Episode #008

Patrick and Robert discuss the latest home theater news, lens cleaning redux, PC cleaning, protect your display, TV deals, SiliconDust tuners, calibration training, and what they are enjoying on the big screen this week.

Welcome to episode 008 of the AVexcel podcast

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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 lensUse a blowerDon't touch the lens

PC cleaning must-haves

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

Protect your investment

Ceiling mount a projectorWall mount a TV

1080p TV deals are vanishing

4K UHD TVs are the new 1080pThe best 2016 UHD TVs excel at deliveringHigh dynamic range (HDR)Wide color gamut (WCG)Ideal screen size for viewing distance

Get your 4K on (now)

4K UHD streaming options4K UHD Blu-ray player

Keith's TV doesn't decode the VP9 codec

Licensing codecs is expensiveRoku 4 has 4K UHD 30fps VP9 playbackNASA 4K video looks sublimeChrome supports VP9 (no surprise)

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Richard is curious about SiliconDust tuners

Raspberry Pi + Kodi setupSiliconDust network tunerSynology network attached storage (NAS)Western Digital My Cloud NASSiliconDust HDHomeRun DVR

AV calibration training

AVS calibration forumTHX trainingImaging Science Foundation (ISF)Customer education is keyEnjoy what you do

Tom asks if it's OK to copy calibration settings

It's not idealPlasma TVs were an interesting exceptionBasic TV picture setup is easy

Luxury headphones

V-MODA Crossfade M100Bowers & Wilkins P7

A great week for new Blu-ray releases

Bogart and BacallThe Big SleepKey LargoThe Graduate (The Criterion Collection)Pixar's The Good DinosaurDeadpool 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 PlayerLots of 4K streaming optionsVUDU doing Dolby Vision + AtmosNetflix per-title encode optimizationCan I Stream.it - find that streaming movieInterstellar: Blu-ray vs iTunes vs AmazonBenefits of ripping your CDs

Chris wonders why his gear freezes/crashes

Simplify setup to one deviceLine conditioners for clean powerTripp Lite LC1200APC LE1200

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Recording date: February 22, 2016