Our Listeners of the Week are Virgil for his donation, our 81 Patreon Patrons, and David, Virgil, and Romaine for talking us up to Accessories4Less, Ascend, and RBH.
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In the news, TCL and Vizio are issuing firmware updates to add Dolby Vision from Xbox One S/X support to their TVs, but LG 2016 OLEDs can’t be updated: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2019/04/01/xbox-one-dolby-vision-problems-vizio-gives-its-final-response/. And if you pay for Amazon Prime, you can get 12 months of Nintendo Switch Online for free: https://lifehacker.com/amazon-prime-members-can-get-12-months-of-nintendo-swit-1833692949 .
Herb from Cross-Spectrum Labs reminds anyone installing resilient channels on walls to make sure they’re open-side-up. And We share some of this week’s April Fool’s jokes, including: Emotiva True-Canine Subwoofer: https://emotiva.com/products/airmotiv-sub-woofer ; Pioneer LaserDisc to UHD universal disc player: https://twitter.com/UltraHDBluray/status/1112698690924408835 ; and Monoprice Monolith Cassette Series: https://www.monoprice.com/pages/monolithcassetteseries .
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Our Listeners of the Week are Matt for his donation, our 84 Patreon Patrons, and Matt for talking us up to Ascend, SVS, and Gik, John S., Phil and Mario S. for mentioning us to Accessories4Less, and Curt for talking us up to his friend Andy and SVS.
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In the news, Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas will offer a “Season Pass” subscription service similar to AMC Stubs A-List later this year: https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/20/alamo-season-pass-launching-this-year/ ; https://www.amctheatres.com/amcstubs/alist . WiSA gained new members, including TCL and Atlantic Technology: https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1553167145 . And Apple announced several new services, including Apple: News+, Card, Arcade, TV App, TV Channels, and TV+: https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/25/apple-services-event-most-important-stuff-apple-tv-news-card/ ; https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-tv-app-vs-apple-tv-channels-vs-apple-tv-plus-whats-the-difference/ .
Brian F. heard our advice to keep auto-setup microphone positions fairly close together, and managed to get improved results. Matt works in broadcast TV and explains why Live Atmos isn’t necessarily a lot more complicated, but also why we still might not get it. And J.R. describes how to get both HDR and Atmos working when using the combination of a Samsung TV, Onkyo Receiver, and Apple TV 4K.
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Our Listeners of the Week are Tyler, Joseph, and Daniel for their donations, as well as our 84 Patreon Patrons, and Fred for talking us up to SVS.
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In the news, via Jason & Ted, Boston University researchers created a sound reflecting acoustic metamaterial: https://www.fastcompany.com/90316833/scientists-have-discovered-a-shape-that-blocks-all-sound-even-your-co-workers; https://newatlas.com/acoustic-metamaterial-blocks-sound-not-air/58818/; via Nathan, JVC and Panasonic are collaborating to optimize HDR on projectors: https://www.soundandvision.com/content/jvc-panasonic-team-optimize-big-screen-hdr; and, Google announced Google Stadia, their streaming game service: https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1553021740 .
Shawn W. recalls Lexicon putting their case over an Oppo player. Tap T. shares more details about Yamaha MusicCast custom installation solutions. And Adam M. recommends Infuse Pro for playing Plex content on Apple TV 4K: https://firecore.com/infuse .
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Our Listeners of the Week are Travis, Mark, Gary, Juan, Jonathan, Steve, Todd, Bastian, Matt F., Matt C., Kris, Yanick, John, Brandon, Peter, and Vincent – all of whom donated to the podcast and were eligible for our giveaway draw of a Philips Hue Starter Kit, kindly provided by James “House of Cards” C. Thank you! Also a big thanks to our 84 Pateron Patrons. And Joe K., who talked us up to Outdoor Speaker Depot when he placed a large order.
Congratulations to Todd, whose name was drawn as the winner of the Philips Hue Starter Kit giveaway!
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In the news, CalMAN Home will release in four separate versions in April for $145. Disney said their Disney+ streaming service will have their entire movie library; no more Disney Vault. Via Karl R., Oregon has the last Blockbuster store in the world. And LG Display announced they’ll be making 48-inch OLED panels.
Joe K. recommends making series wire connections all at one location for better organization and easier future expansion, as well as wishing we’d advocate for buying used gear more often. And Infinite Gary and Bryan W. both shared Dr. Floyd Toole’s write-up about his own “real world” home theater.
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Our Listeners of the Week are Travis, Mark, Gary, and Juan for their donations, as well as our 84 Patreon Patrons.
GIVEAWAY: James C. has kindly offered to give away a Philips Hue 2-Bulb Starter Kit. Donate $5 or more to AV Rant before March 11, 2019. We will randomly select one donor’s name and put you in touch with James. If we receive $200 or more in total donations by March 11, James will also include an Echo Dot.
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In the news, Sony is replacing their professional BVM-X300 OLED mastering monitor with the “Light Modulating Cell Layer” dual LCD BVM-HX310, similar to the Hisense dual LCD consumer TV shown at CES. And the BenQ CinePrime HT3550 is a $1,500 4K DLP projector claiming 95% DCI-P3 color capability.
Nathan D. shared a laugh over the $1,300 RELAXA 530 Anti-vibration platform. Moanis shares his experience importing a Panasonic UB420 Ultra HD Blu-ray player. And Derek F. explains why the NVidia Shield and Apple TV 4K can’t play HDR videos on YouTube.
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