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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Episode #016

Welcome to episode 016 of the AVexcel podcast

Our Patreon supporters make AVexcel possible, and every bit helps

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

• Inside the DOOM Soundtrack

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
    • Spears & Munsil
    • AVS 709 HD
      • White Clipping pattern info (PDF)
• 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

• Avantree BTTC-400

Francois is looking for a 46" 4K TV recommendation

• Suggest 55-inches+ for 4K TV
• Liking the Samsung KS8000

XBox One S

• The smallest Xbox ever
• Project Scorpio in 2017

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Recording date: June 13, 2016