Our Listeners of the Week are Joshua and Stefan for their donations, as well as our 82 Patreon Patrons.
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In the news:
– Jony Ive is leaving Apple: https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/27/jony-ive-lovefrom/
– DisplayPort 2.0 offers up to 77.4 Gbps: https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1561624113
– Roger B. Hassing retires as Todd A. Stewart takes over RBH Sound: https://www.audioholics.com/news/rbh-sound-purchase-company-president
– Rob H. posted his LG B7 OLED picture settings: https://avrant.com/rob-hs-lg-oled-tv-settings/
– Infinite Gary says Norwegian film, The Quake, has bass like nothing else: https://www.avnirvana.com/threads/the-quake-blu-ray-review.4294/
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Our Listeners of the Week are Jonathan R. for his donation, our 82 Patreon Patrons, including Rob and Carlton, and Anthony B. for telling Accessories4Less that his Focal Chorus 706 speaker purchase was our recommendation, and Mark R. for letting SVS know his dual PC-2000 subwoofer purchase was thanks to us.
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In the news:
– via Karl R. – NASA and Lockheed Martin’s supersonic X-59 jet uses a 4K screen instead of a window: https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/19/nasas-x-59-supersonic-jet-will-have-a-4k-tv-instead-of-a-forward-window/
– Digital Trends’ guide for limiting your Netflix data usage: https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/how-much-data-does-netflix-use/
– Toshiba TVs with Amazon Fire TV built-in support Dolby Vision but not HDR10+: https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-debuts-toshiba-fire-tv-edition-television-with-dolby-vision-hdr/
– Rob K. achieved good results applying our speaker positioning advice.
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Our Listeners of the Week are David and Stephen for their donations, as well as our 82 Patreon Patrons.
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In the news:
– Samsung’s The Wall Luxury will be available to consumers in July: https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1560408136
– Value Electronics TV Shootout crowned Sony’s A9G OLED “King of TV”: https://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/hdd-attends-2019-value-electronics-tv-shootout/44293
– Dan suggests Tablo as an OTA DVR option (including in Canada): https://ca-store.tablotv.com/collections/frontpage
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Our Listeners of the Week are Shannon, as well as our 82 Patreon Patrons, and Jason G. for talking us up to SVS when he bought a Prime Wireless SoundBase and an SB-1000 subwoofer.
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In the news:
– Via Carl – HDHomeRun Scribe and Servio OTA DVR solutions: https://www.cordcutters.com/you-can-now-order-hdhomerun-scribe-and-servio-boxes
– Google Stadia is $10/month and you still have to buy games: https://store.google.com/us/product/stadia_founders_edition?hl=en-US
– Details about Xbox Project Scarlett from E3: https://ign.com/articles/2019/06/09/next-xbox-scarlett-specs-release-rumors-games-leaks-e3-reveal
– Josh S. shares details about installing 5G infrastructure.
– Aaron C. says his JVC rep told him no more X790 projectors are being made.
– 0:17:13 Denon’s X8500H manual paints a bleak picture of what IMAX Enhanced does to audio signals: http://manuals.denon.com/AVRX8500H/NA/EN/DRDZSYyrtgycpw.php
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Our Listeners of the Week are our 81 Patreon Patrons, including Travis, as well as Alvin for telling Accessories4Less his Onkyo TX-RZ730 Receiver purchase was thanks to our recommendation.
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In the news:
– Apple’s WWDC: Mac Pro, Pro Display XDR: https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/03/apple-wwdc-2019-most-important-news/
– LG’s 88″ 8K Z9 OLED costs $30K: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2019/06/03/lgs-8k-oled-tv-now-on-sale/
– 48″ OLEDs in 2020: https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1559553128
– Sony ULTRA 4K streaming service shuts down July 26: https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1559288629
– Mitch R. made his speaker upgrade choice after bringing in Ascend Sierra RAAL, RBH Signature Reference, and B&W 700 Series Towers for auditions.- Damien D. modeled Tom’s speaker placement advice FTW.
– Ilango upped his Bluetooth earphone budget, and is happy with his Shure SE215.
– Cesar deployed absorption behind his seats with great results for his Center channel.
Corrections:
– 0:28:26 Shane T. reminded us about the Anthem Room Correction (ARC) Genesis software update, and shares his comparison with Dirac: https://www.anthemarc.com/arc-genesis/index.php
– 0:32:53 Lee V. notes the NVidia Shield can output Amazon Prime Video in 5.1 DD+ and Atmos. And he thinks his Epson 5040UB projector automatically switches into HDR mode, so we clarify how Epson HDR projectors handle picture mode settings.
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