AV Rant #934: Six, Fifteen, or Thirty

Tom shouldn’t be here! Wish him luck during hurricane Helene! Masimo ousted CEO Joe Kiani from their board and fully intends to sell off the former Sound United companies. The National Association of Theatre Owners is investing $2.2 billion over 3 years to improve cinemas. And Sofabaton showed their new X2 Remote at CEDIA.
Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBJNpE
00:00:00 – Intro
00:07:55 – What We Watched
Rob is rewatching Parks and Recreation, he saw the first (excellent) episode of The Penguin, and watched Civil War. Tom is rewatching New Girl, saw the first two episodes of Agatha All Along, and watched Lucy, and The Killer.
00:34:56 – Tom’s Chair
Tom likes his new office chair enough to keep it: https://amzn.to/3MNy1kT
00:36:21 – Listeners of the Week
Our Listeners of the Week are our 133 Patreon Patrons, as well as Jefferson for talking us up to AV Science, and Sasi for offering to send one of us his Harmony Elite Remote.
We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Stefan, Jefferson, Kevin, and David. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!
In the news:
00:41:56 – News: Masimo Ousts CEO from Board
An activist investor has seized control of Masimo’s board, and ousted CEO Joe Kiani as a board member, with intentions to sell off Masimo Consumer: https://tinyurl.com/ycx3e3ru
00:44:45 – News: Theatre Owners Invest $2.2 Billion
The National Association of Theatre Owners announced a 3 year, $2.2 billion investment to improve cinemas: https://tinyurl.com/wbkx665
00:48:01 – News: Sofabaton X2 Touchscreen Remote
We wish there were more details and coverage, but Sofabaton had a prototype of their new X2 Touchscreen Universal Remote at CEDIA: https://tinyurl.com/2s4fndkk
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