From Vinyl To Plastic

One man's quest for audio perfection

Yearly Archives: 2018

Solo-A Star Wars Story 4K Blu-ray Review — Solo-A Star Wars Story 4K Blu-ray Review Disney/Buena Vista 2018 PG13 | 2hrs 15 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 2.40:1 Aspect Ratio Staring: Alden […]

Solo-A Star Wars Story 4K Blu-ray Review

December 29, 2018 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K Review / Movie / Plastic / Solo / Star Wars / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Oppo UDP-203 and UDP-205 Now Support HDR10+ — Oppo UDP-203 and UDP-205 Now Support HDR10+ It is now official, the Oppo UDP-203 and Oppo UDP-205 4K UHD players now support HDR10+. The US public Beta firmware version UDP20X-60-0625 has just been made available on Oppo’s official web site. For those in the UK/EU click here for the […]

Oppo UDP-203 and UDP-205 Now Support HDR10+

December 29, 2018 in Equipment / News tagged HDR10+ Firmware / Oppo / Oppo 203 / Oppo 205 / UDP 203 / UDP-205 by fromvinyltoplastic

The Meg Blu-ray HD Review — The Meg Blu-ray HD Review Warner Brothers 2018 PG-13 | 1hr 53 mins | Action | Horror | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD […]

The Meg Blu-ray HD Review

December 28, 2018 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged Blu-Ray / HD / Movie / Plastic / review / The Meg by fromvinyltoplastic

JVC 4K Projectors Back In Production-Update — JVC 4K Projectors Back In Production-Update It looks like JVC have pulled a rabbit out of the hat by rectifying whatever the technical issue was that stopped the entire production for their new range of native 4K and pseudo 8K projectors, see the announcement below: So despite the earlier announcement […]

JVC 4K Projectors Back In Production-Update

December 24, 2018 in Equipment / News tagged 4K / DILA / DLA-NX5 / DLA-NX7 / DLA-NX9 / DLA-RS1000 / DLA-RS2000 / DLA-RS3000 / JVC / Native 4K by fromvinyltoplastic

Acoustics 101-Designing Porous, Resonant and Reflective Sound Treatments — Acoustics 101-Designing Sound Treatments Introduction Acoustics 101-Designing Porous, Resonant and Reflective Sound Treatments The last two posts introduced you to the nature of sound, it various parameters, the types of absorbers and diffusers and how to locate them together with your […]

Acoustics 101-Designing Sound Treatments

December 23, 2018 in Acoustics / Technical Posts tagged ATS Acoustics / Helmholtz Panels / Limp Membranes / Panel Absorbers / Porous Absorbers / Quadratic Residue Diffusers / Resonant Absorber / Vicoustic by fromvinyltoplastic

Chappie Blu-ray 4K Review — Chappie Blu-ray 4K Review Sony Pictures 2016 R | 2hrs | Action | Crime | Drama HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 2.40:1 Aspect Ratio Staring: Dev Patel | Hugh Jackman | Sharlto Copley | Sigourney Weaver […]

Chappie Blu-ray 4K Review

December 15, 2018 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / Blu-Ray / Chappie / Movie / Plastic / review / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

ATSC 3.0 Is Finally Here — ATSC 3.0-Next Gen TV Introduction I am not an avid TV watcher or sports fan. So I selected over the air (OTA) viewing as all major networks, and many regional channels, provide excellent service coverage at my location for a total of about thirty+ channels. I do have a high […]

ATSC3-Next Gen TV

December 15, 2018 in News / Video tagged ATSC3 / Next Gen TV by fromvinyltoplastic

Lee Ritenour-Gentle Thoughts-Direct To Disc Vinyl Review — Lee Ritenour-Gentle Thoughts-Direct To Disc Vinyl Review Vinyl surface noise: 4+ (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo Imaging: 4 Image depth/perspective: 4- Overall frequency response: 4+ Side One Captain Caribe Getaway Chanson Meiso Side Two Captain Fingers Feel […]

