Episode 33

Patrick Norton and Robert Heron are still celebrating the home theater goodness

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Recent doings

• Robert's stuck CC fix
  • Pro tip: pull the plug
• DS9 on Netflix
  • Overly compressed
  • Interlaced artifacts

RIP Carrie Fisher

• Definitive obit of General Leia Organa
• The Blues Brothers
• One Perfect Shot
• Postcards From The Edge
• Wishful Drinking

HandBrake v1.0.0 arrives

• 13 years of solid updates
• Intel's Quick Sync Video
• VP9 encoding
• UHD color pass through

Great Blu-ray gear

• Oppo UDP-203 in the wild
• No apps + HDMI input = OK
• Reference Quality Video

Improving speech comprehension

• IEEE article
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• OSU researchers training neural networks
• 'Classifier' recovers desired sound
• The "cocktail party" problem
• Huge improvements
• Next gen: adaptive learning

Here comes (pre) CES

• Samsung
  • M9500 UHD Blu-ray player
    • Adds front display
    • BT output + 4K apps
  • HQ audio tech
• The Digital Entertainment Group
  • Hi-Res Audio Pavilion

Chris from Calgary's timing Atmos

• Atmos Blu-ray/streaming title list
• AVR options abound
• Pre-amp possibilities
• Class-T amplifier

@StaggeredSix tweets crew support

• Help us grow the show

For the love of a bucket of burgers

• PT's Pub is heaven
• ...yes PT's Pub

Evan tweeted a stack

• Sub affecting hard drives
  • We guess no problemo
• Heat is some concern

Hsu Research

• Expert subwoofer crafting
  • VTF-1 MK3 Subwoofer
• ...or the Monoprice

Josh from NJ is moving toward projection

• Room light control is key
• Smaller screens help brightness
• Avoid taking lens setup to extreme
• Calibration tips
• Lambertian reflectance
• Wirecutter: best projector screen

Bob's home theater toddler

• Minimize low-hanging fruit
• Short HDMI cables
• Tie/wrap/channel it up
• Enclose sensitive area

Boe's tweeting for DAC/AMP

• Schitt Fulla 2 DAC/Amp
• Audioengine D1 DAC
• Mayflower Electronics
• JDS Labs
  • The Element
  • ODAC
  • Objective2
• AudioQuest Dragon Fly DAC
• LG V20's sweet sound

Tyler brings 4K UHD BD PC playback clarity

• HW good to go
• SW not so much
• Blu-ray.com forum link

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Recorded on December 28, 2016