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AV Rant #929: Put a Normal Person in the Room

August 29th, 2024 Tom

Epson’s new Q-Series projectors go for high brightness and high prices. Kaleidescape announced their highest-capacity 123 TB solid state Terra Prime Server. Portrait Displays released their new C6 HDR5000 Colorimeter along with a strange rebate offer. And Chick-fil-A needs its own streaming service for some reason.

Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBEWT8

00:00:00 – Intro

Time to watch some chicken-based reality and game shows: https://tinyurl.com/ycz8833x

00:09:46 – What We Watched

Rob watched Evil, which had its Series finale. And Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Tom continued watching Twisted Metal.

00:33:14 – Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are Sasi for his PayPal donation, plus our 131 Patreon Patrons.

We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: James, Sasi, Terry, and Martin. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

In the news:

00:35:47 – News: Epson Q-Series Projectors

Via Sasi – We talked about the QB1000 last week. Now we know its price is higher than we thought. And the QL3000 and QL7000 are even brighter and cost even more: https://tinyurl.com/3x45e69h

00:40:43 – News: Kaleidescape 123 TV Solid State Server

Via Joe – The highest-capacity Terra Prime Server uses solid state drives and costs $65,000: https://tinyurl.com/2js2tn2e

00:44:04 – News: Portrait Displays C6 HDR5000

The newest colorimeter is guaranteed to be accurate up to 5,000 nits. It costs the same as the old C6 HDR2000. The bundle with CalMan Home remains a good deal. But don’t do the rebate offer: https://tinyurl.com/rty7n93c

QUESTIONS:

00:55:50 – Brad: Dirac vs Audyssey & Onkyo Digital Filter

He tried Dirac at its defaults on his Onkyo and thought it sounded better than Audyssey on his Denon, even after using the Editor App. Plus, what is Onkyo’s Digital Filter setting?

01:07:42 – Mohsen: Surrounds, Wides, Subs & HD Fury

We discuss what we think he should buy and not buy, and whether his HD Fury could be doing more in his setup.

01:19:47 – Henry: Foam Panels on the Ceiling

On our advice, he replaced most of his foam acoustic panels with insulation. But what about his ceiling?

01:22:07 – Sasi: On Behalf of Brandon & MTM Centers

We discussed Brandon’s basement theater last week. Sasi has questions and suggestions on Brandon’s behalf. Plus we dig into MTM Center speakers.

– SVS Cylinder Subs: https://tinyurl.com/4f8h4yv2

– Silver Ticket 1.4 Gain White Screen: https://tinyurl.com/yvmceh62

– SeymourAV Glacier White PS Material: https://tinyurl.com/4uwmeyxt

– JVC DLP: https://www.jvc.com/usa/projectors/dlp/lx-nz30b/

– Costco Karson Reclining Sectional: https://tinyurl.com/j5rvcze6

– Ascend CMT-340SE2 Center: https://tinyurl.com/4c4ms3a3