Thankful on Infinite Podcasts! Ara & Braden, the HT Guys from the HDTV & Home Theater Podcast, DJ from the Bright Side Home Theater Podcast, and Lee, Tom & Rob from AVRant will all be getting together to record a special episode for Thanksgiving! We’re really looking forward to it.

Our Listeners of the Week are Alan, Aras, Kevin, Chad & Bertrand for their donations, along with our 122 Patreon Patrons, as well as Steve (from https://www.nextgenhometheater.com/ ) for convincing Rob to try the insanity approach for requesting a PlayStation VR Camera Adapter for PS5 ( https://is.gd/uYFlvb ), Blake for letting Gary Yacoubian, the CEO of SVS, know that his PB-4000 + PC-4000 purchase was thanks to our recommendation, and Stan for telling Ascend Acoustics he bought Sierra Luna Duo speakers after hearing about them from us. We also want to thank Brandon, Scott, Aras, Jay & Chad for their notes of gratitude to us for keeping the podcast going. Thank you all for continuing to listen!

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In the news:

– 0:14:19 AMD announced their 6000 Series Radeon GPUs: https://is.gd/syfrmh

– 0:16:58 Anthem announced their new AV Receivers & Pre-Pros: https://is.gd/FKLPnR

– Netflix USA is raising prices: https://is.gd/NBt138

Comments:

– Herb from https://cross-spectrum.com/ gives us the scoop on the newest miniDSP microphones.

– Nick B. recommends https://www.arrow-player.com/ for horror movies and cult classics.

– Karl R. relays what Denon told him about X8500H HDMI 2.1 upgrades.

– Bob shares the end of the story about getting the power board in his LG OLED replaced.

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AVRant Listeners are really excited about our big Podcast Crossover Event! Ara & Braden, the HT Guys from the HDTV & Home Theater Podcast, DJ from the Bright Side Home Theater Podcast, and Lee, Tom & Rob from AVRant will all be getting together to record a special episode for Thanksgiving! And the response has been amazing. So thank you all so much for your support!

Our Listeners of the Week are Brandon C. for his PayPal donation, and our 123 Patreon Patrons, including Kevin. We also want to thank Kevin, Dazz, Mark, Dan, Jack, Zakir, Nathan & Jason for their notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going. We really appreciate it. And thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

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In the news:

– 0:13:27 HDMI 2.1 problems have been reported for Denon/Marantz & Yamaha AV Receivers: https://is.gd/lCu8Qe
– Sony & LG also ran into 4K/120 VRR and Dolby Vision HDMI 2.1 problems, but have implemented settings workarounds: https://youtu.be/f5VHGEcFX5Q & https://youtu.be/EhnSgwsxlBI
– 0:18:16 AVRant Listener Nathan asks why the HDMI Forum even exists if such problems still happen, and whether HDFury might fix them.

– MiniDSP introduced the $195 UMIK-2: https://is.gd/pGfpBW
– And $550 – $750 UMIK-X: https://is.gd/inrL9l
– UMIK-X includes REW Pro: https://is.gd/LKQ6Ax
– Will Cross-Spectrum Labs calibrate these new models? https://cross-spectrum.com/

– Quibi is dead: https://is.gd/Y6yT9i

Comments:

– Dazz shares updates on his Ascend CMT-340SE replacement tweeters, music listening levels, and his wife’s speaker preferences.

– R.D. recommends the Channels App and Channels Plus DVR: https://getchannels.com/

– 0:30:05 Bob tells his tale of woe trying to get his LG OLED power board replacement.

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0:05:05 We have a Podcast crossover event coming up! That’s right, Ara & Braden, the HT Guys from the HDTV & Home Theater Podcast, DJ from the Bright Side Home Theater Podcast, and Lee, Tom & Rob from AVRant will all be getting together to record a special episode for Thanksgiving!

And we want a question to answer! So if you’ve ever had a question in mind that you wanted answered by six podcast hosts all at once, now’s your chance! Send it to our email: Question at AVRant dot com.

