AV Rant

Mar 06 2025 20 ep. 138 mins 276

Hosted by Tom Andry and Rob H., this team answers your questions about home theater and AV.

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AV Rant #957: Curses

Mar 06 2025 127 mins

Oopsie. Tom quoted a bad word. And no bleeps here! Oscar winners. And more details about Eclipsa Audio.

AV Rant #956: CRT FTW

Feb 27 2025 129 mins

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.

AV Rant #955: Socialized Audio

Feb 20 2025 155 mins

Netflix connecting to Apple TV App Universal Search. NVidia Shield adds Auro-3D and better Frame Rate Switching. Comments on the Van Cave.

AV Rant #954: Boo

Feb 13 2025 130 mins

Sonos "Pinewood" Streaming Box. Panasonic selling off TV division. Curved 32" monitor and SoundBar picks.

AV Rant #953: Don’t Touch the Grenade

Feb 06 2025 145 mins

Prototype QDEL and QDUV displays were shown at CES. And AV Gadgets is back up and running!

AV Rant #952: The One with Edits

Jan 29 2025 127 mins

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 […]

AV Rant #951: Rob’s Laugh

Jan 23 2025 136 mins

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 […

AV Rant #950: Sasi Annexes the Podcast

Jan 16 2025 138 mins

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 […]

AV Rant #949: Now Powered by AI

Jan 09 2025 132 mins

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.

AV Rant #948: Challenge Accepted

Jan 02 2025 132 mins

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 […]