Our Listeners of the Week are our 82 Patreon Patrons, including Grant M., as well as Carl and Tap who both bought subs from SVS during their Memorial Day sale and let SVS know we recommended them.
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In the news:- Via Karl, Tap & Kris
– Universal Music Group has partnered up with Dolby to release thousands of Dolby Atmos music mixes: https://www.universalmusic.com/dolby-atmos-music-experience-music-like-never-before/
– Fusion Research announced their $7,000 4K Genesis Movie Server: https://www.cepro.com/article/fusion_research_4k_uhd_movie_server
– Microsoft’s Project xCloud streaming gaming service can support all existing Xbox One games: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2019/05/24/project-xcloud-more-for-gamers-and-developers/
– Fox announced the Ultra HD Blu-ray of Alita Battle Angel will include both HDR10+ and Dolby Vision: https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1558503366
– Jim B. recommends JBL’s SP6II in-wall speakers and finding deals on: https://slickdeals.net/
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Our Listeners of the Week are Jainan, Patricio, Terry, and Thomas for their donations, also our 81 Patreon Patrons, including Ilango, as well as Dan for sending us some Amazon gift cards, Miguel for telling Parts-Express his Triplett SPL Meter purchase was thank to our recommendation, and Tom for mentioning us to AV Science when he bought his JVC RS540 projector.
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In the news:
– Disney now owns all of Hulu: https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/disney-full-control-hulu-comcast-deal-1203214338/
– Many AV Rant Listeners alerted us that Sound United bought Onkyo and Pioneer: https://www.cepro.com/article/sound_united_to_pick_up_integra_onkyo_pioneer_brands
– The co-founder of Paradigm now owns 100% of Paradigm, Anthem, and Martin Logan: https://www.soundandvision.com/content/paradigm-co-founder-buys-paradigm-anthem-and-martinlogan
– The Sony X800M2 Ultra HD Blu-ray player doesn’t auto-switch Dolby Vision: https://youtu.be/aiij4UzMUi4
– Sony and Microsoft are teaming up for game streaming: https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1558346908
– An iTunes bug downgraded a bunch of 4K movies to HD: https://www.techradar.com/news/itunes-bug-causing-many-users-4k-titles-to-be-downgraded-to-hd
– Carl informed us that all four of the new CalMAN Home calibration software options include full manual calibration workflows: https://store.portrait.com/consumer-software.html
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Our Listeners of the Week are our 80 Patron Patrons, including Mel, as well as Rob W. for letting SVS know his dual PB-1000 purchase was because of our recommendation, and Damien D. for mentioning us to Accessories4Less when he bought a Denon X4400H.
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In the news:
– Samsung rolled out the firmware that adds the Apple TV app and AirPlay 2 to their TVs: https://www.avsforum.com/samsung-launches-airplay-2-and-apple-tv-app-support/
– Via Karl R. – Hub Entertainment Research survey, “Entertainment in the Connected Home”: https://advanced-television.com/2019/05/08/study-just-half-of-4k-tv-owners-have-watched-4k-content/
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Our Listeners of the Week are Adam for his donation, and our 80 Patreon Patrons.
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In the news:
– Netflix announced high-quality audio: https://media.netflix.com/en/company-blog/bringing-studio-quality-sound-to-netflix
– Samsung is launching The Sero, a vertical TV: https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1556546165
– David F. thinks Software Defined Radio could solve gaming controller wireless range issues.- Billy updates us on his subwoofer choice.- @GraphiKungFusion on Instagram made a custom artwork wrap for his SVS PC-2000.
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Our Listeners of the Week are our 79 Patreon Patrons, as well as Johnny D. who talked us up to RBH and Accessories4Less when he bought EP-SB earphones and a Denon X3400H, and Martin D. who’s also a fan of The Expanse and let Tom know season 4 is coming this summer on Amazon Prime Video.
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In the news:
– JBL has released their Stage Series of entry-level speakers: https://www.jbl.com/stage-series.html
– Aperion Audio announced their mid-tier NOVUS Series speakers: https://www.aperionaudio.com/pages/novus
– Jeremy Porter from Porter Edwards | Austin HiFi shared a sneak peak of their first speaker: https://www.porteredwards.com/
– Graham C. let us know about Gizmodo’s take on last weekend’s Game of Thrones episode looking too dark: https://gizmodo.com/a-theory-about-why-last-nights-game-of-thrones-was-too-1834379081
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