We watched Black Widow via Disney+ Premier Access, and Tom’s Xbox Series X gave him – you’ll never guess this – audio troubles.

00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are Brett for his PayPal donation, plus our 126 Patreon Patrons. We also want to thank Jack, Jay, Don, Michael (and his dad), Gurinder, Bret, and John for sending us notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

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In the news:

00:06:07 – Our thoughts on Black Widow
and its opening weekend that included $60 million from Disney+ Premier Access: https://avgadgets.com/black-widow-was-a-success-and-this-changes-everything/

00:14:24 – News: Nintendo announced the Switch (OLED Model):
https://avgadgets.com/nintendo-switch-oled-what-you-need-to-know/

– NBCUniversal movies will stream exclusively on Peacock after theaters for four months, then come to Amazon Prime Video: https://is.gd/T40p1a

– Via Karl – Reavon’s $1,700 UBR-X200 Ultra HD Blu-ray hopes to replace Oppo: https://is.gd/oG9Lm7

Comments:

00:22:06 – Tom’s newest Xbox audio woes

00:28:34 – Comment: Nelson W.’s DIY panels

00:30:43 – Comment: John Q. improved his 3-sub setup

00:36:07 – Comment: John O. recommends Antlion ModMic
– Antlion ModMic: https://is.gd/XSHJcM
– Ablet Boom Mic add-on: https://is.gd/ID4yzb

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Rob went on the hunt for a gaming headset in the $150 – $250 CAD price range. Apparently, nearly everything marketed at gamers is an underperforming rip-off! Listen to the end to hear what he ended up with.

00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are Levi and Kevin for their PayPal donations, plyus our 126 Patreon Patrons, including Rob W. and Fred.
Congrats to DJ. He chatted with Brent Butterworth on the Bright Side Home Theater Podcast, and gave us a lovely shout out: https://www.brightsidehometheater.com/episodes/brentbutterworth
And we appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Bob, Rob W., Andrew, Jay, Billy, and Fred. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

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00:08:22 – In the news:

– YouTube TV is offering “4K Plus” as a $20/month Live TV add-on: https://is.gd/P4UHMp

– Via Karl – Quentin Tarantino bought the Vista Theatre: https://is.gd/ynlA7V

00:11:58 – Comments:

– Andrew thanks us for our honest advice, even when he doesn’t want to hear it. And he shares his latest purchase, made possible by saving money elsewhere.

00:14:47 – Tom tried Xbox bitstream passthrough audio

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00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are Jonathan & Matt for their PayPal donations, plus our 126 Patreon Patrons, as well as Alex for telling Ascend Acoustics his speaker purchase was based on our recommendation. We also want to thank Alex & Jay for their notes of gratitude to us for keeping the podcast going. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

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00:10:04  – In the news:

– Xbox Series X/S can output Dolby Vision at 120 Hz, and LG’s 2021 OLEDs are the first TVs to support it: https://is.gd/9C4bqt
– https://avgadgets.com/what-is-a-qned-tv/

– Designed for Xbox monitors promise features, but not performance: https://is.gd/zfpOhG

– Resolution Games quickly doubled back on Oculus Quest VR in-game ads: https://is.gd/IM00aC

– Via Karl – Netflix has a movie deal with Spielberg’s Amblin Partners: https://is.gd/TOcOvY

– Amazon Fire TV streaming devices finally have Peacock: https://is.gd/baWPCU

00:23:33 – Comments:

– Gurinder sorted out his projector noise issues with JVC, and continues to recommend using shipping pallets to build a riser.

00:26:28 – Jack R. found the j5create JCA374 USB-C Multi-Adapter
lets his Microsoft Surface Tablet output 7.1 audio when other USB-C to HDMI adapters didn’t: https://is.gd/DS2a4e

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00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are Michael and Rafal (apologies for our pronunciation!) for their PayPal donations, plus our 126 Patreon Patrons.We’d also like to thank Jay, Lance, Mark, Dan, Brenda’s Husband/Tara’s Dad (Andrew), and Chad for their notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

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00:10:02 – In the news:

– HDTV Test got a pre-production Onkyo TX-RZ50 Receiver and found it has three fully functional HDMI 2.1 inputs. Plus they have info on other Onkyo, Integra, Pioneer, and Pioneer Elite AVR models, including pricing: https://youtu.be/u9zJOYLYX_U

– Oculus Quest VR games are getting ads, and Facebook wants to you know they thought of lots of ways your private data could be shared, but they won’t do it: https://is.gd/V9HkBM

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00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week

Our Listeners of the Week are our 125 Patreon Patrons, including Niels & Bertrand. We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from Karl, Art, John, Niels, Albert, Jack & Bertrand. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

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00:07:20 – Correction
Last week Rob mistakenly said there wasn’t any way to listen to Atmos Music from Apple Music on a full speaker system via HDMI. Happily, the Apple TV 4K can, in fact, output Atmos Music: https://is.gd/V99eVk

00:10:59 – Denon/Marantz SPK618 HDMI Adapter

00:13:18 – In the news:

– IKEA & Sonos introduced the $199 Symfonisk Picture Frame Speaker: https://avgadgets.com/ikea-and-sonos-symfonisk-on-wall-picture-frame-speaker/

– Apple TV+ will only be free for 3 months with the purchase of an Apple product starting July 1st: https://is.gd/MLbkCZ

– Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to Smart TVs and an Xbox Streaming Stick: https://is.gd/puJnuL

00:21:00 – Comments

– Infinite Gary filled us in on the naming of the TCL Chinese Theatre: https://is.gd/DvIGxq

– Brenda’s Husband, Andrew P., corrects his previous oversight.

00:23:01 – Andrew B.
shares how he built a subwoofer into his seating riser.

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