AVexcel - Episode 144

AVexcel - Episode 144
Recorded on June 26, 2021
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
- Save your sweet calibration
- Direct Display Control
- LG OLED 120Hz Dolby Vision
- THX Certified Dominus
- Nits, Lumens, and Lux redux
- Sennheiser Consumer update
- Outdoor projection on a budget
- Soundbar love
- #askavexcel
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- What we're watching

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Episode #018

Welcome to episode 018 of the AVexcel podcast

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This week Patrick Norton and Robert Heron are related to the home theater goodness

HDR madness is afoot

• Dolby Vision vs HDR10
• Dynamic metadata
• LG OLED oddness w/HDR10 playback
• Samsung demos HDR10 w/dynamic metadata
  • Firmware update later this year

seerpea wants a TV w/a light sensor

• Available on many mid-to-premium models
• Good for auto eye-friendly viewing
• Setting often buried in the menus
• Turn off during picture setup

Sound values

• Monoprice 5.1 kit = super bargain
• Energy 5.1 Take Classic kit
• Pair w/decent AV receiver
• Monoprice Pro Audio + Musical Instruments
• Monoprice 8323 headphones

For the love of 3.5mm

• Via The Verge: "Vote with your dollars."
• DRM-free content = more options
• MFi Program certification headaches
• Audeze's SINE Series headphones
• Cypher Labs's Lightning Cable
• Long live the dongle
• Long live IR ports

Tom's going outdoor projection

• Any flat-ish surface = potential screen
• Tape a white sheet to a wall
• Epson Duet 80-inch portable screen
• Gemmy's 12-foot outdoor inflatable
• Camp Chef's 120-inch portable screen
• Stretchy Screens Spandex screens
• Carl'sPlace
  • Outdoor kits
  • Screen material

Calibration time

• More E6 OLEDs
• Return of HDFury
  • Integral 4K60 4:4:4 600MHz
  • "In-te-gral"

Pat's head-related functions

• San Francisco Head-Fi Meet
  • Saturday, July 16, 2016
  • $15/$20
• InnerFidelity - headphone testing hq
• CanJam 2016 thoughts
  • Ossic X 3D Headphone
  • HRTF - Wikipedia
  • PC Gamer's sweet test platform
  • Comply Foam - tips for ear buds

Sounds from Robert

• 1More Headphones
  • Placement was key
  • Tips galore
• Riva S Bluetooth Speaker
• Riva Turbo X Bluetooth Speaker
• Shure's disposable foam tips rock
• Favorite earplugs

Be there for your friends

Enjoy

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Recorded June 23, 2016