Warner Bros. Discovery is for sale, but most prospective buyers only want pieces of it. Tall subs, max output, lots of graphs, and more!

Tom's new closet organizers. Rob's iOS 26 misadventures. Sofabaton X2 and R1 prices and pre-orders, plus a U3 Remote easter egg.

We're back! Dirac ART is available for Denon & Marantz. Harman's plans for Sound United. Xbox Game Pass big price hike. Apple TV drops the plus.

Sofabaton X2 Remote delayed. Electronic Arts sells for $55 billion to go private. 100% tariff on movies made outside the USA. Tom watched 2 movies!

TCL 2026 X11L with SQD, and QM9/Q9M & QM10/Q10M RGB mini-LED TVs. Xbox price increases. AoIP, AES67 & Dante webinar.

Tom is back! Thanks to Lee and Joe for co-hosting last week. Apple iPhone 17 Event. AirPods Pro 3. And Perlisten A-Series Speakers.

This is our CEDIA 2025 Special! Joe Klusnick is back, having attended the CEDIA Expo in Denver, Colorado in person. We quickly catch up with Joe, and then dig right into this year’s noticeable trends Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCtQgW 00:00:00 – Intro Welcome back, Joe Klusnick! Don’t forget, we also posted a regular news, […]

Tom is away this week, so Lee Overstreet joins Rob H. And keep your eyes peeled for a 2nd AV Rant episode this week, as we will be posting a CEDIA 2025 Special with Joe Klusnick! Dolby Vision 2 and Dolby Vision 2 Max were announced. Magnetar announced new MKII versions of their universal disc […]

Trinnov Altitude CI Pre-Pro. Integra Professional Amplifier Series. Kaleidescape kAI. And a better way to undo Audyssey for tactile transducers.

Dayton OmniMic giveaway winner! Yamaha True X Surround 90A SoundBar uses Digital Sound Projector tech and Auro-3D. Rob missed a MakeMKV step.

Rob reviews the Apollon Purifi 1ET6526SA ST Amplifier. MadVR DSO. Microsoft Movies & TV shuts down. Dayton OmniMic giveaway.

Skydance now owns Paramount. Disney now owns all of Hulu. JTR Kallos Series speakers are high-output on-walls for your Living Room.

Reavon has gone out of business and discontinued their Ultra HD Blu-ray players. Epson Pro Cinema LS9000 replaces 6050UB.

Emotiva refreshed their BasX A-Series amps to include XLR. Ascendo replaced their 80 inch sub with a 100 inch. And Tom and Rob both saw Superman!

Tom has 2 big life updates. Premium Audio Company drops Pioneer. RBH Impression Series 5a-iw and 5a-iwr wedge-shaped speakers.

Welcome back, Tom. He tells us all about his big family reunion, which was great! Our thanks to Lee Overstreet for guest co-hosting last week. We both watched something we enjoyed this week. And the founders of the Alamo Drafthouse aren’t retiring just yet; they’re opening the Metro Private Cinema in New York to provide […]

Lee Overstreet guest co-hosts while Tom is away. Amazon Prime Day sales bring big discounts to TCL’s newest QM7K and QM8K TVs, including the 98″ models being $1,000 off. And Rob and Lee mildly disagree about removing film grain and then artificially adding it back. Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCkYPT 00:00:00 – Intro Crazy technical […]

HSU MFL-6 speakers. HDMI 2.2, Ultra96 and LIP. Largest micro-LED Cinema screen is in Texas. And Tom's origin story.

The legal battle between Digital Trends and Caleb Denison sounds bad. Ideal screen height. Calder Cup. And Tom watched something!

Nintendo Switch 2 HDR on TVs requires adjustment, and HDTV Test figured it out. HSU details how to add their SuperCharger to their D15-Chimera sub.