Home Theater Geeks (Video)

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What's Home Theater Geeks (Video) about?

Scott Wilkinson, online editor of the AVS Forum, interviews the leaders and pioneers behind today's home theater technology. Each week Scott explores the technologies behind your screen.

Although the show is no longer in production, you can enjoy episodes from the TWiT Archives.

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Home Theater Geeks (Video) episodes:

09.28.2017
HTG 373: Audio Mastering at The Bakery - The secrets of audio mastering.
Mastering engineer Eric Boulanger talks about the process of mastering audio for music recordings. Topics include how he got into audio engineering after being a professional violinist, the process of mastering (especially for vinyl), the "loudness wars" (or as Eric...
09.21.2017
HTG 372: HDR Deep Dive - Benefits and challenges of HDR.
Color-imaging scientist Jack Holm digs deep into high dynamic range. Topics include color volume, what artists might do with an expanded palette of colors and brightness, the actual dynamic range of most images, accurate versus preferred images, the difference between...
09.14.2017
HTG 371: CEDIA 2017 Roundup - What was hot at CEDIA 2017
Journalists Mike Heiss, Mark Henninger, and Tom Norton join host Scott Wilkinson to talk about what they saw and heard at the CEDIA Expo 2017. Topics include the new Sony projectors, such as the market-disrupting VPL-VW285ES ("4K for under $5K");...
09.07.2017
HTG 370: Headphone Q&A - Answers to headphone questions.
Tyll Hertsens, headphone maven and editor-in-chief of InnerFidelity.com, answers questions from the chat-room. He starts with a new killer headphone for less than $100, then discusses a variety of topics, including dual- and multi-driver headphones, balanced-armature drivers, whether or not...
08.31.2017
HTG 369: Bringing Cinema Home - Rating cinema performance.
Personal-cinema architect John Bishop discusses how he rates the performance of commercial cinemas with a 100-point scale, which provides a benchmark for how home cinemas should perform. In this episode, he focuses on the visual aspects, including viewing geometry, flat-field...
08.24.2017
HTG 368: All About Aspect Ratios - Getting the aspect ratio right.
Personal-cinema architect John Bishop talks about movie aspect ratios and how to accurately reproduce them. Topics include the aspect ratios of different movies through history, how some movies (such as Dunkirk and The Dark Knight) use more than one aspect...
08.17.2017
HTG 367: Immersive Audio for VR - VR and binaural audio.
Audio engineer Bob Schulein talks about his work combining immersive binaural audio with virtual reality. Topics include the difference between VR for gaming and music recordings, different techniques for capturing binaural sound, head tracking, combining immersive audio with 3D video,...
08.10.2017
HTG 366: The World According to Bob Carver - Amp guru Bob Carver talks tech.
Audio legend Bob Carver talks about what he's been up to lately with his new company, Bob Carver Corporation. Topics include tube amps and why they continue to be so appealing, new approaches to tube-amp design, increasing tube longevity, amplifier...
08.03.2017
HTG 365: Quantum Dots and MicroLEDs - What are quantum dots?
Nanomaterial expert Peter Palomaki talks about quantum dots and microLEDs and how they apply to video displays. Topics include what quantum dots are, how they function, what they're made of, why cadmium-based quantum dots work best but are toxic, new...
07.27.2017
HTG 364: Chat-Room Q&A - Answers to chat-room questions.
AVS Forum Associate Editor Mark Henninger and host Scott Wilkinson spend a pleasant hour answering questions from the chat room. Topics include why home projectors don't yet implement Dolby Vision, 4K/UHD projectors in the $2-3K price range, home-theater lighting control,...
07.20.2017
HTG 363: 2017 TV Shootout - Digging into the annual event.
Video technologists Joel Silver, Matt Murray, and Mark Henninger join host Scott Wilkinson to discuss the 2017 TV Shootout held during CE Week in New York City. Joel headed the event, Matt set up the entire system and was one...
07.13.2017
HTG 362: Samsung QLED & HDR10 Summit - All about quantum dots & HDR10.
Video specialists Joe Kane, Geoff Tully, and Ron Williams join host Scott Wilkinson to talk about the two-day Samsung QLED and HDR10 Summit we all recently attended. Topics include what quantum dots are, current use of QDs in video displays,...
07.06.2017
HTG 361: Surrounded by Music - Music in 5.1 surround sound.
Composer John Keane talks about his latest project, a 5.1-channel album of electroacoustic music on Blu-ray. Topics include his background as a recording musician from the age of 10 or so, various recording projects, his current studio, conceiving the new...
06.29.2017
HTG 360: THX Update - What's new at THX? Lots!
THX CTO Scott Francis talks about the company's work in commercial - and home - cinema certification, product certification, and technology development. Topics include history of THX, some technical details of the iconic signature sound called Deep Note, a new...
06.22.2017
HTG 359: Whole-Home Audio, Riva Style - The tech of Riva's WAND system.
Don North, president and chief designer at Riva Audio, talks about the company's WAND (Wireless Audio Network Device) whole-home audio speakers, the Arena and Festival. Topics include driver designs, passive radiators, built-in class-D amps, Wi-Fi networking, closed versus open architecture,...
