Podcast Archives - AV Rant

Happy New Year! HDMI got a new spec. Monoprice got new Monolith Class-D amps. TCL got their Google TVs back on store shelves. And Rob got an Optimus Prime! Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzwCdf 00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week Our Listeners of the Week are Bob, Billy, and Jason for their PayPal […]

Tom reviews the Monolith M1070 planar magnetic, open-back headphones. Audyssey launched MultEQ-X.  HDMI Licensing has declared HDMI 2.0 no longer exists. And we tackle a ton of questions. Packed show! Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzvTt4 00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the WeekOur Listeners of the Week are Chad for his PayPal donation, plus our […]

Fun collection of questions this week, including: bias lighting, Dynamic HDR Enhancer vs HDR Optimizer vs dynamic tone mapping, acoustically transparent drywall, a ground-up theater planning session, and much more! Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHsmXg5eRF 00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the WeekOur Listeners of the Week are our 137 Patreon Patrons, including Mel, as well […]

Lots of interesting comparisons this week: QD-Display vs OLED, PlayStation Plus vs Xbox Game Pass, 75" TVs, XLR vs DMX cables, 2 seats vs 3 seats, LG CX vs C1, acoustically transparent vs below the screen, and SVS Prime vs Ultra. Plus a bunch of other questions, too. Enjoy! Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmXdFXcB

Samsung’s quantum dot OLED TVs get a marketing name. But don’t expect them to rival LG OLED prices and sizes any time soon. We also dig into the confusing limitations of certain streaming apps on certain streaming devices, and why even an HD Fury can’t help. Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHsmXbUgu2 00:00:00 – Intro & […]

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Welcome to Thankful in the Multiverse of Podcasts! It’s our 2nd annual 3-show, 6-man crossover event between the HT Guys, Ara & Braden, from the HDTV & Home Theater Podcast, DJ from the Bright Side Home Theater Podcast, and Tom, Rob & Lee from AV Rant Podcast. We chat about what we’re thankful for this […]

Monoprice has a new affordable series of Monolith Encore speakers. And we go extra long this week to get to more of your home theater and AV questions! Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHsmX7QgJg 00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week Our Listeners of the Week are Jonathan and Gav for their PayPal donations, plus […]

Our 2nd Annual Thanksgiving get-together is coming up soon! The HT Guys, Ara & Braden, DJ from Bright Side Home Theater, and Rob, Tom, and Lee will all take part in a crossover event episode! And now’s your chance to ask a question for all six of us. Send it in quick! Pictures shown in […]

Our 2nd Annual Thanksgiving get together with the HT Guys (http://www.htguys.com/) and The Bright Side Home Theater Podcast (https://www.brightsidehometheater.com/) is coming up! So send us a question you’d like answered by Tom, Rob, Lee, Ara, Braden & DJ! Tom appeared on Bright Side Home Theater to talk about The Crow, and the origins of AV […]

Denon announced new 8K Receivers, but not quite what we were hoping for. Lovesac StealthTech puts Harman Kardon speakers in your sofa. And Roku might drop YouTube. Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHsmX1HYgz 00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the WeekOur Listeners of the Week are our 132 Patreon Patrons, as well as Jack C. for sending […]

Back to normal! And Tom got his happy birthday wishes…belatedly. We have some interesting discussions about Vizio’s 2022 TV lineup, attaching fabric to walls & ceilings, and figuring out if you need diffusion, plus so much more. Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWXV8Hd 00:00:00 – Intro, DC & MCU– All the news from DC FanDome ’21: https://tinyurl.com/madj7h5h– […]

It’s a second episode in one week! Playing some catch up here. Rob is joined by Lee Overstreet to tackle our backlog of questions after a week off. Sony is trolling us. And Zappiti has new media player models. Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWXhmJ8 00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week Our Listeners of […]

Did ya miss us? We’re back after an extremely rare week off for us. We weigh in on the YIO Remote 2 on Kickstarter, and why we suspect Epson’s new 4K laser projector models actually use native 1080p resolution panels.And we’ll have a second episode in just a few days to catch up on what […]

A stealth Denon AV Receiver launch gives us hope for even more models with more than one HDMI 2.1 input this year. And pre-production Sofabaton X1 reviews seem like mostly good news, too. Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWSQzW4 00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week Our Listeners of the Week are Eric and Randall […]