Episode #028
Patrick Norton and Robert Heron are on a mission for more home theater goodness
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- Adventures and shoveling dirt
- More Patreon Hangouts
- More coming soon
- We love Berkeley Breathed
JVC Laser 4K projector demo
- JVC DLA-Z1 - HDTVtest preview
- ~$37K USD
- Blue laser + “motorless inorganic phosphor”
- 3000 lumens + 20K hours lamp life
- Larger 100mm lens
- Hybrid Log-Gamma compatible
- 100% DCI P3 color
- Competing w/Sony VW5000ES
Speaker Placement
- Cardas Room Setup & Speaker Placement Guide
- The math for better sound
- Some room shapes work better/worse
- Room audio interaction
- Dolby Surround Sound Speaker Setup
- Experiment with positioning/aiming
- MiniDSP audio processing
- Linkwitz Labs
- KEF T305 Home Theater System
New arrivals: Audioquest NightOwl Carbon
Jonathan from Chicago feels the pain of HDMI
- HDMI updates = outdated AVRs
- Making your current gear last longer
- Decode to LPCM for an AVR lacking a decoder
- Amazon Basics HDMI cable = great
- 4K Blu-ray player w/dual HDMI outputs
- Integrated 4K UHD apps
- HDMI 2.x/HDCP 2.x switchers
- Lots of options for regular HD gear
Austin's looking for a good HDR TV
- LG OLED or a great LCD for less
- All TVs are easily wall-mountable
- First: pick the ideal screen size
- Second: set a comfortable budget
- Amazon's best selling TVs
- Robert's quick TV picture setup guide
- Oppo's awesome universal player
- DarbeeVision
Save $$$ on gear you need
- CamelCamelCamel
- NowInStock
- You haven't waited too long, you're just looking at newer gear
Shawn stumbled upon a quirky review
@evan_adams Tweets the truth
- Significant other knows how to get it done w/IR
- Vanco HDMI extender over Ethernet
- IR Extender Over HDMI
New viewings
- Game of Thrones: Season 6
- The Crown on Netflix
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens 3D
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Orsen Wells' Macbeth
- The Jungle Book
- Better Call Saul
- Bubba Ho-Tep
Patrick goes ELAC
- Uni-Fi speakers
- + Discovery Series DS-S101-G Music Server
- + those headphones
- + DIY Raspberry Pi media players
Guy Named Bob asks about MP4 video tag editing
- Like an ID3 tag editor but for videos
- Send us your suggestions ask@avexcel.com
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Recorded November 17, 2016