AV Rant #962: Distress
Nintendo Switch 2 will launch June 5, but initial pre-orders have been delayed in the US (and now Canada), and more Switch 1 games than we thought aren’t backwards compatible yet. Sony showed off their full 2025 BRAVIA Lineup. Kaleidescape’s Strato M is their least expensive player yet. And the JBL Synthesis SDP-80 gets HDMI 2.1.
Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjC8m8D
00:00:00 – Intro
Stress behind the scenes!
00:18:54 – What We Watched
Rob watched Flow.
00:30:38 – Listeners of the Week
Our Listeners of the Week are Laurence for his PayPal donation and lovely note, plus our 131 Patreon Patrons, including Brandon.
We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Dan, Eddie, Brandon, Kevin, Jorge, Gurinder, and Dazz. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!
In the news:
00:36:10 – News: Nintendo Switch 2
It’s launching June 5. It’s more capable and more expensive than anticipated. And it might get even more expensive after pre-orders were delayed (now in Canada, too). There are also more Switch 1 games that aren’t backwards compatible yet than we expected.
– Won’t Boot at All: https://tinyurl.com/mud2xpvu
– Glitches After Booting: https://tinyurl.com/5n6zh3p8
00:46:32 – News: Sony 2025 BRAVIA Lineup
New TVs, a projector, and SoundBars with dumb naming choices that already mess up Sony’s efforts to simplify by just calling everything BRAVIA: https://tinyurl.com/2s35ehdk
01:02:24 – News: Kaleidescape Strato M
Would you step down from 4K to 1080p, but keep Dolby Vision & lossless Atmos, to save $2,000?
– https://www.kaleidescape.com/strato-m-movie-player/
01:10:29 – News: JBL Synthesis SDP-80
The replacement for the SDP-75 gets HDMI 2.1: https://tinyurl.com/4ank8sjp
Comments:
01:12:21 – Comment: Dan – More Great SVS Service
Yet another tale of SVS customer service going above & beyond.
QUESTIONS:
01:14:32 – Sasi: New Go-To Speakers?
We made our list of (more than) 9 go-to speakers for Dazz. Might that already change with the Arendal 1961 Series?
01:27:03 – Eddie: Arendal or Ascend
He specifically asks about two very different price points going head-to-head.
– https://www.erinsaudiocorner.com/loudspeakers/arendal_1961_tower/
01:41:32 – Infinite Gary: IndieWire on Theater Costs
Leasing projectors helps a little, but running a movie theater costs a lot.
– IndieWire article from 2023: https://tinyurl.com/34ruh7pk
01:51:15 – Brandon: 3rd Party Audyssey Software
Should he try new Audyssey Editor App enhancement software now that he’s made a change to his system?
– https://www.youtube.com/@ocaudiophile/videos
02:02:28 – Kevin: Value of DTS:X Pro
Just how useful is DTS:X Pro, anyway?
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