Lee Ritenour-Gentle Thoughts-Direct To Disc Vinyl Review

December 8, 2018 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged Album / D2D / Direct to Disc / Gentle Thoughts / JVC / Lee Ritenour / Vinyl Review by fromvinyltoplastic

Oppo UDP-203 and UDP-205 Now Support HDR10+ — Oppo To Support HDR10+ It is now strongly rumored that Oppo is going to support the new HDR10+ standard through a firmware upgrade. This is excellent news and shows Oppos’ continued promised support for their player owners, despite the company now no longer manufacturing […]

Oppo To Support HDR10+

December 8, 2018 in Equipment / News tagged Firmware / HDR10+ / HDR10+ Firmware / Oppo 203 / Oppo 205 / OPPO Digital by fromvinyltoplastic

JJVC Delays Release of New 4K Series of Projectors — JVC Delays Release of New 4K Series of Projectors Image Credit JVC On November 30th 2018 JVC officially announced the temporary cancellation of the launch of their new native 4K series and pseudo 8K projectors due to a component “problem”. It has not been disclosed what the actual component is […]

JVC Delays Release of New 4K Series of Projectors

December 3, 2018 in Equipment / News tagged 4K / JVC by fromvinyltoplastic

SVS SB3000 and PB3000-First look — SVS SB3000 and PB3000-First look All Images Credit SVS. Introduction I have owned and continued to use SVS subs for more than a decade. My current line up is two PB12NSD’s and two SB2000’s (in the same room), and I couldn’t be more happy. For me SVS is the […]

SVS SB3000 and PB3000-First look

December 2, 2018 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged PB3000 / SB3000 / Subs / Subwoofers / SVS by fromvinyltoplastic

My Home Theater: The Acoustic Discoveries, Changes and Upgrades. — Acoustics 101-Absorbers, Diffusers, Reflections, Room Dimensions and Subs Introduction. Let’s apply a little of your new found sound knowledge from the first post in this series. Remember, we are not designing a room to build, just gathering information that will help with that and most importantly the treatment of an […]

Acoustics 101-Absorbers, Diffusers, Reflections, Room Dimensions and Subs

December 1, 2018 in Acoustics / Technical Posts tagged Diffusers / Hass Effect / Initial Time Delay / ITD / Membrane Absorbers / Panel Absorber / PorousAbsorbers / Precedence Effect / Quadratic Diffuser / Resonance Absorbers / Sub Placement by fromvinyltoplastic

LOVE forever changes-45RPM Vinyl Review — Love Forever Changes-45RPM Vinyl Review Vinyl surface noise: 4+ (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo Imaging: 4- Image depth/perspective: 3 Overall frequency response: 4 Side One Alone Again Or A House is Not A Motel Andmoreagin Side Two […]

Love Forever Changes-45RPM Vinyl Review

November 25, 2018 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged Album / LOVE forever changes / Mo-Fi / Mobile Fidelity / Vinyl / Vinyl Review by fromvinyltoplastic

Acoustics 101-Sound Basics — Acoustics 101-Sound Basics Introduction This is the first of three posts that will look at: Sound, what it is and some important parameters. The room, how to absorb sound and the correct placement of absorption and subs. How to design and make sound absorbers. You don’t need to have amazing […]

Acoustics 101-Sound Basics

November 24, 2018 in Acoustics / Technical Posts tagged Absorption / Acoustics / Frequency / Phase / Reverberation Time / Room Modes / Schroeder Frequency / Sound / Sound Decay / Standing Waves / Wavelength by fromvinyltoplastic

Les Brown and His Band of Renown-Direct To Disc Vinyl Review — Les Brown and His Band of Renown-Direct To Disc Vinyl Review Vinyl surface noise: 4+ (not pops and clicks) Dynamic Range: 4+ Stereo Imaging: 4+ Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 4+ Side One On Green Dolphin Street […]

Les Brown and His Band of Renown-Direct To Disc Vinyl Review

November 4, 2018 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged Album / D2D / Direct to Disc / Les Brown / Lester Raymond Brown / review / Vinyl by fromvinyltoplastic