AVexcel - Episode 79

Recorded on May 3, 2018. 
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown: 
  - May 4th festivities
  - Tuning room sound
  - Affordable speaker cable options
  - Big TV bargains
  - Budget AVR upgrade
  - Drop-down TV mounts
  - ATSC 3.0 follow-up
  - Your excellent feedback & questions 

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AVexcel - Episode 40

Recorded on May 4, 2017 

Patrick Norton and Robert Heron are nurturing the home theater goodness 

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

Time to double-check the levels

May the 4th be with you

• SFGate - 11 movies that inspired Star Wars

Bandwidth sucking neighbors

• A good network helps
• Better CPUs on UHD streamers
• The beauty of discs

Patrick's MiniDSP project

• Creating sub-channel from stereo source

Vizio is Vizio again

• CTO dropping P-Series details
  • Thank you, @FmHolty
• *logarithmic

So many lumens

• Epson Home Cinema 1450
• 3LCD, 1080p, 4,200-lumens
• Light-rejecting screens

Scott's in search of a great $500 TV

• Consider screen size first
• Built-in apps generally suck
• Add an HDMI switch if needed
• The best $500 TV
  is a projector
• We love Hisense and TCL too

Pat's interview preview

• Audeze
• MrSpeakers
• More next week

What we’re watching

• Planet Earth II in UHD Blu-ray
• Thankful for Unlocator
• Archer - season 8
• LOTS of IP cameras
• American Gods
• The Get Down

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Episode #014

Welcome to episode 014 of the AVexcel podcast

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This week Patrick Norton and Robert Heron flow with the home theater goodness

May the 4th (be with you)

• Star Wars: Despecialized Edition

4K doings

• LG's new E6 OLED TV arrives
• Earthlapse on Apple TV
• Nasa's 4K "Epic" footage
• UHD Sun spotting

More eye candy

• Turner's FilmStruck streaming
• Steam streaming movies
• Universal: 100 UHD BD movies in 2016
• Netflix bringing HDR Marvel titles
• Amazon: Man in the High Castle in HDR

55-inch showdown: 1080p vs 4K at 9-feet

Blockers & VPNs

• Netflix and others blocking VPN/blockers
• Unlocator to the rescue
• Generate a new MAC address

@thomassully wants to enjoy HD audio on an iPad

• Apple camera adapter kit + external DAC/amp
• VLC for iOS plays FLAC
• High Resolution Technologies' i-dSp
• Astel and Kern AK100
• FiiO High Resolution player

Comcast relaxes data caps (for some)

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Recording date: May 4, 2016