AVexcel - Episode 192

AVexcel - Episode 192
Recorded on November 6, 2022
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
- Holiday TV deals
- Roon 2.0 update
- Modulus M2 4K Movie Server
- 3rd gen Apple TV 4K
- NAD's 50th anniversary
- Sonos fixed its sub
- Nifty mount for Sonos One speakers
- Regulating TV power consumption
- Verifying Netflix viewing figures
- Netflix profile transfer is available
- Netflix Basic with ads arrives
- YouTube Premium Family Plan price hike
- Judging Amazon reviews
- The Film Foundation screening event
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- Email us ask@avexcel.com
- What we're watching

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AVexcel - Episode 190

AVexcel - Episode 190
Recorded on August 14, 2022
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
- Remembering Anne Heche
- /r/TVTooHigh subreddit
- HBO Max + Discovery+
- More Blu-ray player tricks
- More Ad-supported streaming
- Monolith M518HT THX 5.1 speaker kit
- AVR amp/wattage specs suck
- Floor-rising projection screens
- LG HU915QB 4K laser projector review
- Emotiva Airmotiv T3+ loudspeakers
- New art for Ikea Symphonisk speakers
- Value Electronics 2022 TV shootout results
- Color saturation and Pointer's gamut
- /r/AVexcel subreddit
- Sandman on Netflix
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- Email us ask@avexcel.com
- What we're watching

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AVexcel - Episode 175

AVexcel - Episode 175
Recorded on March 30, 2022
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
- 2022 LG OLED pricing/availability
- LG C2 OLED panel lottery
- Disney+ edits Netflix Marvel acquisition
- Android's Apple TV app problem
- Spotify pays $7B in 2021
- HLG and HGiG calibration
- Audyssey Labs calibrated mics
- 1MORE PistonBuds Pro
- Active noise cancellation
- Analyzing your viewing habits
- Loudness normalization
- #askavexcel
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- What we're watching

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AVexcel - Episode 144

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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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AVexcel - Episode 142

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AVexcel - Episode 142
Recorded on June 3, 2021
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
- Mare of Easttown
- Samsung's 4K RGB Laser Projector
- Apple TV 4K Gen 2
- Return of Alamo Drafthouse
- VAVA responds to Epson
- Short-throw projector hell
- Brightness vs. black level
- Replacement headphone pads
- Taco Chronicles
- Doom Eternal rocks
- So much calibration
- #askavexcel
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- What we're watching

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AVexcel - Episode 137

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AVexcel - Episode 137
Recorded on April 29, 2021
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
- 4K120 fix for Denon/Marantz AVRs
- Xbox audio passthrough beta
- More OLED rumors and great deals
- Apple TV's Color Balance tested
- HDR vs screen life
- Projecting HFR
- Amazon + LOTR = $$$$
- OLED temperature check
- Update your graphics drivers
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- What we're watching

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AVexcel - Episode 136

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AVexcel - Episode 136
Recorded on April 20, 2021
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
- Caavo lives
- CalMAN's Aurora Color Engine
- The new Apple TV 4K
- Ted Lasso Season 2
- Shure Aonic 50 review
- Bowers & Wilkins PI5 & PI7 headphones
- Epson EpiqVision Ultra LS500 on sale
- Great gaming headsets
- 2021 TV rumors
- #askavexcel
- Great home theater gear
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- What we're watching

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AVexcel - Episode 118

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AVexcel - Episode 118
Recorded on September 10, 2020 
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown:
- Moving a giant TV
- New Sony projectors
- Netflix encoding upgrade
- Xbox Series X does 4K Blu-ray
- Sony OLED deals
- New Bose earbuds
- Apple TV app on Vizio
- Amazon Music HD
- Your excellent feedback & questions
- What we're watching

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AVexcel - Episode 101

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AVexcel - Episode 101
Recorded on April 5, 2019. 
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown: 
- 2019 TVs
- Roku Channel adds HBO
- Record Store Day
- Apple TV app
- Big screen TV deals
- Video calibration basics
- MakeMKV vs 4K Blu-ray
- To DAC or not to DAC
- What we're watching
- Your excellent feedback & questions

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AVexcel - Episode 56

Recorded on September 14, 2017. 

Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown: 
  - Apple TV goes 4K
  - CEDIA 2017 roundup
  - New laser projectors
  - Sweet looking screens
  - Superb speakers for all
  - Useful AV gear
  - Cordcutting grows
  - Your excellent feedback & questions 

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AVexcel - Episode 53

Recorded on August 17, 2017 

Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron 

The rundown: 

  • Netflix vs Disney 
  • Star Trek Discovery 
  • MQA on Tidal 
  • Apple going 4K 
  • Canon does color in the dark 
  • Excellent feedback & questions 

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AVexcel - Episode 41

Recorded on May 11, 2017 

Episode 37

Recorded on February 22, 2017 

Patrick Norton and Robert Heron are recovering the home theater goodness 

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Pat's audio exploration

Caavo

Calibration apps: Apple TV

Your AV answers

Value '4K' UHD TV considerations

  • Most do superb HD
  • Most lack color/brightness for good UHD
  • Cheat by lowering picture contrast

Eye-candy picks of the week

Robert's Calibrated Mic

Kubo and the Two Strings

Samsung Q8 arrives

  • Brushed stainless chassis/stand
  • Curved screen design
  • >1500-nits + dang good DCI

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