It’s the return of Tom! Like, for real. We catch up on his current situation, say lots of thank yous, and answer some home theater and AV questions like we’re almost back to normal. TCL CSOT held their DTC2024 conference and showed off inkjet printed OLED displays that are ready for mass production, and a prototype QDEL display that’s also inkjet printed.

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00:00:00 – Welcome Back, Tom!

We catch up on Tom’s current living situation, and express our gratitude for all the support Tom has received from our AV Rant Listeners.

And thanks again to https://www.anker.com/ for providing Tom with a Solix Portable Power Station, GaN Prime Power Banks, and other helpful items following the two hurricanes.

00:16:51 – A Second AVRant Episode This Week!

We’re easing Tom back into things, and we never got to Lee’s and Joe’s final discussion topics before Tom’s return! So keep an eye out for AV Rant #943 later this week for even more home theater & AV questions answered!

00:20:22 – What We Watched

We both watched the first few episodes of the second (and final) season of Arcane: League of Legends on Netflix. And Rob watched Transformers One.

00:45:42 – Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are Dan and Raf for their PayPal donations, plus our 132 Patreon Patrons, as well as Ryan for offering to send Tom an NHT SC-1 Center speaker and possibly a Mirage Omni S8 Subwoofer. Thanks to Sasi, Vince, Tony, and Raj for the free items that have now been delivered to Tom. Thanks to Greg for talking us up to Ascend Acoustics.

And we appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Mohsen, John, Hector, Tony, Raf, Carlos, David, and Marc. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

In the news:

00:54:07 – News: TCL CSOT Inkjet Printed OLED & QDEL

At TCL CSOT’s DTC2024, they showed an inkjet printed OLED that’s ready for mass production, and a prototype QDEL display: https://tinyurl.com/fryjkcbk

QUESTIONS:

01:00:27 – Andrew: Lithium Ion Replacement for APC UPS

His APC Back-UPS battery backup originally came with a lead acid battery. He bought a lithium ion replacement that quickly died. What went wrong?

01:06:45 – Ilango: 50″ TV for Home Gym

Our recommendations for something not too expensive.

– TCL 50Q651G: https://tinyurl.com/upannwa7

– LG 50UT7570: https://tinyurl.com/bdhbxu24

01:13:52 – Adriano: Kickstarter Projector?

With a constant image height screen, an anamorphic lens he’d like to get rid of, and a hole in a wall for a projector lens, is a Lifestyle projector with some hype on Kickstarter the right upgrade?

– Epson TW9400: https://tinyurl.com/4xf3ef7u

– TCL 98C755: https://tinyurl.com/3mhrxkm3

01:32:11 – John D: In-Wall Speakers Behind Panels

He made thicker acoustic panels with oversized cut outs to cover his in-wall speakers. Everything sounds better now. But should he bump out his speakers because people on the internet said so?

01:40:25 – Mohsen: Black Recliner Seats

He found some suspiciously inexpensive seats on Amazon Australia. Rob has a suggestion. Tom’s advice is better.

– Valencia Australia: https://valenciatheaterseating.com.au/

01:45:57 – John M: Receiver Upgrade Time

He just got a new TV, but his Receiver is from 2009 and he’s having HDMI-ARC and lip sync issues. Is it time to upgrade?

01:52:29 – Hector: 55″ OLED as Computer Monitor

He needs a very large computer monitor with plenty of height. What are the pluses & minuses of using a 55″ LG OLED TV?

– How to Turn Off Auto-Dimming: https://tinyurl.com/4bpdmpcp

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