AVexcel - Episode 71

Recorded on February 15, 2018. 
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown: 
  - OTA antenna setup
  - Caavo next-gen remote
  - Thoughtful HomePod testing
  - Vizio TVs add Alexa
  - Smart TV security issue
  - Phase vs. Polarity
  - Your excellent feedback & questions 

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AVexcel - Episode 51

Recorded on July 21, 2017 

Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron

The rundown:

• Affordable HDTV reception
• Dolby Cinema's milestone
• Tweeter upgrades
• The people's UHD TV
• Answering your awesome questions

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AVexcel - Episode 46

Recorded on June 15, 2017 

Patrick Norton and Robert Heron are building the home theater goodness 

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The tingly bits

More 4K projection

• Optoma's $2000 4K wonder
• Dell's 5000-lumen Laser
• Christie Digital D13HD-HS
  • Blue + red lasers can do wide color
  • 11,500 ANSI lumen
  • 4.5x the cost of the Dell
  • Not 4K, but that color...

AV101 - a quiet base

• Quiet rooms make for better listening

Sweet Q&A

• Mike wants a UHD disc player w/Dolby Vision
  • Oppo UDP-203/UDP-205 or bust
  • Chance: Xbox One S future update
• James considers a Definitive setup
  • Definitive Technology
  • ProMonitor 1000
  • BP9060
• Kevin's looks at OLED TV burn-in
  • aka uneven pixel wear
  • aka permanent image retention
  • More robust than plasma
  • Less than LCDs
  • Modern projectors very burn-in resistant
  • Mix up viewed content

OTA adventures

• Upgraded flat antenna
• WallTenna
• Live channel goodness

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Episode #008

Welcome to episode 008 of the AVexcel podcast

Our show grows through audience support, and every bit helps

This week Patrick Norton and Robert Heron are enveloped in home theater goodness

HBO's Vinyl
 
Hosko's lens cleaning rules

• Don't touch the lens
• Use a blower
• Don't touch the lens

PC cleaning must-haves

• Metro Vacuum's DataVac 500
• Metro Vacuum's DataVac Pro

Protect your investment

• Ceiling mount a projector
• Wall mount a TV

1080p TV deals are vanishing

• 4K UHD TVs are the new 1080p
• The best 2016 UHD TVs excel at delivering
  • High dynamic range (HDR)
  • Wide color gamut (WCG)
• Ideal screen size for viewing distance

Get your 4K on (now)

• 4K UHD streaming options
• 4K UHD Blu-ray player

Keith's TV doesn't decode the VP9 codec

• Licensing codecs is expensive
• Roku 4 has 4K UHD 30fps VP9 playback
• NASA 4K video looks sublime
• Chrome supports VP9 (no surprise)

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Richard is curious about SiliconDust tuners

• Raspberry Pi + Kodi setup
• SiliconDust network tuner
• Synology network attached storage (NAS)
• Western Digital My Cloud NAS
• SiliconDust HDHomeRun DVR

AV calibration training

• AVS calibration forum
• THX training
• Imaging Science Foundation (ISF)
• Customer education is key
• Enjoy what you do

Tom asks if it's OK to copy calibration settings

• It's not ideal
• Plasma TVs were an interesting exception
• Basic TV picture setup is easy

Luxury headphones

• V-MODA Crossfade M100
• Bowers & Wilkins P7

A great week for new Blu-ray releases

• Bogart and Bacall
  • The Big Sleep
  • Key Largo
• The Graduate (The Criterion Collection)
• Pixar's The Good Dinosaur
• Deadpool preorder (spring 2016)
• Love on Netflix

Rotten Tomatoes purchased by Fandango

• Fandango picked up Flickster too

Ron wants the best streaming service

• Sony FMP-X10 4K Media Player
• Lots of 4K streaming options
• VUDU doing Dolby Vision + Atmos
• Netflix per-title encode optimization
• Can I Stream.it - find that streaming movie
• Interstellar: Blu-ray vs iTunes vs Amazon
• Benefits of ripping your CDs

Chris wonders why his gear freezes/crashes

• Simplify setup to one device
• Line conditioners for clean power
  • Tripp Lite LC1200
  • APC LE1200

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Recording date: February 22, 2016