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T-shirts with Tom’s name on them are cool… at least Tom thinks so. A discussion of Cloverfield and I am Legend. Phil has a question about when to upgrade your movies. Tom and Dina discuss. Dina had a neat Blockbuster experience. People that don’t like widescreen movies deserve to suffer… according to Tom. Can you buy a HDMI to component box and get a 1080p signal over component? How do you test to see if your subwoofer amp or mechanism is blown? Fans of Indiana Jones and Lego rejoice. The game is out on June 6th. Tom got some new HD channels… only one of which interests him. The winner of the “Dina looks like Claudia Black” contest is announced. Tom tortures Dina a little. And by the way - happy anniversary AV Rant! May 10th is a year! Thanks for listening and don’t forget to vote for us at Podcast Alley.
If you’re not playing video games - you should. Think of the kids, man, the KIDS! Things you need to know about so you can catch your kids. Clint makes a prediction of the future of… games? TV? Both? GTA 4 review summary. Why do people love this game so much? Do you want pop-ups during your favorite TV show? Josh wants to know if he should buy an Onkyo or a Marantz receiver. Bob has a question about subwoofers and room size - specifically if the listening area is smaller than the total room volume. Daniel has a faulty sub… or does he? How to check. Las Vegas is doing dry runs of the digital TV switch. So far it is going OK. Jason has a follow-up question. A short discussion of bi-amping and bi-wiring. Contest winner will be announced on Thursday. Thanks for listening and don’t forget to vote for us at Podcast Alley.
Since I upgraded the front projector in my primary theater room to the new Epson 1080UB, I haven’t had a fully functional home theater. Why is that you ask? HDMI! This projector won’t play with my Denon AVR-5805. Or more accurately my AVR-5805 won’t play with this projector since I tested the Epson on newer Denon receivers and their flagship pre/pros as well as other brands of receivers that are HDMI 1.3 compliant and had no operational issues at all. Apparently the HDMI 1.1 capabilities of the venerable AVR-5805 render it useless in this case. Read the rest of this entry >>
After all the hype and “best game in a million years” talk, I just couldn’t resist. This is the first GTA game I’ve played mostly because of timing. I was out of gaming for all of the other GTA games so I’m looking at this through “virgin” eyes. First - a bit of background.
For fans of the podcast, it will come as no surprise that I generally don’t play sports games. I’m OK with platformers and puzzle games, hate driving sims (sorry GT fans), but love first and third person shooters. Back in the day I was a huge fan of fighting games but I seem to have outgrown that phase recently. Grand Theft Auto seemed like it would be a good fit for me - third person perspective, adult themes, shooting… Now I’ve played it for a few days, let’s talk about the hype - Read the rest of this entry >>
This episode brought to you by DVIGear. Dina starts the podcast off… wrong. Tom starts off the podcast… technical. A discussion of “digital” amps. Kurt from Blue Jeans has written another article. It gives us a little insight into how this sort of litigation works. Would Tom make a good litigator? Dina thinks so. What does LOL stand for? Children and emoticons. How important is punctuation,.! Who knows. Is it good or bad that kids are growing up texting each other? Tom and Dina discuss. GTA IV is out and Tom wants a copy (edit - picked up one last night). AV Mafia represent! FYI - as of Jan 3rd, Halo 3 has sold 17.7 million copies. Is writing hate letters to CEO’s mom’s a good way to affect change? Probably not. Rabbits are perfectly safe in Tom’s backyard. What is MLG and how is it related to golf? Listen in to find out. LG marketing should be shot. Bum bot, a mini-contest, it’s the first of the month so don’t forget to vote for us at Podcast Alley.
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