Our Listeners of the Week are Jacob for his donation, our 80 Patreon Patrons, including Jeremy, as well as Monty for talking us up to Accessories4Less, Ascend, and SVS, and Christian L. for offering his audio editing expertise.
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In the news:
– details about the PlayStation 5: https://www.wired.com/story/exclusive-sony-next-gen-console/
– Logitech launches the Harmony Express remote, Hub, and app: https://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/harmony-express?crid=60; https://www.cnet.com/news/logitech-harmony-express-builds-in-alexa-to-simplify-tv-systems-for-250/
– Amazon and Google will finally allow Prime Video and YouTube on each other’s devices: https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1555647579
– Netflix beta tests a shuffle mode: https://gizmodo.com/netflix-is-testing-a-feature-to-serve-up-random-episode-1834182934
– Karl shared AVS Forum’s IMAX Enhanced Guide: https://www.avsforum.com/imax-product-guide/
– Joseph used a Dymo Rhino 5200 label maker to print speaker labels on heat shrink tubing: http://www.dymo.com/en-US/rhino-industrial-5200-label-maker
– Jay Edward, welcome to our current episodes if you’ve caught up!
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Our thanks to Lee Overstreet for pinch hitting last week as our guest co-host.
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In the news: All the details about Disney+. And you can finally change your Sony PSN ID, although not without many potential consequences.
– https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1555048013
– https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/every-disney-marvel-tv-show-in-development.html
– https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/10/sony-allows-psn-online-id-change/
– https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/12/sony-automatically-replaces-offensive-psn-ids/
Rob F. warns that even Certified Premium HDMI cables with the hologram sticker aren’t necessarily all equal. And Nick B. thought we’d get a kick our of an AVS Forum member’s 13.4.12 Atmos/DTS:X/Auro-3D setup:
– https://www.avsforum.com/forum/29-what-s-your-system-configuration/2321785-my-11-4-12-franken-atmos-living-room.html
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Our Listeners of the Week are Bryan W. for his donation and for being one of our 82 Patreon Patrons, as well as Keith for talking us up to Accessories4Less, and Jeremy Porter of Porter Edwards | Austin Hi-Fi Speakers who will donate $5 for each person who mentions AVRant to him at the Porter Acoustics booth at Axpona 2019: http://www.axpona.com/ .
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Tom is away this week, so our thanks to Lee Overstreet for pinchhitting as our co-host once again!
In the news, SVS launched their Prime Pinnacle Tower speakers: https://www.svsound.com/products/prime-pinnacle . Via Karl, THX announced their THX Ultimate Cinema: https://www.thx.com/blog/thx-launches-worlds-first-thx-ultimate-cinema-at-regency-westwood-village-theater/ . It’s THX’ own Premium Large Format, so it will require specifically mastered content: https://advanced-television.com/2019/04/02/thx-and-barco-taking-cinema-to-next-level/ . Sony Digital Cinema is Sony’s proprietary PLF: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/sony-launches-branded-premium-large-format-theater-system-1186263 . Netflix no longer works with AirPlay: https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/06/netflix-abruptly-loses-support-for-apple-airplay/ . And Epson released their 5050UB projector: https://news.epson.com/news/4k-diy-home-theater-projectors ; https://www.avsforum.com/epson-home-cinema-5050ub-4k-pro-uhd-hdr-projector-review/ .
Lee V. says Apple TV+ content is highly controlled by Apple to keep it family friendly. Karl R. noticed the Dolby Institute offers Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos creation tutorials: https://www.dolby.com/us/en/professional/content-creation/tutorial-series.html . Kris P. says Xbox One X can play YouTube HDR videos as long as you use something other than the official YouTube app, and he wants more people to sign up to be Microsoft Edge Insiders: https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/ . And Mike S. updates us on his seating riser and soundproofing efforts.
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Our Listeners of the Week are Virgil for his donation, our 81 Patreon Patrons, and David, Virgil, and Romaine for talking us up to Accessories4Less, Ascend, and RBH.
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In the news, TCL and Vizio are issuing firmware updates to add Dolby Vision from Xbox One S/X support to their TVs, but LG 2016 OLEDs can’t be updated: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2019/04/01/xbox-one-dolby-vision-problems-vizio-gives-its-final-response/. And if you pay for Amazon Prime, you can get 12 months of Nintendo Switch Online for free: https://lifehacker.com/amazon-prime-members-can-get-12-months-of-nintendo-swit-1833692949 .
Herb from Cross-Spectrum Labs reminds anyone installing resilient channels on walls to make sure they’re open-side-up. And We share some of this week’s April Fool’s jokes, including: Emotiva True-Canine Subwoofer: https://emotiva.com/products/airmotiv-sub-woofer ; Pioneer LaserDisc to UHD universal disc player: https://twitter.com/UltraHDBluray/status/1112698690924408835 ; and Monoprice Monolith Cassette Series: https://www.monoprice.com/pages/monolithcassetteseries .
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Our Listeners of the Week are Matt for his donation, our 84 Patreon Patrons, and Matt for talking us up to Ascend, SVS, and Gik, John S., Phil and Mario S. for mentioning us to Accessories4Less, and Curt for talking us up to his friend Andy and SVS.
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In the news, Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas will offer a “Season Pass” subscription service similar to AMC Stubs A-List later this year: https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/20/alamo-season-pass-launching-this-year/ ; https://www.amctheatres.com/amcstubs/alist . WiSA gained new members, including TCL and Atlantic Technology: https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1553167145 . And Apple announced several new services, including Apple: News+, Card, Arcade, TV App, TV Channels, and TV+: https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/25/apple-services-event-most-important-stuff-apple-tv-news-card/ ; https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-tv-app-vs-apple-tv-channels-vs-apple-tv-plus-whats-the-difference/ .
Brian F. heard our advice to keep auto-setup microphone positions fairly close together, and managed to get improved results. Matt works in broadcast TV and explains why Live Atmos isn’t necessarily a lot more complicated, but also why we still might not get it. And J.R. describes how to get both HDR and Atmos working when using the combination of a Samsung TV, Onkyo Receiver, and Apple TV 4K.
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