AV Rant #921: Joe Goes to MWAVE
Joe Klusnick returns to guest co-host this week while Tom is away. Paramount and Skydance will merge. Samsung and LG reduce their investments in microLED. MacOS Sequoia adds HDMI Passthrough. And Joe shares his experiences at MWAVE 2024.
Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjByYzY
00:00:00 – Intro
Welcome back to AVRant, Joe!
00:02:39 – What We Watched
Joe watched A Quiet Place: Day One, and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. Rob watched Love Lies Bleeding, and A Haunting in Venice.
00:19:09 – Listeners of the Week
Our Listeners of the Week are Sasi for his PayPal donation, plus our 134 Patreon Patrons.
We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Sasi, Gurinder, and Mark. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!
In the news:
00:21:08 – News: Paramount Merges With Skydance
Paramount Global’s owners have finally found a buyer, but we have some apprehension about Skydance Media’s plans for New Paramount: https://tinyurl.com/2czpdyze
00:26:22 – News: MicroLED Investment Reduction
Samsung Display and LG Display are pumping the breaks on microLED development: https://tinyurl.com/37e5hvkr
00:31:41 – News: MacOS Sequoia HDMI Passthrough
Via Karl: The latest MacOS Beta adds HDMI Passthrough audio, but it doesn’t appear to offer multi-channel lossless formats yet: https://tinyurl.com/3xdvp344
– Techthusiasm’s testing: https://youtu.be/LV7p6vH6VbI
Comments:
00:36:37 – Comment: Nathan – Elite Screens Cinegrey 5D
Nathan’s had a positive experience using Cinegrey 5D ambient light-rejecting projection screen material.
– CarbonBlack was the 0.2 gain material that Rob couldn’t remember the name of: https://www.screeninnovations.com/materials/carbonblack/
00:43:24 – Comment: Sasi – Search, Spreadsheet & Interviews
Sasi shares his method for quickly finding the home theater info he’s looking for. He’s giving away his Subwoofer Selector spreadsheet tool completely for free for anyone to further develop. And where are the AVRant interviews?
– Subwoofer Selector Spreadsheet: https://tinyurl.com/2vvpf82e
QUESTIONS:
00:48:39 – James: Front Wides & Dolby
Why do only certain AVRs put sounds into Front Wide speakers using the Dolby Surround Upmixer? How do you know which do and which don’t? And why doesn’t Atmos always use Front Wides?
01:06:20 – Alex: Audyssey One Calibration Script
We lack first-hand experience, but we discuss what we’ve gleaned about Audyssey One from the Obsessive Compulsive Audiophile.
– Audyssey One: https://youtu.be/iU1ZBsru76M
01:17:55 – Jay: TV & AVR for Mom
Our picks for a new Living Room TV, and a Receiver to power a 3.1 setup.
– TCL Q650G: https://tinyurl.com/2dujp2hm
– TCL Q750G: https://tinyurl.com/bdf4a6pz
– TCL QM850G: https://tinyurl.com/bdfyr6ta
– Samsung S90C QD-OLED: https://tinyurl.com/4uspc7fh
– Yamaha RX-V6A from A4L: https://tinyurl.com/bdv8zken
– Denon X1600H from A4L: https://tinyurl.com/mszmv7j5
– Russound AVA3.1: https://tinyurl.com/3jajzarz
01:29:49 – Joe: HSU In-Walls Discontinued!
The HSU HIW-1 in-wall speakers – a favorite of ours – have been discontinued. What are the alternatives?
– RSL W25E: https://tinyurl.com/bdfk4znj
– OSD Nero IWLCR55: https://tinyurl.com/yc8m989h
– SnapAV Signature: https://tinyurl.com/x4asct5j
01:35:42 – Infinite Gary: Sitting Close & Surge Protection
We get serious for a moment about his OLED Light setting. He’s got a good point about field of view vs comfort. And we probably wouldn’t have even tried a power conditioner he ended up liking.
01:44:26 – Patrick: Bluetooth Remotes Conflicting?
His Zidoo Z20 Pro and SVS PC-4000 can both be controlled via Bluetooth, and he seems to be getting unwanted mixing of commands. But is that really what’s going on? (Spoiler: it isn’t)
01:47:14 – Andrew: HDMI-CEC & Hidden Onkyo Menus
He thought it was necessary to use HDMI-eARC, since his Onkyo NR7100 wasn’t passing through the very best video signal. But CEC is messing things up sometimes. And there might be a hidden solution.
– Onkyo Hidden Menus: https://youtu.be/NXqSJa9jcyo
01:54:09 – Joe at MWAVE 2024
Joe attended this year’s MidWest AV Experience, so he talks about the many awesome experiences and demos so we can all share in the fun!
– https://midwestavexperience.com/
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