Chris and special guest Rob H. from the AVRant podcast talk about this week’s news and a ton of home theater technology. The standards for UHD are here and devices are starting to actually take advantage of these capabilities. Is it time to reevaluate your home theater?
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News
- Google’s Android Pay is launching today via theVerge
- ‘Let’s Encrypt’ project issues its first free certificate via Engadget
Afterburners
- VLC and Plex Apps Coming to New Apple TV via MacRumors
- Rep A Cause With Facebook’s New Temporary Profile Pics via TechCrunch
- PlayStation VR is the official name for the PS4 virtual reality system via Sony
- Microsoft to launch Surface Pro 4 and new phones at October 6th event via theVerge
Home Theater
- Vizio M60-C3
- HDR (high dynamic range) on TVs explained via FlatPanelsHD
- Upstart Hisense challenges picture quality stalwarts with cheaper ULED TV via cnet
- LG Adds Flat-Screen 4K OLED TV Series With HDR via HDGuru
- Panasonic Enters 4K OLED TV Market via HDGuru
- The first 8K TV will go on sale soon for over $130,000 via Engadget
- Samsung debuts world’s first ultra-high definition Blu-ray player via cnet
- The Current State of DTS:X & Atmos Receivers via AVRant
- A Guide for “Future Proof”, “Bang for Buck” AV Receivers via AVRant
- Yamaha Announces First Dolby Atmos Soundbar via HomeTheaterReview
- Pioneer Unveils Affordable Atmos Speakers via HDGuru
- HDD’s DTS:X & Dolby Atmos Gear Buying Guide via HighDefDigest
Kicker: NASA TV is launching a dedicated 4K channel via theVerge
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