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Clint joins Tom and Dina this week. What&#8217;s up with the speaker shootout? Tom gives you the skinny. Tom tells a sad, sad story. A love story gone wrong. Lots of discussion of the facts and not a whole lot of sympathy. Tom learns something new about the Internet. Dating via email. What is the [...]<div ...
Dina&#8217;s gone again, Clint fills in (even though he&#8217;s sick). Clint has an iPod suggestion. Mini Gears of War 2 review. Preliminary results for a Samsung PN50A760 review. Blu-ray predictions. Blockbuster gets in on the streaming? Premliminary results for the Klipsch Ikon V series speakers. Clint&#8217;s ...
Woohoo! 101 episodes! More from the Audioholics party. Tom&#8217;s report on Audyssey Dynamic EQ and Dynamic Volume. New contest announced - enter now! Circuit City&#8217;s outlook is bleak. Roku to stream HD movies from Netflix. Steve Jobs has infiltrated Tom&#8217;s house. Tom is Obsessed with Star ...
AV Rant from the Audioholics State of the CE Union Event at Disney. Dina couldn&#8217;t be there so it is Tom, Clint, and Gene (with a special appearance from his wife, Bertha) commenting on the first half day of the show. Pioneer, Emotiva, Epson, Trinnov, SVS, EMP, and more are covered. Clint sat in ...
Tom&#8217;s loves Comcast in the &#8220;I want to kill you sort of way.&#8221; Little Big Planet is getting recalled. Find out why. My own worst enemy is breast cancer. Tom needs to be more snobby… apparently. Tom talks about the IOGEAR and Krix reviews. Overseas reviews. What&#8217;s the deal with ...
Tom&#8217;s an egg. Tom confuses the garbage lady. Tom saw the Fortress of Solitude on NatGeo. Tom&#8217;s excited about a new HD channel. Star Trek is now on YouTube. A short comparison with Hulu. Netflix is upping their subscription price… for Blu-ray. Tom and Dina disagree on who is most to blame. ...
Coke Crappy. Dina gets homework. Life, Sanctuary, Pushing Daisies, Driven (not Drive), and Heroes. Ebay helps the little guy (into debt). Best Buy tries to get chicks. Dina admits she&#8217;s not normal. Jaime called… a lot. He&#8217;s shopping for speakers and that gets Tom talking. Tom requests a ...
Listener Rob has a review of the Beats by Dr. Dre headphones. Thanks Rob for sharing this with us. Thanks for listening and don&#8217;t forget to vote for us at Podcast Alley.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/avrant?a=5DvvM"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/avrant?i=5DvvM" ...
Ted is mad about a few things. Tom responds. Under $300 Blu-ray players are in stores. J found them. Read the comments below the post for some FANTASTIC information from Rob and others. What is the future for consumer electronics? Let us know what you think below. Tom gives his opinion. If you are having ...
Misubishi wants their display back. Metallica is too loud. Some of the best fixes for your gear issues are psychological. Def Tech responds to our shootout request. How a reviewer responds to a good review rather than bad. Made up specifications and graphs. Shaking your phone. SanDisk&#8217;s (Tom calls ...
Pirating distinctions. If you want Blu-ray prices to come down, you need to buy more? Huh? NSF wants to pay people to play World of Warcraft. Tom reviews Fringe. Grant wants to know if he needs another sub. Tom&#8217;s son&#8217;s favorite baseball team. David wants to know how to fix his sports bar&#8217;s ...
A quick CEDIA decompression. Leon speakers are heavy. Auralux picture panels. Some new art for the podcast? Escient Vision and Colorado vNet Movie Server. Speaker shootout news. Dina bangs on the table just to piss Tom off. Klipsch is yellow. Any eD fans? Look for a speaker review. Apple punishes non-AT&#038;T ...
J, Clint and Tom decide to do a 3-way rant and talk about their final day at the show. J rants on Control4&#8217;s lack of PR hiring skills and Clint discusses the new BagEnd active bass &#8220;absorber&#8221; which will probably not find its way into any home theaters in the near future. Finally, we ...
We&#8217;re back, we&#8217;re tired, and we&#8217;re punchy. A few insights about tradeshows. A new product you probably are going to get excited about. Clint gets excited about lights. Tom gets angry about seatbelts. More l8r. Thanks for listening and don&#8217;t forget to vote for us at Podcast Alley.<div ...
We&#8217;re at CEDIA and we&#8217;ve finally found two minutes to sit down and record a little something. We&#8217;re exhausted but don&#8217;t worry, there will be more coming soon. Keep checking AVRant for more news. Clint and Tom talk about their first impressions, LED backlighting, scalers, and wireless ...
Clint has a great idea… too late. Some of our CEDIA plans. Nelson has a comment, Tom has a retort. Tom&#8217;s got a Westinghouse LCD in for review - he gives a quick preview. Using your wife&#8217;s comments in a review is taboo. Bilbo thinks people don&#8217;t know what a good display is. Tom agrees. ...
Some shocking news from Tom. A short review of the new Clone Wars movie. Fixing your friend&#8217;s TV. What measures well might not be what you think looks the best. A summary of the JVC review. The problem with LEDs. If you sit close to a sub, can you buy a smaller one? Thanks for [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avrant/~4/370888285" ...
A vivid picture of Dina (not just the one below). A discussion with Clint about his 5308 review and an upcoming install review. A joke you won&#8217;t get until the end. A bit more about the Olympics. If a manufacturer makes two different models of device with similar features, can you assume they are ...
If you want a chance to see Dina in a costume, you&#8217;ll have to go to the Audioholics Event. GTA is no longer for sale in Thailand. Tom&#8217;s reviewing a JVC display that has HDMI issues (though who can say who is really at fault). Look forward to that review soon. Tom has a backup [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avrant/~4/358710135" ...
Gene interviews Genesis &#8220;permanent part time member&#8221; Daryl Stuermer who has played lead guitar for the band on live performances for over 30 years. Daryl discusses how it was getting back together with the boys after a nearly 15 year sabbatical. Gene grills Genesis on their not-so-enthusiastic ...
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