Episode 32

Patrick and Robert engage great birthdays, eye exams, sweet cinema, brainfarts, LG's new laser projector, HDMI 2.1, and doing UHD Blu-ray playback right.

Patrick Norton and Robert Heron are celebrating the home theater goodness

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So many good things

Happy Birthday: Steven SpielbergThis list...

Robert's regular eye exam

Zeiss online eye examTopCon 3D OCT-1 Maestro eye scanner

Listen for life

Love your earsSamsung's Adapt SoundEqualize w/hearing testBinaural recording"Everybody hears differently"Limit kids' volume intakeNoise-Induced Hearing Loss33dB reduction ear plugs

ELAC Element Series EA101EQ-G

Integrated ampDSP room correction

Tying it up

Velcro™ cable tiesMounted head cable tiesCable tie mounting baseThe Universal Cable Tie

Panasonic doing UHD Blu-ray right

HDTVtest: few do correct color decodingXbox One S incorrect RGB decodingSamsung K8500 undefeatable NRAwaiting UHD test material

New LG laser projector

ProBeam smart projector2000 lumens, 1080pWi-Fi, Bluetooth, apps, sim designPrice/details at CESLooking for an ATSC tuner

HDMI 2.1 at CES 2017

Adds HDR10 dynamic metadataMany unknownsDisplayPort FTW

Sling AirTV Player

Cnet preview Sleuthing by Dave ZatzAdds OTA tuningBuilt-in antennaNetflix/Google support

Value graphics card upgrade

Asus GTX 1060 6GB~2x faster than GTX 680 it replacedAsus GPU Tweak app is nice

4K UHD HDMI Switch in-hand

Sewell 5x1 Switch DeckSeems to work just dandyTested w/1080p + UHD devicesChromecast UltraSamsung UBD-K8500In search of 4K Matrix switch

What we're watchin'

Happy 20th Mars Attacks$9 Blu-rayDie Hard foreverZero EffectSteven Spielberg movies

Audience Q&A

Great low-cost HDMI cablestl;dr AmazonBasics HDMI Cables

@Kido1986 needs a Blu-ray to show off new gear

Ron Fricke directedSamsaraBarakaStar Trek XIThe RevenantMax Max: Fury RoadInceptionThe MartianWizard of OzPlanet Earth II...

One last thought

@kelli217 Tweets the desire for a vodcastTotally doablePatreon goalsPatreon Hangouts

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Recorded on December 21, 2016