- AV Rant #959: We’re AV Flood Now2025/03/20
Rob's drain pipe leaked again. Sonos cancels streaming box. New Sony UHD Blu-ray player. Sony RGB mini-LED TV in 2026.
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- AV Rant #958: Underlying Tension2025/03/13
A PlayStation 3 update in 2025. Warner Bros. DVD disc rot. TCL QM7K Series. HearAdvisor earplug measurements.
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- AV Rant #957: Curses2025/03/06
Oopsie. Tom quoted a bad word. And no bleeps here! Oscar winners. And more details about Eclipsa Audio.
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- AV Rant #956: CRT FTW2025/02/27
Amazon MGM gets creative control of James Bond. '25 content budgets from most studios reported. And it's Rob's turn to deal with more water damage.
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- AV Rant #955: Socialized Audio2025/02/20
Netflix connecting to Apple TV App Universal Search. NVidia Shield adds Auro-3D and better Frame Rate Switching. Comments on the Van Cave.
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- AV Rant #954: Boo2025/02/14
Sonos "Pinewood" Streaming Box. Panasonic selling off TV division. Curved 32" monitor and SoundBar picks.
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- AV Rant #953: Don’t Touch the Grenade2025/02/06
Prototype QDEL and QDUV displays were shown at CES. And AV Gadgets is back up and running!
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- AV Rant #952: The One with Edits2025/01/30
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Sony closes their recordable media division. Netflix is raising prices. Masimo names a new CEO. And listening to the teens about audio. Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBZA2m 00:00:00 – Intro 00:02:08 – What We Watched Rob watched Star Trek: Section 31 00:17:52 – Listeners of the Week Our Listeners of the Week are David and […]
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- AV Rant #951: Rob’s Laugh2025/01/23
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Nintendo Switch 2 is official and will launch in 2025. Sonos’ CEO and CPO are replaced by the former CPO of Quibi. Gentex Corporation is buying VOXX International, which includes Klipsch, Onkyo, and Pioneer. Nakamichi announces an 11.2.6-channel ShockWafe Wireless SoundBar. And RUIPRO has Detachable Fiber Optic HDMI cables for easier installation and futureproofing. Pictures […]
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- AV Rant #950: Sasi Annexes the Podcast2025/01/16
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What a year it’s been already. No What We Watched section this week. Disney bought Fubo TV and cancelled Venu Sports Streaming. Samsung & Google made Eclipsa Audio official as a new immersive audio format. Onkyo announced their Creator and Icon Series products. Panasonic might have the brightest OLED TV Series this year with their […]
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- AV Rant #949: Now Powered by AI2025/01/09
CES '25 has started. HDMI Ultra96. LG G5 OLEDs ditch MLA. Samsung The Frame Pro. TCL 115" QM7. AWOL's AWALL affordable micro-LEDs. Hisense 136" MX micro-LED.
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- AV Rant #948: Challenge Accepted2025/01/02
Happy New Year! Tom is back for our first episode of 2025. And thank you to Lee Overstreet for filling in 2 weeks ago. Ascend Acoustics has added Titan dome tweeter versions of their Sierra Luna V2 & Duo V2 speakers, as well as piano gloss white as a finish option. RSL is offering a […]
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- AV Rant #947: You’re Gonna Be a Magnetar2024/12/18
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It’s our final episode of 2024! And unexpectedly, Lee Overstreet joins Rob H as Tom was forced to be away with the flu. It wasn’t the plan. But we answer lots of questions, since we’re taking next week off for Christmas! LG has discontinued all of their Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray players. Apple will […]
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- AV Rant #946: Cousin’s Wife’s Projector2024/12/12
Ascend HTM-200SE2 speakers. Auro-3D acquired by Dynaudio. Update on Tom's house. And too much cycling talk.
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- AV Rant #945: Rob’s Mystery Purchase is…2024/12/05
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Masimo Consumer clarifies that “discontinued operation” is just an accounting term, so the former-Sound United brands aren’t shutting down in January. Reps from JVC say they can replace the laser light engine in their projectors at a service center. And Rob is bad and annoying at podcasting. Here is our PayPal link. Anything donated via […]
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- AV Rant #944: Your Old Shoes Suck2024/11/28
We're back to our old selves. Denon, Marantz, and the other former-Sound United brands might simply cease operations in 2025.
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- AV Rant #943: OLEDs and Restrictions2024/11/22
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Lee Overstreet and Joe Klusnick guest co-host one more time now that Tom is back! It’s a 3-man show to put a bow on this chapter in AVRant history. Bose bought McIntosh and Sonus Faber. Kaleidescape won an award from Fast Company. We finally discuss Lee’s future LCR speaker options. And we answer lots more […]
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- AV Rant #942: Writers Are Cheap2024/11/21
Tom is back! Like, for real. We catch up, say lots of thank yous, and answer some questions. TCL CSOT has inkjet printed OLED and QDEL displays.
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- AV Rant #941: Lee Knows VHS2024/11/14
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Lee is here to co-host again. And he digs into some of the finer details of converting VHS tapes to digital. 83″ QD-OLEDs are coming in 2025 according to Samsung Displays parts lists. And LG Display has a prototype micro-LED display that can stretch. Here is our PayPal link. Anything donated via this link goes directly […]
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- AV Rant #940: Cassettes Every Week2024/11/07
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Lee Overstreet is back. Thanks to Joe Klusnick for guest co-hosting last week. Rob & Lee both appeared on DJ’s Bright Side Home Theater Podcast 25 Hours of Home Theater marathon to raise funds for Movember. RBH added a 555-iw/r on-wall speaker model to their Impression Series. And Netflix is removing almost all of their Interactive […]
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