Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Oppenhemier, and Barbie reviews! AMC cancels Sightline pricing. Netflix eliminates the Basic Tier. Emotiva BasX MR1L 9-channel Receiver. Denon S670H & S770H Receivers. And is the Steelbook cover for WandaVision that doesn’t come with any Blu-ray discs in it for real?

Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjANEf8

00:00:00 – Intro with WGA & SAG-AFTRA Strike Thoughts

00:15:47 – Listeners of the Week (with a question snuck in)

Our Listeners of the Week are Ryan and Joe for their PayPal donations, plus our 134 Patreon Patrons, including Martin.

We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Brian, Martin, Noel, Shawn, Ryan, and J.R. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

What was the best home theater experience we’ve ever had? Mike, Craig & Jeff from AVScience.com pose that question, and we answer in this segment.

In the news:

00:24:02 – News: AMC Cancels Sightline Pricing

Via Infinite Gary – No more Value, Standard & Preferred seat prices. But they want to put recliners in the front row: https://tinyurl.com/ymc7f7sf

00:28:53 – News: Netflix USA & UK Drop Basic Tier

Pricing jumps from Standard with Ads up to Standard, just like Netflix Canada: https://tinyurl.com/mw494nnn

00:32:53 – News: Emotiva BasX MR1L

9-channel AV Receiver with 13-channel processing: https://tinyurl.com/5n872ame

00:39:51 – News: Denon S670H & S770H

Seems the only difference from last year’s models is taking away all analogue video ports: https://tinyurl.com/586uxkmn

00:41:21 – News: Disc-less WandaVision Steelbook

Confusion over a WandaVision Steelbook cover that doesn’t come with any discs inside: https://tinyurl.com/2rfu4pp8

Comments:

00:43:33 – Comment: Ari – TV Audio Switching

Success after setting HDMI-ARC input selection to manual.

00:44:30 – Comment: Nick – Game Mode Difference

Surprisingly noticeable gameplay improvement.

00:47:40 – Comment: HDMI-CEC Hack

Cover Pin 13 to disable CEC: https://tinyurl.com/4r898aj3

QUESTIONS:

00:50:18 – Dazz: Flip Theater 180 Degrees?

Should he proceed with a renovation? Should he make the back of his theater into the front, regardless?

01:02:54 – Steve: Auto Listening Mode

How to just get straight decoding, no upmixing, automatically.

01:05:34 – Allen: Temper Tantrum TV

Is an LG C2 the right replacement after a child smashed a plasma?

– https://avgadgets.com/oled-in-a-bright-room-can-it-work/

01:11:04 – Brian: Which Ultra HD Blu-ray Player & Cables?

Which UHD Player to get when you don’t have a 4K TV & AVR yet. And when to upgrade HDMI cables.

– https://avgadgets.com/ultra-high-speed-hdmi-cable-do-you-need-one/

– https://avgadgets.com/ultra-high-speed-hdmi-cables-the-least-expensive-by-length/

01:15:57 – Carlton: Outdoor Atmos Configuration

7.0 vs 5.0.2 vs 3.0.4 in an outdoor setup.

– https://avgadgets.com/7-1-or-5-1-2-atmos-which-is-best/

– https://avgadgets.com/are-there-small-av-receivers/

– https://avgadgets.com/av-receiver-buyers-venn-diagram/

– Marantz SR5015 from A4L: https://tinyurl.com/4synw22j

– Marantz Cinema 70S: https://tinyurl.com/2p87d6nj

– Marantz Cinema 60: https://tinyurl.com/yshfa4m8

01:24:30 – Jonathan: Buy Two Lamps?

Do spare lamps have a shelf life?

01:27:58 – Ryan: Finish & Layout for Small Room

Where to buy replacement projector lamps. Finishing a soffit. And planning layout & speaker positions in a small room.

– https://www.projectorcentral.com/projector-lamp.htm

01:40:33 – J.R: Diagram Once-over

Thoughts on proposed positioning and plans.

– https://avgadgets.com/qotd-how-you-should-label-your-atmos-speakers/

01:47:57 – What We Watched Preamble

01:50:06 – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Review

01:56:22 – Oppenheimer Review

02:07:24 – Barbie Review

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