Episode 32

Patrick Norton and Robert Heron are celebrating the home theater goodness

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So many good things

• Happy Birthday: Steven Spielberg
  • This list...

Robert's regular eye exam

• Zeiss online eye exam
• TopCon 3D OCT-1 Maestro eye scanner

Listen for life

• Love your ears
• Samsung's Adapt Sound
  • Equalize w/hearing test
• Binaural recording
• "Everybody hears differently"
• Limit kids' volume intake
• Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
• 33dB reduction ear plugs

ELAC Element Series EA101EQ-G

• Integrated amp
• DSP room correction

Tying it up

• Velcro™ cable ties
• Mounted head cable ties
• Cable tie mounting base
• The Universal Cable Tie

Panasonic doing UHD Blu-ray right

• HDTVtest: few do correct color decoding
  • Xbox One S incorrect RGB decoding
  • Samsung K8500 undefeatable NR
• Awaiting UHD test material

New LG laser projector

• ProBeam smart projector
• 2000 lumens, 1080p
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, apps, sim design
• Price/details at CES
• Looking for an ATSC tuner

HDMI 2.1 at CES 2017

• Adds HDR10 dynamic metadata
• Many unknowns
• DisplayPort FTW

Sling AirTV Player

• Cnet preview
• Sleuthing by Dave Zatz
• Adds OTA tuning
• Built-in antenna
• Netflix/Google support

Value graphics card upgrade

• Asus GTX 1060 6GB
• ~2x faster than GTX 680 it replaced
• Asus GPU Tweak app is nice

4K UHD HDMI Switch in-hand

• Sewell 5x1 Switch Deck
• Seems to work just dandy
• Tested w/1080p + UHD devices
  • Chromecast Ultra
  • Samsung UBD-K8500
• In search of 4K Matrix switch

What we're watchin'

• Happy 20th Mars Attacks
  • $9 Blu-ray
• Die Hard forever
• Zero Effect
• Steven Spielberg movies

Audience Q&A

• Great low-cost HDMI cables
• tl;dr AmazonBasics HDMI Cables

@Kido1986 needs a Blu-ray to show off new gear

• Ron Fricke directed
  • Samsara
  • Baraka
• Star Trek XI
• The Revenant
• Max Max: Fury Road
• Inception
• The Martian
• Wizard of Oz
• Planet Earth II
• ...

One last thought

• @kelli217 Tweets the desire for a vodcast
  • Totally doable
  • Patreon goals
  • Patreon Hangouts

Thank you

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Recorded on December 21, 2016