Episode #016
Welcome to episode 016 of the AVexcel podcast
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This week Patrick Norton and Robert Heron assist with the home theater goodness
E3 Expo and WWDC went down this week
Robert appreciating the glory of DOOM
New Blu-ray and UHD Blu-ray releases
- Point Break
- Hail Caeser
- Ghostbusters and GB2
- Independence Day
- Vinyl: The Complete First Season
- Star Trek XI
- Star Trek - Into Darkness
- Green Zone
- Rollerball
- Rollerball (2002)
- Eddie the Eagle
- The Brothers Grimsby
Checking the top torrents (tor)
The death of the Xbox One DVR
- Promised recording of OTA TV
- Recommended alternative OTA DVRs
- TiVo Roamio 1TB + lifetime service
- Channel Master DVR+ review
- Mediasonic Homeworx
Apple's WWDC coverage via The Verge
- New Apple TV/tvOS apps & updates
- Sling TV
- Fox Sports Go
- NBA 2K
- Minecraft Story Mode
- Sketch Party
- tvOS has 6,000 apps - 1300 video related
- App to feature-match Siri Remote
- YouTube voice search
- Single Sign-on
- Live channels
Apple's Home for iOS 10
- Control all your HomeKit products
- Control4 vs DIY
- Patrick's dying blinds
- Program that remote
Robert doings
- Samsung UI/UX Lab tour
- Watching every button press
- Iterative evolutionary process
- Nanosys lab
- Start to finish tour
- Emphasis on materials safety
- LCD color filters
- QLED TVs in 3-5yrs
- Nanosys pics
AVexcel doings
- Play Store coming soon
- We grow on the support of our audience
- Thanks to everyone who has sent us an email, tweet, Reddit, and/or positive thought
Dave wants to know if he can enjoy UHD Blu-ray on his PC
- Most PC Blu-ray drives won't read UHD Blu-ray discs
- Some LG BDXL drives will read UHD BD discs
- Need an HDCP 2.2/HDMI 2.0a GPU
- Playback software (BD only)
@josefabres0600 wants to optimize TV's contrast setting
- Using DVD/BD player as source device
- Check player setup using TV's movie preset
- Good test discs
- Quick contrast setup
- Reduce contrast to 50%
- Increase until peak white levels disappear/change color
- Reduce contrast to return detail/minimize color shifting
Matt in North Carolina asked about adding Bluetooth audio support
Francois is looking for a 46" 4K TV recommendation
- Suggest 55-inches+ for 4K TV
- Liking the Samsung KS8000
XBox One S
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Recording date: June 13, 2016