06.15.2017
HTG 358: LG 65C7 OLED TV - Evaluating the LG 65C7 OLED TV.
Calibrator David Abrams and host Scott Wilkinson talk about the LG 65C7 OLED TV. Topics include the features of this TV, the pre-calibration measurements of grayscale and colorimetry, the SDR calibration results, the effect of the color-management system (CMS), which...
06.08.2017
HTG 357: Mixing Music to Chill By - Chill music mixed to taste.
Grammy-nominated surround-sound engineer and electronic musician David Miles Huber talks about his new ambient album, GAMmA. Topics include how he conceived the project and started recording, his exclusive use of hard-panned stereo tracks for each instrument, working in several studios...
06.01.2017
HTG 356: The Future of Displays - Deep inside display technology.
Journalists Chris Chinnock of Insight Media and Mike Heiss of Residential Systems and TWICE join host Scott Wilkinson to talk about what we learned about the future of display technology at DisplayWeek 2017. Topics include color conversion of blue light...
05.25.2017
HTG 355: Star Wars' 40th Anniversary - Mixing the sound of Star Wars.
On the 40th anniversary of the theatrical release of Star Wars, 3-time Academy Award-winning re-recording mixer Mike Minkler talks about his work on that seminal movie. Topics include how he first got hired to work on the sound, the process...
05.18.2017
HTG 354: Going Out of Your Head - Headphone virtualization.
Darin Fong talks about his headphone-virtualization software called Out of Your Head. Topics include a quick summary of head-related transfer functions (HRTFs), how Darin wanted to simulate the effect of listening to a speaker-based stereo system in headphones, how he...
05.11.2017
HTG 353: Sony A1E OLED TV
In the first of an ongoing series of TV reviews on HTG, calibrator David Abrams starts with a description of his studio environment and measurement and calibration process, followed by a detailed analysis of the Sony A1E OLED TV. We...
05.04.2017
HTG 352: Immersive Hearing
Kaushik Sunder, research scientist at Ossic, talks about how humans hear in three dimensions. Topics include the anatomy of the ear, head-related transfer functions (HRTFs), and how they affect the spectral balance of what we hear based on the direction...
04.27.2017
HTG 351: NAB 2017
Calibrator David Abrams, journalist Mike Heiss, and consultant Geoff Tully talk about what they saw and learned at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2017 convention this week. Topics include the first live 4K stream from space, the ATSC 3.0...
04.20.2017
HTG 350: The Future of Cinema
Video guru Joe Kane talks about what he saw and learned at CinemaCon 2017, the trade show for commercial-cinema owners. Topics include the lengths to which theater owners will go to attract customers, such as augmented-reality lobby posters, first-class airline...
04.13.2017
HTG 349: The Best Blu-rays & UHD Blu-rays
Ralph Potts, Blu-ray reviewer for AVS Forum, talks about his home theater system and his favorite Blu-ray and UHD Blu-ray titles, including some of the best titles for image quality in both HD and UHD, immersive audio, and 3D. He...
04.06.2017
HTG 348: The Audio/Video Landscape
Brian Markwalter, Senior VP of Research and Standards at the Consumer Technology Association, surveys the current landscape of the audio/video marketplace. Topics include highlights from CES 2017, the state of virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR), beginning work on VR/AR content-creation guidelines,...
03.30.2017
HTG 347: Television: Past, Present, and Future
Technology consultant and historian Mark Schubin talks about the history of television, including how opera inspired the idea of remote listening and viewing. Next, he traces the development of TV technology, starting in 1843 with Alexander Bain's patent for a...
03.23.2017
HTG 346: Audio Science and Immersive Sound
With so much more to discuss than we could get to last week, host Scott Wilkinson continues his conversation with Paul Hales, founder of Pro Audio Technology. This week, he explains why he believes that audio science is relatively unrefined,...
03.16.2017
HTG 345: Rooms, Speakers, and EQ Curves
Paul Hales, founder of Pro Audio Technology, talks about room correctionâor as he prefers to call it, room compensation. Topics include some of his fundamental principles of room EQ, sound directivity from various objects such as violins and speakers, how...
03.09.2017
HTG 344: LG OLED TV Review
Journalists Chris Boylan from BigPictureBigSound.com, Caleb Denison from DigitalTrends.com, and Robert Heron from HeronFidelity.com join host Scott Wilkinson to talk about their recent trip to San Francisco for a deep dive into the 2017 LG OLED TVs. Topics include the...
03.02.2017
HTG 343: HPA Tech Retreat 2017
Entertainment-technology consultants Geoff Tully and Ron Williams, just back from the 2017 HPA (Hollywood Professional Association) Tech Retreat, talk about some of the main topics of discussion at the event. Paramount among them was high dynamic range (HDR), which Geoff...
02.23.2017
HTG 342: The Audio Alchemist
Peter Madnick, Chief Alchemist at Audio Alchemy and veteran member of the audio industry, talks about various audio topics, including his history in the industry, vinyl records, phono-cartridge alignment, linear-tracking tonearms, Audio Alchemy's merger with ELAC, analog versus digital audio,...
