Podcast Archives - AV Rant

It’s a bittersweet farewell from a long-time listener. But he didn’t want to leave without giving something back. So send us your suggestions for how we should give away an open box UMIK-1 and an SPL meter.Then we dig into QD-OLED prices, Epson’s 4K Laser projector, and MoviePass 2.0 tracking your face to make sure […]

We go in-depth on playing 4K Atmos streams on a 1080p TV, what your printed panels will actually look like, and why we’d happily add a projector to an OLED, but not swap one for the other. Plus unusual cylinder sub ideas, a great Listener take on which acoustically transparent fabric to get, and much […]

An unusual week behind the scenes means a shorter episode, and there’s one listener who asks a whole alphabet’s worth of questions! Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzB2Ff 00:00:00 – Intro an Listeners of the Week Our Listeners of the Week are Gregory & Jonathan for their PayPal donations, plus our 135 Patreon Patrons, as well as […]

Our movie review disagreements were short-lived. Some SVS in-wall sub details. Wishing we had better news for attached dwellings. And bagging on Activision and REL. Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzzUhv 00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week Our Listeners of the Week are Gav for his PayPal donation, plus our 136 Patreon Patrons, including Bertrand […]

We kick off with an Eternals movie review before tackling Netflix’ price hike, warning against updating your NVidia Shield right away, and another Monolith Series release from Monoprice. You’ll also want to stick around until the end for an impromptu venting session that lives up to our AV Rant name! Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzz4Hr 00:00:00 […]

We wrap up CES coverage, Tom reviews a gaming headset, and we share some short takes on recent Disney+ releases at the very beginning and the very end (stay tuned past our sign off). Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzyfeJ 00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week Our Listeners of the Week are Kevin, Julian […]

Welcome to a whole new year of your home theater and AV questions, answered! We recorded this episode prior to the first full day of CES 2022, so it’s only pre-CES news for this week from LG, Samsung, and JVC. Pictures shows in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzxqiT 00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week Our Listeners […]

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 […]