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HDTV and Home Theater Podcast

The HT Guys, Ara Derderian and Braden Russell, are Engineers who formerly worked for the Advanced Digital Systems Group (ADSG) of Sony Pictures Entertainment. ADSG was the R&D unit of the sound department producing products for movie theaters and movie studios. Two of the products they worked on include the DCP-1000 and DADR-5000. The DCP is a digital cinema processor used in movie theaters around the world. The DADR-5000 is a disk-based audio dubber used on Hollywood sound stages. ADSG was awarded

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Podcast #630: FireTV and Falcon Screens

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2014/04/11

Amazon Fire TV Review Last week Amazon released a set top box the Amazon Fire TV Fire (Buy Now $99) to compete with the likes of Apple, Roku, and a host of others. And of course the HT Guys got a hold of one and put it through its paces. This will be a shorter review than previous boxes because we have done so many and they are essentially the same. Today we’ll focus on the differences. Features: Prime Support — Unlimited access to over 40,000 Prime Instant Videos on your HDTV, including Amazon

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Podcast #629: Sharp 2014 Quattron+ Televisions

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2014/04/03

Sharp 2014 Quattron+ Televisions We mentioned the upcoming Quattron+ technology from Sharp in our CES roundup earlier this year.The tech just got real. Sharp has announced several new LED LCD models for 2014 that feature the technology. Along the lines of JVC’s e-Shift technology we discussed a couple episodes back, Quattron+ looks like a clever bridge between the 1080p LED LCD televisions of today and the 4K and/or OLED televisions of tomorrow. CES Information Sharp Aquos Quattron Plus TV - At

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Blu-ray Review #75: American Hustle

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2014/04/01

4.1 Stars (out of 5) - Rated R Synopsis American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man, who along with his equally cunning British partner and lover are forced to work for a wild unhinged FBI agent who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. Starring: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Jack Huston Director: David O. Russell Blu-ray Release Date: March 18, 2014 Subtitles: English, English

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Podcast #628: New Pioneer Receivers

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2014/03/28

New Pioneer Receivers If you are tired of the long cold Winter then these product announcements from Pioneer should warm your soul. What better way to welcome Spring than with new receivers? Pioneer introduced 5 new models. Pioneer introduced three receivers in their VSX line. At the lower end is the 5.2 channel VSX-824 followed by the VSX-1024 and 1124 both of which are 7.2. These are the first receivers that support HDMI 2.0 which allows for higher data rates and better color that 4K TVs benefit

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Podcast #627: JVC 4K UltraHD Projectors

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2014/03/21

We haven’t spent too much time talking about 4K projectors because, to be blunt, they’re just too expensive to be within reach for us, and for the majority of our audience. While they’re cool to think about, and maybe drool over, why spend too much time on them when you know you’ll never drop $28,000 on a projector? But what if they were a fraction of that cost? At a recent stroll through our local Magnolia Home Theater store inside Best Buy, we happened across a JVC 4K projector for only $5000

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Podcast #626: Interview with Jack Sharkey of Kef...

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2014/03/13

Interview with Jack Sharkey of Kef Speakers This week we sit down and talk with Jack Sharkey of Kef Speakers. Jack shares his experience in making a room that is acoustically unfriendly into a place where Kef can showcase their products. Its a six part series: THE SOUNDROOM PROJECT PART 1. GETTING STARTED. THE SOUNDROOM PROJECT PART 2. THE MIRROR TEST & BASS TRAPS. THE SOUNDROOM PROJECT PART 3. BADA BOOM ON DA BASS. THE SOUNDROOM PROJECT PART 4. SUBWOOFERS, REAR CHANNELS, AND OTHER

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Blu-ray Review #73: Ender's Game

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2014/03/11

Ender’s Game - Blu-ray Review 4.9 Stars (out of 5) - Rated PG-13 Synopsis 70 years after a horrific alien war, an unusually gifted child is sent to an advanced military school in space to prepare for a future invasion. Starring: Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, Abigail Breslin Director: Gavin Hood Blu-ray Release Date: February 11, 2014 Subtitles: English, English SDH, Spanish Rating Overall rating weighted as follows: Audio 40%, Video 40%, Special Features 20%, Movie

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Podcast #625: Gefen TV Wireless Extender for HDMI 60 GHz

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2014/03/07

Gefen TV Wireless Extender for HDMI 60 GHz Through the years we’ve had the opportunity to check out several wireless audio, video and wireless HDMI systems. Everytime we do it, the quality goes up and the price goes down. This week we’re adding one more option to your list of choices for wireless HDMI. It’s the Gefen TV Wireless Extender for HDMI (GTV-WHD-60G). List price is $449. But if you look around, you can find it for around $300 online. The first Gefen wireless HDMI system we reviewed back

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Podcast #624: Channel Master DVR+

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2014/02/28

Channel Master DVR+ Review If you are a cord cutter you know that one thing that is difficult to live without is a DVR. You can buy a Tivo Roamio and pay a smaller monthly service but you cut the cord so you wouldn’t have to pay a monthly charge. What most cord cutters are looking for is a way to record over the air HD without having to pay any monthly fees. Channel Master has you covered with the DVR+ (MSRP $249.99). The DVR+ is a subscription free DVR that allows you to cut the cord and still