02.16.2017
HTG 341: Inside Sony Technology
Philip Jones, Product Technology Manager for Sony Electronics, talks about some of the concepts and technologies used in the company's TVs. These include the importance of color volume in the world of high dynamic range (HDR), the perceptual effects of...
02.09.2017
HTG 340: Binaural Beamforming
Peter Otto, Chief Scientific Officer at Comhear, explains audio beamforming. Topics include wave interference and how that can be manipulated to create narrow beams of sound, the difference between listening to music on headphones versus speakers, how conventional 2-channel speaker...
02.02.2017
HTG 339: The Ultimate Home Theater in a Box
Master designer Theo Kalomirakis talks about how he got involved in designing home theaters and what led him to his latest venture called Rayva. The concept is to offer pre-designed, packaged home-theater systems for rooms of various sizes at various...
01.26.2017
HTG 338: All About JVC Projectors
JVC Chief Engineer Rod Sterling digs deep into the technology used in JVC projectors. Topics include the history of their development, the difference between LCD, DLP, and D-ILA/LCoS, what MTF (modulation transfer function) means for picture resolution, e-Shift pixel shifting,...
01.19.2017
HTG 337: CES 2017 Roundup
Journalists Mike Heiss, Mark Henninger, and Robert Heron join Scott Wilkinson to recap some of what they saw and heard at CES. On the video side of things, there were OLED TVs from LG and Sony, Samsung's QLED LCD TVs,...
01.12.2017
HTG 336: Live From CES 2017
At CES 2017, Scott Wilkinson visits various booths on the show floor to talk about what's new in audio and video this year, including JVC's new projectors, LeEco's disruptive TVs, LG's new OLED and Super UHD LCD TVs, Hisense's Laser...
12.29.2016
HTG 335: Best of 2016
In this end-of-the-year compilation, we revisit some of the most interesting moments on Home Theater Geeks during 2016, including the CTA's work on UHD, audio for the Grammys broadcast, how I met Leo Laporte over 10 years ago, lightfield technology,...
12.22.2016
HTG 334: A Look Back at 2016
Journalists Brent Butterworth, Mike Heiss, and Tom Norton join Scott Wilkinson to discuss the important audio and video stories from 2016. Topics include the rapid pace of 4K/UHD adoption, Chinese TV makers, 4K/UHD content delivery, Dolby Atmos and DTS:X immersive...
12.15.2016
HTG 333: Chatroom Q & A
AVS Forum Associate Editor Mark Henninger joins host Scott Wilkinson to answer questions from the chatroom, including queries about the best video image we've seen this year, HDR-capable PC monitors, whether or not ripping Blu-rays yields the same quality as...
12.08.2016
HTG 332: Controlling Your Home Theater
Grant Clauser, Smart Home Editor for TheWirecutter.com, talks about integrating the control of a home-theater system using a universal remote like one of the Logitech Harmony models or an app on your smartphone or tablet. He also digs deep into...
12.01.2016
HTG 331: A New Type of Projection Screen
Two representatives from Luminit, VP of engineering Leo Katsenelenson and senior optical engineer Anthony Ang, talk about the company's history in developing light diffusors and holographic technology and how that led to the formation of its Crystal Screens division, which...
11.17.2016
HTG 330: The Personal Cinema Architect
Personal-cinema architect John Bishop talks about his approach to designing home theaters in order to replicate the ideal cinema experience as closely as possible. He advocates the use of so-called "constant-height" setups to display movies with different aspect ratios so...
11.10.2016
HTG 329: Stewart Filmscreen at 70
Don Stewart talks with Scott Wilkinson about his family's business which is celebrating its 70th anniversary. He also talks about the types of filmscreens used in homes, movies, TV broadcasts, theme parks, and more. Host: Scott Wilkinson Guest: Don Stewart...
11.03.2016
HTG 328: SMPTE Technology Conference
Scott Wilkinson and Michael Heiss talk about the things they saw and learned from the SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Televion Engineers) conference in Hollywood, CA. Host: Scott Wilkinson Guest: Michael Heiss Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks...
10.27.2016
HTG 327: What's Up with ATSC 3.0
Scott Wilkinson talks with Triveni Digital CSO Rich Chernock, who is working on the technical committee for finalizing the ATSC 3.0 terrestrial broadcast system. Host: Scott Wilkinson Guest: Rich Chernock Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks Thanks to CacheFly...
10.20.2016
HTG 326: Digging Into Datasat
Scott Wilkinson talks with Robert McKinley and Mike Skrzat about Datasat's products and how they can tune big and small rooms with Dirac LiveÂŽ Room Optimization. Host: Scott Wilkinson Guests: Robert McKinley and Mike Skrzat Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks...
10.13.2016
HTG 325: The Future of Headphones
Scott Wilkinson talks with Tyll Hertsens of Innerfidelity.com about the future of headphones and the role smart headphones can play with augmented reality. Host: Scott Wilkinson Guest: Tyll Hertsens Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks Thanks to CacheFly for...
10.06.2016
HTG 324: Leo's LG OLED Followup
Scott Wilkinson and Robert Heron recap the calibration process of Leo Laporte's LG OLED TV. Host: Scott Wilkinson Guest: Robert Heron Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

