Podcast Archives - AV Rant

Plex’ new universal search, watchlist, and discovery features are surprisingly good right out of the gate. Klipsch’s new entry-level looks promising. And YouTube joins us in the 1990’s with 5.1 audio. Check out Tom’s newest novel, Touch of Pain, on Amazon. Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzKnWD 00:00:00 – IntroRob’s getting ready for the 6th and […]

Rob’s early take on setting up and using the Sofabaton X1 Universal Remote. Is it the Harmony replacement we’ve been hoping for? Check out Tom’s latest novel, Touch of Pain, on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3JRVzSu Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzJuvA 00:00:00 – IntroRob’s been catching up on Supergirl, and Tom has started Moon Knight and saw Turning Red, […]

Tom has a new book available! Download Touch of Pain on Amazon.We’ve got lots of discussion about DIY subwoofers, IMAX, and how absolutely nothing of interest happened at this year’s Oscars. Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzHB51 00:00:00 – IntroTom watched The Adam Project and Dune. 00:02:11 – Touch of PainTom released a new novel!Purchase “Touch […]

We’ve reached another milestone! And we celebrate with the most professionally executed giveaway ever!We cover Epson’s Home Cinema LS11000, Audyssey’s ACM1-X calibrated mic, LG & Samsung OLED prices, Apple Movie purchases & rentals disappearing, and Netflix cracking down on password sharing.Thank you all so much for sticking with us for 800 episodes! Here’s to 800 […]

Lee Overstreet is our guest co-host this week while Tom is away on vacation. And it’s your last chance to join our Patreon before we randomly select one Patron next week to receive an open box UMIK-1 and SPL Meter. Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzFTLt 00:00:00 – IntroCatching up a little with Lee. Rob started […]

Ads on Disney+, and new parental controls thanks to Netflix’ Marvel TV shows. Reavon released the universal disc player their fans asked for. And Tom toughs it out with a bad back, no punches pulled! Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzF3X1 00:00:00 – IntroNo quick movie review from Rob this week, but Tom watched Always Be […]

Wanna get a UMIK-1 and an SPL meter for as little as $1? Listen for the details of our giveaway!Sony’s promised VRR update has finally arrived for their TVs, and they also unveiled the PS VR2 headset. We talk a lot about remotes this week. And a fast one is pulled; you’ll have to stick […]

Sound United bought by a medical company. Samsung’s first QD-Display model. And lots of suggestions to save money and not buy things this week. Just raining on so many parades. Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzDm5L 00:00:00 – Intro Having fun with our quick movie reviews. This week, Rob watched Dune…part 1 of it, anyway. And […]

It’s a bittersweet farewell from a long-time listener. But he didn’t want to leave without giving something back. So send us your suggestions for how we should give away an open box UMIK-1 and an SPL meter.Then we dig into QD-OLED prices, Epson’s 4K Laser projector, and MoviePass 2.0 tracking your face to make sure […]

We go in-depth on playing 4K Atmos streams on a 1080p TV, what your printed panels will actually look like, and why we’d happily add a projector to an OLED, but not swap one for the other. Plus unusual cylinder sub ideas, a great Listener take on which acoustically transparent fabric to get, and much […]

An unusual week behind the scenes means a shorter episode, and there’s one listener who asks a whole alphabet’s worth of questions! Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzB2Ff 00:00:00 – Intro an Listeners of the Week Our Listeners of the Week are Gregory & Jonathan for their PayPal donations, plus our 135 Patreon Patrons, as well as […]

Our movie review disagreements were short-lived. Some SVS in-wall sub details. Wishing we had better news for attached dwellings. And bagging on Activision and REL. Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzzUhv 00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week Our Listeners of the Week are Gav for his PayPal donation, plus our 136 Patreon Patrons, including Bertrand […]

We kick off with an Eternals movie review before tackling Netflix’ price hike, warning against updating your NVidia Shield right away, and another Monolith Series release from Monoprice. You’ll also want to stick around until the end for an impromptu venting session that lives up to our AV Rant name! Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzz4Hr 00:00:00 […]

We wrap up CES coverage, Tom reviews a gaming headset, and we share some short takes on recent Disney+ releases at the very beginning and the very end (stay tuned past our sign off). Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzyfeJ 00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week Our Listeners of the Week are Kevin, Julian […]

Welcome to a whole new year of your home theater and AV questions, answered! We recorded this episode prior to the first full day of CES 2022, so it’s only pre-CES news for this week from LG, Samsung, and JVC. Pictures shows in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzxqiT 00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week Our Listeners […]