AVexcel - Episode 195

AVexcel - Episode 195
Recorded on January 7, 2023
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
- Favorite displays at CES 2023 
  - Bias lighting and a $130 app 
  - A new universal disc player 
  - Shipping rates way down 
  - Front projector shootout 
  - Dolby Vision discs and game consoles 
  - Update: Bathys BT headphones by Focal
  - YouTube favs: Marco Reps, Great Scott, and Big Clive 
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- Email us at ask@avexcel.com
- What we're watching

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AVexcel - Episode 193

AVexcel - Episode 193
Recorded on November 16, 2022
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
- Laser TV Showdown 2022
- Formovie Theater RGB laser projector
- QLED, QD-OLED, and OLED sweet deals
- Flirc Skip 1s universal remote
- The Uno by iFi
- KEF holiday sales
- Epson Smart Gaming Projector
- SVS Prime Wireless Pro SoundBase
- Monolith M518HT THX Certified 5.1 kit
- In search of dumb TVs
- Outdoor TV options
- The Peripheral on Amazon
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- Email us ask@avexcel.com
- What we're watching

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AVexcel - Episode 178

AVexcel - Episode 178
Recorded on April 21, 2022
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
- Netflix + Exploding Kittens
- Account sharing crackdowns
- OLED TV updates and deals
- Linus loves the Epson LS12000 laser projector
- JVC DLA-NP5 review
- RSL Speedwoofer 10S MKII pre-orders
- AC Infinity AIRPLATE cabinet cooler
- Dolby Atmos/surround speaker placement
- Visiting Nanosys
- #askavexcel
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- What we're watching

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AVexcel - Episode 176

AVexcel - Episode 176
Recorded on April 8, 2022
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
- Big screen Samsung 4K calibration
- Samsung’s best 2022 4K QLED
- Xbox HDMI-CEC update
- Audio calibration mic vs SPL meter
- 5.1 upgrade options
- Dolby Atmos installation/setup guides
- Balanced mode radiators
- LG Display's personalized algorithms
- In Deep Geek
- Cyberpunk 2077 updates and audio options
- Gravity Falls
- #askavexcel
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- What we're watching

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AVexcel - Episode 174

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AVexcel - Episode 174
Recorded on March 17, 2022
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
- Samsung S95B QD-OLED TV
- Amazon acquires MGM
- Subpixel love
- Vacuum tube shortages
- Netflix and account sharing
- Cleaning cellphone speakers
- Epson Pro Cinema LS12000
- Polk MagniFi Mini AX
- Cruella
- The Mitchells vs The Machines
- #askavexcel
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- What we're watching

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AVexcel - Episode 173

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AVexcel - Episode 173
Recorded on March 10, 2022
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
- 2022 OLED price leaks
- Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer
- New Denon soundbar
- KEF has a sale
- 85-inch TV recommendations
- AVR pass-through
- QLED vs LCD vs OLED vs QD-OLED vs ...
- The Batman at Dolby Cinema
- #askavexcel
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- What we're watching

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AVexcel - Episode 162

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AVexcel - Episode 162
Recorded on November 29, 2021
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
- Cyber Monday
- The 2022 LG 2-Series OLED TVs
- First Dolby Vision projector
- World-class quiet amp bargain
- Low-frequency effects
- OLED or LCD
- Power cables replacements
- Speaker wire gauge guide
- USB 3.2 Gen2
- AVexcel Patreon Meetup
- #askavexcel
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- What we're watching

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AVexcel - Episode 150

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AVexcel - Episode 150
Recorded on August 12, 2021
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
  - Best Atmos soundtracks 
  - Evil auto-conversion "features" 
  - Criterion goes 4K UHD 
  - Samsung's quantum-filtered OLED 
  - Sweet BenQ 4K UST projector 
  - FLEXOUND Augmented Audio 
  - Monoprice Monolith 13-incher 
- #askavexcel
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- What we're watching

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AVexcel - Episode 117

AVexcel - Episode 117
Recorded on September 7, 2020 
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
- AV news from IFA 2020
- New projector & trends
- Netflix encoding upgrade
- Samsung Display's QD-OLED tech
- New speakers
- VHS, cassettes, and 8-track
- Nvidia's Ampere
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- What we're watching

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AVexcel - Episode 113

AVexcel - Episode 113
Recorded on July 23, 2020 
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
- Quantum dot PC monitors
- LG's overheating TVs
- Great headphones and mods
- Vintage audio gear
- Raspberry Pi awesomeness
- Robert's PC update
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- What we're watching

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AVexcel - Episode 87

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

The rundown: 
  - Cooling Summer heat
  - Sony Master Series TVs
  - Vizio P-Series Quantum TV
  - HDTVTest's TV Shootout results
  - Amazon soon streaming ATMOS
  - Finding a video calibrator
  - DIY subwoofers
  - What we're watching
  - Your excellent feedback & questions 

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AVexcel - Episode 81

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Recorded on May 31, 2018. 
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown: 
  - Premium LCD quirks
  - Display Week 2018
  - Quantum dot tech update
  - AR/VR display updates
  - Nuraphone's BT headphone
  - Bluewave's GET
  - Help selling your gear
  - What we're watching
  - Your excellent feedback & questions 

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AVexcel - Episode 66

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Recorded on December 28, 2017. 
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown: 
  - Welcoming 2018
  - AI assistant deathmatch
  - Love/loath 2017 gear
  - Amazon Video on Android
  - Camera Color Capture
  - HDR10+ on Amazon
  - VESA's new HDR monitor spec
  - Big screen value TVs
  - Subwoofer recommendations
  - Tidal growth
  - Quantum dot update
  - Your excellent feedback & questions 

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AVexcel - Episode 50

Recorded on July 14, 2017 - Patrick and Robert celebrate a milestone with details of Alexa on Android TV, VR's increasing affordability, a little AV101 with LOUDNESS, an interview with the quantum dot masters at Nanosys, and so much more!

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AVexcel - Episode 48

Recorded on June 30, 2017 

Patrick Norton and Robert Heron are upgrading the home theater goodness 

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Sub-$2500 projector delights

Amazon Prime Day

DAC doings

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AVexcel - Episode 44

Recorded on June 1, 2017 

Patrick Norton and Robert Heron are absorbing the home theater goodness 

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The tingly bits

You asked

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

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