Our Listeners of the Week are our 123 Patreon Patrons, as well as Steve G. for confirming on Twitter that the upcoming Ultra HD Blu-ray release of The Hobbit trilogy will be in 24 fps only, no high frame rate. We also want to thank David, John, and Aaron for sending in notes of gratitude to us for keeping the podcast going. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

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In the news:

– Sony released a firmware update for their “Ready for PlayStation 5” TVs. It adds 4K/120 and eARC, but VRR and ALLM are still missing, and will require yet another firmware update in the near future: https://is.gd/VEvzC4

– Sound United completed their acquisition of Bowers & Wilkins: https://is.gd/ABJ8eP

– LG’s 65″ RX rollable OLED (“Roll-LED”?) can now be purchased…for $87,000: https://is.gd/xyYfeU

– Via Karl – Alamo Drafthouse will convert the lobby of their South Lamar location in Texas into a Video Vortex rental location in order to preserve the rare VHS & DVD collections of Vulcan Video & I Luv Video, which are closing: https://is.gd/rt6Yq9

– Some Disney+ content now has a 12-second, unskippable warning with a link to Disney’s Stories Matter website: https://is.gd/bwQPVS

Comments:

– DJ was told by SVS that their current amplifiers do not have replaceable fuses in them.

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Our Listeners of the Week are Theo and Alan for their donations, along with our 123 Patreon Patrons, as well as Ken for telling Ascend Acoustics his order of nine HTM-200SE speakers was our recommendation, and DJ for letting APC and SVS know we recommended them. We also want to thank Terry, Jeremy, Ilango, Theo, Nathan, and Bertrand for their notes of gratitude to us for keeping the podcast going. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

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In the news:

– Apple held their iPhone 12 event and announced the spherical HomePod Mini: https://is.gd/IZfZeT

– Sony released a teardown video of the PS5 last week: https://youtu.be/CaAY-jAjm0w

– Sony also wrote that the firmware update to add HDMI 2.1 features to their “Ready for PlayStation 5” TVs will arrive between winter 2020 and spring 2021 (but this info is already outdated): https://youtu.be/fBxSs-nJypg

– Marantz released the 11-channel AV7706 Pre-Pro: https://is.gd/8Gnu94

– Pixar’s “Soul” is coming to Disney+ on Christmas instead of theaters: https://is.gd/emPu87

– Netflix Canada prices went up: https://is.gd/0Wr5Ps

Comments:

– Nathan shared an article about the 3Below Theater in San Jose reopening…on their roof: https://is.gd/bOLmtc

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Our Listeners of the Week are Marty for his donation, and our 123 Patreon Patrons, including Bastian, Will, and Richard who shared a humorous video poking fun at AMC Theaters on Facebook: https://is.gd/q2CXr3We also thank Ken S. for talking us up to Parts-Express when he bought a Dayton APA102BT stereo amp. And we greatly appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Bob, Tom, Gary, Nathan, Mike, and Andrew. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!

Pictures shown in this episode:
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In the news:

– 0:17:47 Samsung’s The Premiere Ultra Short Throw LSP 7T & 9T aren’t nearly as expensive as we feared: https://is.gd/NQu5P9

– 0:20:32 Google Chromecast with Google TV (by Google, in case you couldn’t tell) adds a remote, Dolby Vision & Atmos for $50. Is it the inexpensive “does everything” dongle?: https://is.gd/qly7tl

– via Ilango – Roku adds Apple AirPlay 2 and HomeKit: https://is.gd/InSoiv

– Disney-owned movies are finally available in 4K HDR with Atmos via iTunes: https://is.gd/fmtdXX

– Apple TV 4K finally has YouTube in 4K, but no HDR or 4K/60: https://is.gd/boPfZw

Comments:

– Jefferson seconds the RetroTink recommendation for getting older video outputs working with HDMI: https://www.retrotink.com/

– Jeff G. updates us on his house’s grounding, using Pronto Remote codes to get his Receiver working with both a projector and a flat panel, and we discuss his situation with Active and Fiber Optic HDMI cables.

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