Our Listeners of the Week are David for his donation, and our 86 Patreon Patrons.
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In the news:
– Monoprice Monolith THX Tower for $850 each: https://is.gd/YjnYDh
– Monolith THX Tower w/ Atmos-enabled, upward-firing drivers built-in for $1,000 each: https://is.gd/B9eweo
– NEXTGEN TV is the official CTA name for ATSC 3.0: https://is.gd/1kOqTl
– Oculus Quest VR headset gets hand tracking and USB-C PC connection: https://is.gd/U7BUqS
Comments:
– Jack R. shared a Twenty Thousand Hertz Podcast episode: The [Compressed] History of Mastering”: https://is.gd/g4U3Gt
– Bernard T. came back to AVRant while building his TV niche just as we were saying how we don’t like niches.
– Brian R. says it’s a good time to buy clearance Cambridge Audio gear, like their AM5 stereo integrated amp for $100: https://is.gd/rxZ5Zt
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Our Listeners of the Week are our 88 Patreon Patrons, including James W. from the UK, and also Byron S. for telling SVS and KEF we sent him their way, and David G. & Francis A. for letting Tom know about the overlapping promos in our audio-only versions the past few weeks.
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In the news:
– Philips’ Hue Play HDMI Sync Box makes you lights change along with your TV images, and brings out some FILTHY (for a Canadian) language from Rob H.: https://is.gd/zlufJK– TiVo is inserting ads before recorded shows: https://is.gd/A5gcr3
– The CTA created an official 8K Ultra HD definition and logo: https://is.gd/5ovrGo
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Our Listeners of the Week are our 88 Patreon Patrons, as well as AJ and Carl for letting Rob know he messed up last week’s live video feed.
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In the news:
– LG is adding NVidia G-Sync to C9 & E9 OLED TVs: https://is.gd/8BtQKk
– Via Karl R. – Apple TV+ will support 4K, Dolby Vision, and Atmos for $5/month: https://is.gd/38F24G
– Via Nathan D. – MIT Engineers made the blackest thing ever by accident: https://is.gd/7EZbp2
– Sony “Crystal LED” is available for (very wealthy) homeowners: https://is.gd/vsjfuQ
– Streaming madness:
– NBCUniversal’s service is called “Peacock”: https://is.gd/0x8mZT
– Everyone’s paying $500 million for old shows: https://is.gd/klI9NF
– Tinder is making a TV show: https://is.gd/wfb1Bq
Comments:
– 0:20:03 Travis D. – eliminated his sensitive earphone noise floor with a cheap, in-line impedance plug: https://is.gd/MLweYA
-0:22:34 Kevin R. asks why we don’t tout Vudu more often, and we discuss their new parental controls: https://is.gd/CdeTXT
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Our Listeners of the Week are Tom, Paul, and Stefan for their donations, as well as our 87 Patreon Patrons, including: Josh V., Bastian from Germany, and Justin B. We also thank Tue for his additional website help, and Tom K. for mentioning us to SVS when he bought a PC13-Ultra.
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0:08:03 Tom shares his first Dolby Cinema experience.
In the news:
– Via Carlton B. – JVC is adding Frame Adapt HDR to their 4K D-iLA projectors: https://hdguru.com/jvc-4k-d-ila-firmware-update-enhances-hdr10/
– TCL’s Smart Screen is another vertical TV: https://is.gd/dVdLKo
– Panasonic’s MegaCon 55″ dual layer LCD: https://youtu.be/BCjMLU5v9bs
– Panasonic transparent OLED: https://youtu.be/fkQWJnAYqds
Comments:
– Joseph H. shares a laugh over a cable break-in service: https://www.morrowaudio.com/products/break-in-service
– Robert G. noticed Spears & Munsil’s UHD HDR Benchmark how-to articles: http://spearsandmunsil.com/3rd-edition-articles/
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Our Listeners of the Week are our 86 Patreon Patrons, as well as Carlton B. for helping Tom and Clint with our website bandwidth issues, and Terry G. for talking us up to SVS when he bought a PC-2000 from their outlet store.
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Lee Overstreet is our guest co-host this week.
In the news:
– Via Nick B. & Karl R. – Dolby has withdrawn their upmixer restriction: https://www.audioholics.com/audio-technologies/dolby-widthdraws-from-restricting-non-native-upmixing-a-win-for-consumers
– Via Nick B. – Ascend launched the Sierra Luna Duo speaker: https://is.gd/nazIaz
– Via Gary, Karl R. & Jay A. – Filmmaker Mode is coming to UHD Alliance TVs: https://is.gd/AAFL3Z
OLED TV news:
– LG Display’s OLED factory in China is complete: https://is.gd/GFY3rQ– Vizio set to launch OLED in 2020: https://is.gd/wnggmj– Samsung factories transitioning from LCD to QD-OLED in South Korea: https://is.gd/WULGcY
Comments:
– David F. refuses to get an Apple TV 4K, so he shares his HTPC upgrades.
– 0:27:48 Adam P. shares photos of his theater where we said to fix most of his issues by installing a smaller screen.
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