Our Listeners of the Week are Robert and Nathan for their donations, our 82 Patreon Patrons, including Brian F. and Steve, and Nathan for meeting up with Tom, Brian for telling Chief we recommended their projector mounts, and Jay Edward for going way back in the AVRant catalogue. We’ll see you when you get here, Jay!
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In the news, Philips will support both HDR10+ and Dolby Vision, but only in Europe. DTS:X for games is coming to Windows and Xbox One. And NVidia G-Sync graphics cards can now work with FreeSync monitors.
Karl R. recommends using your state’s library share card program if your local library isn’t signed up with Kanopy.
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Our Listeners of the Week are Andre for his donation, our 80 Patreon Patrons, including Clarence K. and Mark R., Mike S. for mentioning us to AV Science when he bought his JVC RS540 projector, Bill C. for letting Aperion know we recommended their in-wall speakers, and Alan C. for plugging our podcast when he entered an SVS giveaway contest.
In the news, Netflix prices are going up in the USA. Free streaming services are coming from NBCUniversal and IMDb’s FreeDrive. And DTS:X is coming to TVs in 2020.
Nick B. shared the results of his Shure 1540 vs. Sennheiser HD598 CS headphone comparison. Monoprice’s Monolith HTP-1 9.1.6 Processor will support Auro-3D. And George M. recommends the Russound AB-2.2 push button A-B switch.
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Our Listeners of the Week are Joseph S. for his donation, our 79 Patreon Patrons, including Tapan T., and Brian Z. for telling Accessories4Less that his Denon X3400H purchase was thanks to us, Luke H. for telling SVS that his PC-4000 purchase was because of our recommendation, and Jonathan for suggesting we try Teleprompt.me.
In the news, Panasonic’s GZ2000 OLED is the first TV to officially support both Dolby Vision and HDR10+. Vizio’s full 2019 LCD TV lineup features quantum dots and more local dimming zones. TCL is pursuing mini-LED backlighting. Hisense showed a dual layer LCDdisplay for 2 million zones of local dimming. HDMI 2.1 has arrived with an official 48 Gbps cable name of Ultra High Speed. Ryan T. alerted us that the Chromecast Audio has been discontinued. And Trinnov will have the first Processor with DTS:X Pro.
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Our Listeners of the Week are Fab F., Bastian B., Jason A., and Zachary O. for their donations via PayPal, along with our 76 Patreon Patrons, and Justin B. for talking us up to Blue Jeans Cable, and Frank P. for confirming our comments are working on our website again with his kind message for Lee Overstreet.
In the news, from CES:
Donald G. recommends the Niles SPK-1 for A-B switching two different amplifiers. Karl R. shared a Sound & Vision article: 65 Years Ago Today: The First Color TVs Arrive. Jackson L. strongly recommends keeping TVs upright during transportation. And Gary F. shared a pic of his completed home theater.
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Happy New Year! Our Listeners of the Week are our 73 Patreon Patrons, including Gib G. And James C. for the Amazon gift cards he sent to Tom and Rob as Christmas presents. If you’d like to support AV Rant with a one-time donation, you can do so via PayPal.
Tom is still on holiday break this week, so Rob H. is joined by Lee Overstreet.
In the news, Mark from Accessories4Less let us know that the Focal Bird Series is truly at an end now. A potential replacement are the Boston Acoustics A-Series, with the SoundWare 4.5 being a great Little Bird alternative. Oppo released beta firmware adding HDR10+ to their discontinued Ultra HD Blu-ray players. Pioneer announced HDR10+ via future firmware. And TCL joined the HDR10+ group. LG has a 21:9 TV with motorized speakers, rollable OLED, DTS:X & Atmos Soundbars, and the HU85L Ultra Short Throw Laser 4K projector. Dirac has a multi-subwoofer module for Dirac Live. 2018 LG OLEDs have a weird flashing issue; and HDTV Test figured it out.
Austen Pond still has QSC USA 850 amplifiers for sale. Kris I. and Earle confirmed what the Subwoofer Level Adjust setting does. Kris P. shared some helpful tips for navigating Amazon Prime Video. Ted M. shared his story of detailed turntable setup, and what he got for Christmas for his theater. And Damien D. let us know that 7.1 streaming content does exist.
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