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Home Theater Geeks (Video)

Home Theater Geeks (Video)

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Get the most out of your home theater with the latest advances, product reviews, and all things audio and video. Every Thursday, Scott Wilkinson shares his expertise, energy, and enthusiasm about how to make your A/V system sound and look its best. In this short-format podcast, Scott brings you news, reviews, interviews, and commentary, and answers your questions. You can join Club TWiT for $7 a month and get ad-free audio and video feeds for all our shows plus everything else the club offers...or get just this podcast ad-free for $2.99 a month. New episodes every Thursday.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Home Theater Geeks (Video) episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Home Theater Geeks (Video) for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Home Theater Geeks (Video) episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Michael Meyer bought a Samsung CU8000 LCD TV, and he's disappointed at the dark-area performance. Is there anything that can be done to improve the picture quality in dark areas on this relatively low-end TV? Scott Wilkinson does his best to help.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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Scott Wilkinson highlights one of the most over-the-top home theaters he has ever seen! This Star Wars-themed room emulates the Emperor's throne room in the Death Star from Return of the Jedi with top-notch audio and video.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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The Verge recently posted several articles about how physical media could be making a comeback. Scott Wilkinson discusses this hopeful trend with UHD Blu-ray and gives his recommendations for players and titles.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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This month's featured home theater is a real gem. Built in a "box within a box" inside the owner's garage, its form follows function, resulting in outstanding performance that also looks great when the lights are on.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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Sony introduced its new TV lineup for 2024 at a special event last month. Surprisingly, the new flagship is not a QD-OLED as it has been for the last two year; it's a miniLED LCD with greatly increased brightness. There are also other LCD-based models and one new conventional OLED. Scott Wilkinson breaks it down.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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The Audiophile Society recently released an album of digital audio files designed to let you evaluate any headphone's ability to render pinpoint imaging in an immersive soundfield. It also includes several full-length music tracks encoded in various immersive spatial-audio formats. Co-creator Brent Butterworth joins Scott to talk about the album.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

Guest: Brent Butterworth

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At long last, Scott's home theater has a display—the Sony XR-A95L QD OLED. It's the best flat panel you can buy today, and for good reason: It looks spectacular! In this episode, Scott talks about why he chose this model (and not a projector), getting it installed, and overall performance.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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Home Theater Geeks (Video) - HTG 454: Soundbar Recommendations! - Inexpensive yet capable picks
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10/17/24 • 11 min

Daniel has a 9-year-old Vizio soundbar that works great except that the HDMI ARC connection just died. He wants something inexpensive to replace it; Scott Wilkinson offers some recommendations.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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After Craig hears Scott's lament over the death of home-theater print magazines in episode 453, he echoes that sentiment about the lack of stereo shops where he can compare specific audio components. Is there anywhere he can audition specific components? Scott offers his comments on this conundrum.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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Listener Greg Davis finds his center speaker somewhat dull sounding. Is there anything he can do to improve its sound, or is it a result of his hearing loss? Scott Wilkinson tries to help.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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FAQ

How many episodes does Home Theater Geeks (Video) have?

Home Theater Geeks (Video) currently has 49 episodes available.

What topics does Home Theater Geeks (Video) cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts, Technology and Tv.

What is the most popular episode on Home Theater Geeks (Video)?

The episode title 'HTG 429: Improving Center Speaker Sound & Dealing With Hearing Loss - Hearing loss and the YPAO routine' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Home Theater Geeks (Video)?

The average episode length on Home Theater Geeks (Video) is 18 minutes.

How often are episodes of Home Theater Geeks (Video) released?

Episodes of Home Theater Geeks (Video) are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Home Theater Geeks (Video)?

The first episode of Home Theater Geeks (Video) was released on Feb 22, 2024.

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