AVForums Podcast: Episode 257 - 18th March 2019

[Phil Hinton]

00:01:54 - What have the team done this week?
00:09:20 - Current Competitions
00:13:29 - Projectors and HDR - Problems and solutions
00:45:04 - Samsung stop production of 4K UHD players - is it bad news?
00:49:57 - Ed reviews the Naim Uniti Nova
00:58:44 - Captain Marvel IMAX 3D review
01:07:21 - This week's cinema releases
01:09:42 - This week's 4K and Blu-ray releases
01:15:51 - TV Highlights
01:20:44 - Our current demo disc favourites
01:28:57 - Goodbyes

Presented by Phil Hinton with Ed Selley, Steve Withers and Ricky Jennings

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Time: 01:30:32 | File Size: 134mb | Direct Link

 

[Eddy555]

The Testarossa and Lambo are owned by Harry Metcalfe. You'll also see them high up in the background of Top Gear.
Worth keeping an eye on Harry's Garage on YouTube if you fancy finding out more about his cars.

Great guest this week on the podcast too, really interesting to have his input.

 

[cooperda]

Sorry Steve - but it's Nick Briggs that does the Dalek voices (not Nick Pegg)
Nicholas Briggs - Wikipedia

 

[steviedr]

Thanks everyone, loved the HDR / projector piece, nice to hear Ricky’s thoughts too, have had dealing with him on calibration software over the years, nice bloke.

Dust, glad to hear it’s not just my ocd, whatever they coat the transparent piece of plastic in front of lcd displays, eg my Yamaha AV receiver, Panasonic 4K player, trying to rub dust off with a duster is impossible, lint free cloth is the only one that will do it.
As for stubborn stains Phil, try Nilco Nilglass, bought it for the car years ago, works a treat, use a microfibre cloth with the spray and have a quick scrub, return a few mins later and buff with dry bit of same cloth.
Has saved me hours on the windows!

 

[THX1138UK]

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[Toon Army]

This week's episode not coming up on my iPod either

Unsubscribed and then re-subsribed without success.

 

[Steve Withers]

You're right, Nick Briggs does the voice but Nick Pegg is a Dalek operator as well as an authority on David Bowie. His Complete David Bowie should be required reading for any fan of The Dame.

 

[steviedr]

This week's episode not coming up on my iPod.

Yeah, mine didn’t appear either, used the embedded link above to listen direct.

 

[Phil Hinton]

Podcast hasn't made it to the Apple iOS Podcast App yet...



Podcast hasn't showed up on the Apple Podcast App yet...

Checked and there are no errors showing, so I have set it to go again, can you give it 10 mins and try again, please?

 

[Fasen]

Another great podcast. Interesting bit about the maxcll and maxfall of UHD discs. If a 1000 nits have become more common , it certainly makes my choice of a new TV easier. (OLED VS FALD LCD-LED)

Currently own a 65" XE9005 and i'm quite happy with the lightoutput from it in HDR. If it were brighter i'd need sunglasses. But thats just my opinion.

Great with a guest "star" although he sounds a bit like Cas (nothing wrong with that btw )

 

[ashenfie]

Really odd I have the pad cast but it not this weeks, sounds like the previous content. The direct link is different. Its no use on a train as I need to down load!

 

[Phil Hinton]

Really odd I have the pad cast but it not this weeks, sounds like the previous content. The direct link is different. Its no use on a train as I need to down load!

Yeah, I'm scratching my head here as the XML checker couldn't find any errors and I also went through and checked everything is correct. I have uploaded and deleted the XML numerous times to see if that makes any difference, but the download numbers are the same, so no idea at the moment, sorry. I'll need to get hold of admin.

 

[Doc]

Yup, me too.
New episode downloaded on to my iPhone today.. says it’s the 18th March episode, but on listening, it’s the 11th March one.

 

[steviedr]

Just checked my iPhone pods and it’s now arrived and is the correct podcast.

 

[dante01]

You're right, Nick Briggs does the voice but Nick Pegg is a Dalek operator as well as an authority on David Bowie. His Complete David Bowie should be required reading for any fan of The Dame.

Peggy Briggs co authored the book Smashing Balls -Golf, Opening Doors for Women. I've no idea as to whether she also has anything to do with Doctor Who, Daleks or David Bowie?

Bowie did once get mistaken for one of the cast of Doctor Who after appearing on Top Of The Pops to perform 'Gene Genie' in 1973. Bowie and The Spiders From Mars were loitering backstage at the BBC Television Centre when some of the extras from the Doctor Who series 10 episode 'Planet of The Daleks' were also passing through. The costumes being worn by Bowie and his band are apparently supposed to have given the impression that they too were part of the Doctor Who cast?

David Bowie was almost on Doctor Who as Sharaz Jek in ‘The Caves of Androzani’. Bowie did consider the role but the filming dates clashed with the dates of his Serious Moonlight tour.

and just like Doctoe Who, David Bowie was an Alien

 

[Toon Army]

Just check my iPhone pods and it’s now arrived and is the correct podcast.

Same here now. Thanks Phil.

 

[Abacus]

Benq also seem to be addressing the HDR problem with their new projectors (W2700 & W5700) as well as the DCI-P3 Colour Space.

W2700 CinePrime 4K Projector with HDR-PRO| BenQ Home Cinema

W5700 CinePrime 4K Projector with HDR-PRO| BenQ Home Cinema

Estimated prices are £1600 for the WW2700 & £2600 for the W5700. (Taken from reviews on YouTube)

Bill

 

[paulst10]

Nice podcast as always lads.

I thought I'd add my quick fix so you can make every movie demo material @Steve Withers As most of your demo mentions were actually quite respectable filtered around 20hz/non filtered bass movies (A Quiet Place, Overlord, Life etc!) You do know you can pretty much make any movie sound as good as those?
Making Movies Sound Better With Bass EQ

 

[the_dude2]

Great podcast guys, thanks. Very pleasantly surprised Ricky was a guest on this episode. He knows his projectors and is a thoroughly decent bloke.

 

[Spacecat]

informative and amusing podcast as per usual


funny hearing you go on about 'Great 3D'!

 

[Pogg]

I have a feeling Samsung are developing in partnership with ####### a new Digital Library service like iTunes, but with some competitive benefits such 8K content and should work really well with BuxBy. I think Rakatuen has also announced 8k on LG web os.

 

[Pogg]

Have been interested in Naim products for a while now and they seem solid.

You know that Naim and Focal merged in 2017.

 

[DpM]

Podcast downloaded yesterday automatically (using downcast on iOS) and was the last podcast. Deleted and downloaded again this morning and listed to the Airwolf chat for the third time (was shaving and had wet hands, so left it be). Now when I check the listings for the podcast from the app the newest one is not even listed, only the 11th podcast. Very odd.

 

[Phil Hinton]

Podcast downloaded yesterday automatically (using downcast on iOS) and was the last podcast. Deleted and downloaded again this morning and listed to the Airwolf chat for the third time (was shaving and had wet hands, so left it be). Now when I check the listings for the podcast from the app the newest one is not even listed, only the 11th podcast. Very odd.

A few people have reported this, but we haven't been able to find the issue. I have used iTunes and anypod via Alexa today and it brings up the latest version. Perhaps clearing your cache and trying again?

 

[j00pY]

I've just checked mine again after deleting my subscription in pocketcasts. It's still the same episode unfortunately.