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Podcast #623: Home Theater Calibration Disc

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2014/02/21

Home Theater Calibration Disc If you don't think your home theater looks or sounds as as good as it should, you probably want to calibrate it. Calibration is the process of dialing in all the settings on your TV and receiver to optimize the viewing and listening experience for your home. There are a ton of options for this, from buying a calibration disc for the do it yourselfers, buying a calibration system like SpyderTV for the almost do it yourselfers, to hiring a professional calibrator for

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Blu-ray Review #72: Gravity

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2014/02/18

Gravity - Blu-ray Review 4.9 Stars (out of 5) - Rated PG-13 Synopsis Dr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski in command. But on a seemingly routine mission, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalski completely alone—tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the darkness. Starring: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris Director: Alfonso Cuarón Blu-ray Release Date: February 25,

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Podcast #622: Skybell Doorbell Review

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2014/02/14

Skybell Doorbell Last August a listener alerted us to an Indiegogo campaign for a Wifi doorbell that would allow you to answer the door from anywhere in the world provided you had an Internet connection. At that time to contribution was $125 and for that you would helping a startup company bring their product to the market. A product that was supposed to be available around Halloween, then Thanksgiving, then in time for the Holidays. We ended up getting our Skybell in late January but these are the

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Podcast #621: Wireless Headphones

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2014/02/07

Wireless Headphones You’ve probably heard us stress over and over again how important surround sound is to your HDTV and home theater experience. Without surround sound, it’s really just surveillance, not home theater. But we are regular guys too, and we leave in the real world. We know that sometimes you have to make sacrifices and compromises. You aren’t the only one in the house, or the building or the neighborhood. Sometimes that compromise means using a sound bar. Other times it may mean

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Podcast #620: Revolv Home Automation Hub

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2014/01/31

Revolv Home Automation Hub With 2013 being the year of home automation ;-) we saw a bunch of new products come on the scene to make our lives easier. Along with those products came apps for our mobile devices and before long we started suffering from app fatigue. Wouldn’t it be cool if a product could unite all those different technologies into one app! Well today we review a product that is well on its way to do so. The Revolv Home Automation Hub (Buy Now $299) is a new device that will allow you

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Podcast #619: 2014 Time Capsule

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2014/01/24

What’s Hot Right Now (2014 Time Capsule) We didn’t update it in 2013, but back in January of 2012, we put together a snapshot of the then-current HDTV landscape we could refer back to in the future. Since we often look back at the technologies and prices of years gone by with shock and amazement, instead of simply trying to remember what things were like “back then” we built our time capsule. We’re going to update the time capsule and look back at our 2012 snapshot. As we did last time, we took

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Podcast #618: Best of CES

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2014/01/17

CES has come and gone so today we talk about what others have deemed “Best”. We rundown winners (home theater related) from the Digital Trends, Engadget, and CES Innovations. Follow the links for the complete list. Digital Trends unveils its “Best of CES 2014” Award Winners Home Theater: Audio: Philips Fidelio E5 Wireless Surround Speaker System Home Theater: Video: LG 77-inch Curved OLED Engadget BEST STARTUP: AIRTAME - Wireless HDMI for Everyone. With the AIRTAME HDMI Dongle you can

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Podcast #617: CES Roundup

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2014/01/10

Trends at this year’s CES Show: 4K TVs - Actually we saw a lot of this last year as well. Perhaps Braden’s prediction of a 4K TV year may actually come true! OLED TVs - Again, we saw OLED last year too. But this year we saw larger sizes. LG is a big player here. Sound Bars - Now you may be seeing why we decided not to go to CES. Sound Bars are big because the speakers on most modern thin TVs are terrible. But its genius!! This now gives manufacturers an opportunity to sell another piece of

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Podcast #616: 2014 Predictions

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2014/01/03

Predictions for 2014 Time for the HT Guys to look into our crystal ball and try and predict the HDTV and Home Theater landscape for 2014. Our crystal ball is never as clears as a good HDTV but we give it a shot nonetheless. No gimmies this year since we can’t even get those right! Ara’s Predictions: Netflix will have at least 50 4K titles for streaming - Its not really going out on a limb predicting that Netflix will have 4K titles. They’ve said as much. Its the number that I think is the real

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Podcast #615 Prediction Results

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2013/12/26

Predictions Results for 2013 At the start of each new year we look into our high def crystal ball to make our best predictions on what we think the coming year will bring in the way of HDTV and Home Theater. The ball tends to be a bit cloudy, and each year we struggle to even get close to 50%. So let’s take a look at how we thought 2013 would shake out to see how we did. We listed a few “gimmes” up front. The funny thing is that our gimmes didn’t even come through for us: WRONG: Apple will

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Podcast #614: Ultimate Home Theater in a Box

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2013/12/20

Ultimate Home Theater in a Box There are so many Home Theater in a Box systems out there many of which cost less than $400. But seriously, what can you get for $400. A good center channel typically costs more than most HTIB systems on the market today. Each year we try to assemble a Home Theater in many boxes that we would be proud to show off in our homes. Our system will have at a minimum a HDTV, Blu-ray Player, Receiver, and 5.1 speakers. For this feature we choose components that we either have

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