AV Rant #999.9y: Liminal Rob, Tom Crawls
AV Rant #999.9y: Liminal Rob, Tom Crawls
RTings’ How To Use a Smart TV Offline guide. Samsung ending QLED? LCDs getting more expensive. What we watched wasn’t for us.
RTings made a step-by-step guide for How To Use a Smart TV Offline. Samsung appears to be winding down their QLED TV moniker. All LCDs will get more expensive. And we watched and read popular content that isn’t for us.
Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjD6ghQ
00:00:00 – Intro
00:04:20 – What We Watched
Rob watched Backrooms. Tom read the first three books in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series.
00:42:06 – Listeners of the Week
Our Listeners of the Week are our 119 Patreon Patrons, as well as Aaron for sending movie codes for us to test.
We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Mike, Rob S, James, Adam, Aaron, Bertrand, Galen, Jorge, Dev, and Ilango. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!
In the news:
00:46:21 – News: RTings’ Smart TVs Offline Guide
A helpful, step-by-step guide for how to use pretty much every brand of TV without any internet connection: https://tinyurl.com/zxv9fkr7
00:50:44 – News: Samsung Ending QLED?
Recent production cuts suggest the QLED moniker is stepping aside: https://tinyurl.com/ew4nmhhp
00:53:44 – News: LCDs Getting More Expensive
The manufacturers of the actual LCD panels have warned that prices are going up: https://tinyurl.com/4rbk6w7j
Comments:
00:56:25 – Comment: Ilango – Sofabaton X1S Success
He had his Sofabaton X1S Remote sitting in its box for a long time. But now that it’s finally open, it turned out pretty good.
QUESTIONS:
00:59:23 – Manuel: LPF for LFE
Perhaps our least favorite AV Receiver setting gets explained.
01:05:18 – Dazz: Ascend Models & CD Transports
Can we explain the slight different he hears between the Ascend HTM-200SE and CBM-170SE speakers? Which would be better as Front Wides? How small can Surrounds be? What if you use smaller Main speakers? And what’s the deal with CD Transports vs. CD Players?
01:26:07 – Steve: Acoustic Panels & SBIR
He thankfully avoided foam panels…perhaps by accident. We discuss the front wall and side wall panels he ought to get. And also REW tutorials and what to look for regarding SBIR.
– https://avgadgets.com/should-i-add-acoustic-foam-to-my-home-theater/
– GiK REW Tutorial: https://youtu.be/tLUClxjUTC4
– ASR’s REW for Dummies: https://tinyurl.com/3tx44wyr
– Acoustimac DIY: https://tinyurl.com/d26ahcf6
– AcousticART: https://tinyurl.com/uxtay32u
01:36:30 – Mike: Living Room Upgrades
We make recommendations for a new TV stand, whether he needs an external amp, adding a bit more room treatment, subwoofer choices, and a surprisingly singular speaker brand choice.
– Universal TV Stand: https://tinyurl.com/yc78d8nh
– Whalen 3-in-1 TV Stands: https://tinyurl.com/4dzueyvx
– AcousticART: https://tinyurl.com/uxtay32u
– KEF R-Series: https://tinyurl.com/2hppeybu
01:54:50 – Jacob: Motion Smoothing
He shared some example videos where he thinks the motion on screen looks overly smoothed. We’re pretty sure he just got used to judder.
02:01:38 – Stan: Damping Factor
We deep dive into audio amplifier damping factor.
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