Podcast Archives - AV Rant

Did ya miss us? We’re back after an extremely rare week off for us. We weigh in on the YIO Remote 2 on Kickstarter, and why we suspect Epson’s new 4K laser projector models actually use native 1080p resolution panels.And we’ll have a second episode in just a few days to catch up on what […]

A stealth Denon AV Receiver launch gives us hope for even more models with more than one HDMI 2.1 input this year. And pre-production Sofabaton X1 reviews seem like mostly good news, too. Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWSQzW4 00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week Our Listeners of the Week are Eric and Randall […]

Prices for SVS’ lineup of speakers and subwoofers are going up across the board on Oct. 4th, and LG announced some huge, modular Direct View (DVLED) displays for the luxury home market to take on Samsung’s The Wall. Congratulations to Andrew on joining https://avgadgets.com/ as a writer. Check out DJ’s interview with Brett from Kaleidescape over at:https://www.brightsidehometheater.com/episodes/kaleidescapebrett […]

There’s finally a way to have more than one HDMI 2.1 input on Denon & Marantz Receivers. SVS looks to enter a whole new subwoofer category. And Amazon is going to push a lot of mediocre TVs. Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWENaHX 00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week Our Listeners of the Week […]

JVC’s 2021 Laser 8K e-shiftX Procision & Reference Series projectors have been announced! We go through the specs & features of the DLA-NZ7 / RS2100, NZ8 / RS3100 & NZ9 / RS4100. And later in the podcast, we compare them to the previous NX Series and discuss whether they’re worth an upgrade. Pictures shown in […]

We have high hopes for the new Sofabaton X1 Hub-based remote. We talk all about it, as well as the $50 Sofabaton U1 later in the episode. And since we record on Tuesdays, all the JVC projector news will be discussed next week! Missed it by that much. Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWxuZ27 00:00:00 – […]

Monoprice has some beefy new Monolith subwoofer models, and we read the Onkyo TX-RZ50 AV Receiver manual cover-to-cover so you don’t have to. 00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week Our Listeners of the Week are Raf for hid PayPal donation, plus our 131 Patreon Patrons. We also want to thank Andrew for giving Tom […]

If you find the right serial numbers, you can buy a Denon or Marantz Receiver that already has a working HDMI 2.1 port built-in. And TCL’s new model numbers are definitely Tom’s favorite thing; just look at this episode’s title! 00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week Our Listeners of the Week are our 128 Patreon […]

Tom is back! Our thanks to Lee Overstreet for guest co-hosting last week. And there’s exciting news about new JVC projectors! 00:00:00 – Intro & Listeners of the Week Our Listeners of the Week are Chad for his PayPal donation, plus our 128 Patreon Patrons, as well as Jason S. for talking us up to SVS.We […]

It’s the return of Lee Overstreet! Tom is away on vacation this week, so our favorite pinch hitter is back. And that means an extra long episode! 00:00:00 – Intro & Lee’s new Tesla – https://twitter.com/LeeOverTweet – https://twitter.com/teslaloosa 00:13:19 – Listeners of the Week Our Listeners of the Week are our 128 Patreon Patrons, including Steve. We […]