AVexcel - Episode 185

AVexcel - Episode 185
Recorded on June 9, 2022
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
- FOMO's 2023/2024 OLED roadmap
- KEF LSX II
- Outdoor speaker options
- Home theater audio upgrades
- Open-box gear warranties
- Replacing a surround sound processor
- Patreon hangout ideas
- The joys of Cyberpunk 2077
- SDR OLED isn't bright enough
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- Email us ask@avexcel.com
- What we're watching

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AVexcel - Episode 165

AVexcel - Episode 165
Recorded on December 23, 2021
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
- Holiday Cheer
- HDMI 2.1a for gamers
- Asahi Kasei Microdevices
- Spider Man: No Way Home
- LG's Pre-CES news
- YouTube TV vs Disney+
- Emotiva's sweet 13.2 processor
- Managing music collections
- Personal espionage slab
- 3D audio plug-ins
- Marine traffic tracking
- #askavexcel
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- What we're watching

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AVexcel - Episode 107

AVexcel - Episode 107
Recorded on April 10, 2020 
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
- The joy of software-defined radios
- Netflix binging habits
- Stay-at-home streaming deals
- Samsung ending LCD production
- Prime Video playing nice w/iOS
- WiFi 6 has arrived
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- What we're watching

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AVexcel - Episode 45

Recorded on June 9, 2017 

Patrick Norton and Robert Heron are igniting the home theater goodness 

Our Patreon supporters make AVexcel possible, and we thank 'em all 

The tingly bits

• Tired of 720p broadcasts
  • In a 4K world...
  • <1M video pixels on 8MP TVs
• Oppo 203 gets Dolby Vision update
  • Thank you, @Locobooff
  • DV movies arrive
    • Despicable Me
    • Lego Batman
    • Fate of the Furious
    • Power Rangers
• Apple's WWDC17
  • Amazon (video) on Apple
  • AirPods + tvOS 11 = automagic
• NVIDIA SHIELD update loves NAS

Pat's Buffy-o-rama

• SD-to-HD or SDR-to-HDR
• Buffy is a butt
• Nerdist article
• Gizmodo's take
• The Verge details a mess

Your awesome feedback

• Jeff needs a 55-inch TV
  • Budget ~$2k, then OLED
  • Otherwise, go good 2017 LCD
• Much love: Optoma 4K projectors
  • UHD60
  • UHD65
  • Projector Central's 4K DLP article
• @chrishoage reminds us that CableCARD + PLEX = OK

AV101

• Geoffrey Morrison's HDMI explainer

Eyeballs on...

• NBA Finals in glorious 720p
• Civ 6
• John Wick
• Wonder Woman

Listening time

• Amber Rubharth
  • Sessions from the 17th Ward
• Chesky Records
• Vandersteen 2ci
• Tekton Mini Lore

Thank you 

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AVexcel - Episode 44

Recorded on June 1, 2017 

Patrick Norton and Robert Heron are absorbing the home theater goodness 

Our Patreon supporters make AVexcel possible, and we thank 'em all 

The tingly bits

• Plex Live TV for OTA enthuasiasts
• 4K broadcasting spec getting closer
• Toshiba's new OLED
• BOE's 'true QLED'

You asked

• @tomprossima asked about sdr-to-hdr conversion
  • Film has incredible contrast/color performance
• Mikkel inquired if stereo is enough in a 4K world
• Josh asked about the (potential) beauty of a look up table (LUT)

Patrick Norton's super-interview w/Audeze co-founder and CEO, Sankar Thiagasamudram

Thank you

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