What's Home Theater Geeks (Video) about?

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Home Theater Geeks (Video) episodes:

HTG 373: Audio Mastering at The Bakery - The secrets of audio mastering.

HTG 372: HDR Deep Dive - Benefits and challenges of HDR.

HTG 371: CEDIA 2017 Roundup - What was hot at CEDIA 2017

HTG 370: Headphone Q&A - Answers to headphone questions.

HTG 369: Bringing Cinema Home - Rating cinema performance.

HTG 368: All About Aspect Ratios - Getting the aspect ratio right.

HTG 367: Immersive Audio for VR - VR and binaural audio.

HTG 366: The World According to Bob Carver - Amp guru Bob Carver talks tech.

HTG 365: Quantum Dots and MicroLEDs - What are quantum dots?

HTG 364: Chat-Room Q&A - Answers to chat-room questions.

HTG 363: 2017 TV Shootout - Digging into the annual event.

HTG 362: Samsung QLED & HDR10 Summit - All about quantum dots & HDR10.

HTG 361: Surrounded by Music - Music in 5.1 surround sound.

HTG 360: THX Update - What's new at THX? Lots!

HTG 359: Whole-Home Audio, Riva Style - The tech of Riva's WAND system.

HTG 358: LG 65C7 OLED TV - Evaluating the LG 65C7 OLED TV.

HTG 357: Mixing Music to Chill By - Chill music mixed to taste.

HTG 356: The Future of Displays - Deep inside display technology.

HTG 355: Star Wars' 40th Anniversary - Mixing the sound of Star Wars.

HTG 354: Going Out of Your Head - Headphone virtualization.

HTG 353: Sony A1E OLED TV

HTG 352: Immersive Hearing

HTG 351: NAB 2017

HTG 350: The Future of Cinema

HTG 349: The Best Blu-rays & UHD Blu-rays

HTG 348: The Audio/Video Landscape

HTG 347: Television: Past, Present, and Future

HTG 346: Audio Science and Immersive Sound

HTG 345: Rooms, Speakers, and EQ Curves

HTG 344: LG OLED TV Review

HTG 343: HPA Tech Retreat 2017

HTG 342: The Audio Alchemist

HTG 341: Inside Sony Technology

HTG 340: Binaural Beamforming

HTG 339: The Ultimate Home Theater in a Box

HTG 338: All About JVC Projectors

HTG 337: CES 2017 Roundup

HTG 336: Live From CES 2017

HTG 335: Best of 2016

HTG 334: A Look Back at 2016

HTG 333: Chatroom Q & A

HTG 332: Controlling Your Home Theater

HTG 331: A New Type of Projection Screen

HTG 330: The Personal Cinema Architect

HTG 329: Stewart Filmscreen at 70

HTG 328: SMPTE Technology Conference

HTG 327: What's Up with ATSC 3.0

HTG 326: Digging Into Datasat

HTG 325: The Future of Headphones

HTG 324: Leo's LG OLED Followup