonos introduced the $199 Symfonisk Picture Frame Speaker: https://avgadgets.com/ikea-and-sonos-symfonisk-on-wall-picture-frame-speaker/

– Apple TV+ will only be free for 3 months with the purchase of an Apple product starting July 1st: https://is.gd/MLbkCZ

– Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to Smart TVs and an Xbox Streaming Stick: https://is.gd/puJnuL

00:21:00 – Comments

– Infinite Gary filled us in on the naming of the TCL Chinese Theatre: https://is.gd/DvIGxq

– Brenda’s Husband, Andrew P., corrects his previous oversight.

00:23:01 – Andrew B.
shares how he built a subwoofer into his seating riser.

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Rob is WRONG. Apple TV 4K CAN output Atmos Music from Apple Music via HDMI. That information was clarified shortly after we recorded this episode: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212182 . So when we get to J.R.’s questions about an hour and 20 minutes in, you can marvel at just how wrong Rob’s answer was!

00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are Jack, Lance, and a different Jack for their PayPal donations, plus our 124 Patreon Patrons, including Daniel, Jack & Andrew, as well as Gurinder who is hopefully getting his JVC projector noises sorted.
We also want to thank Jack & Andrew for giving Tom permission to use their photos on https://avgadgets.com/
And we appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from Daniel, Jack, Jay, Alber, Shannon, Stephen, Andrew & Mike. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

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00:11:50 – In the news:

– Voxx International, the parent company of Klipsch, has agreed to buy Onkyo: https://is.gd/rU2pfJ

– Via Karl – Alamo Drafthouse Theaters has emerged from Chapter 11, and has plans to expand: https://is.gd/H51bi2

– Via Karl – AMC Theatres might acquire ArcLight Cinemas, including the Cinerama Dome: https://is.gd/ZfZRaU

– Via Mike – Plex can bitstream lossless audio from the Xbox’ Plex app after a pending Xbox update.

00:20:44 – Comments:

– Andrew B. shares his “Synthesis on the cheap” theater build results.

– Lance M. got unexpectedly good results after sealing his cylinder subs.

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AVRant Listener Preston decided it was time we had a drinking game! He picked 16 of our commonly used catchphrases (full list at the bottom of the show notes). Hear us say one of them? Take a shot! (if you’re of legal drinking age, of course)

And check out the hand-drawn, frame-by-frame animations byRob’s niece: https://youtu.be/83LUePO_wKA & https://youtu.be/0GxDygmMk_Y
Give her a like and subscribe, if you’re so inclined 🙂

00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are our 126 Patreon Patrons, including Bertrand, as well as Karl and Brandon for confirming that the noises Gurinder’s JVC projector is making are unusual, Preston for talking us up to HSU and miniDSP, and for creating our drinking game, and Jack for mentioning us to Outlaw Audio, Accessories4Less, B&H Photo Video, and Cross-Spectrum Labs.
Thanks also to Jack for giving Tom permission to use his photos on https://avgadgets.com/
And we greatly appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from Jason, Lance, Preston, Chris, Bertrand, Jonathan, Michael, and Chris. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

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00:12:12 – In the news:

– Sound United announced an HDMI 2.1 hardware upgrade program for the older flagship Denon X8500H and Marantz AV8805 models. They will also be replaced at retailers by new X8500HA and AV8805A revisions: https://avgadgets.com/hdmi-2-1-upgrade-for-older-flagship-denon-marantz/

00:17:52 – Comments:

– Jack R. suggests cutting a neoprene sponge rubber mat to size for subwoofer or speaker decoupling purposes: https://is.gd/EoRRCt

– Ralph M. shares his experience after his Dynasty Proaudio Wireless Speaker Kit interfered with his wireless Dish Hopper & Joey setup.

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