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Yearly Archives: 2020

Venom - Blu-ray 4K Review — Venom – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Sony Pictures 2018 PG13 | 1hrs 52 mins Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller | Comic Book HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | Dolby Vision | […]

Venom – Blu-ray 4K Review

February 8, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / plastic / UHD / Venom by fromvinyltoplastic

HDMI 2.1 - A Quick Refresher — HDMI 2.1 – A Quick Refresher Introduction HDMI 2.1 is now being included in new receivers, displays and TV’s . So let’s see what this HDMI development provides us with: We see that the HDMI 2.1 native bit rate caps out at 48Gbps. After that it is all compressed using […]

HDMI 2.1 – A Quick Refresher

February 2, 2020 in Cables & Interconnects / News / Personal Views & Comments tagged 10K / 48Gbps / 8K / ALLM / eARC / HDMI 2.1 / HDR / QFT / QMS / VRR by fromvinyltoplastic

FSR Fiber Optic HDMI Cable Review — FSR Fiber Optic HDMI Cable Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. So after a couple of years my CablesToGo 10.2Gbps active fiber optic HDMI cable has become intermittent when pushed to 1080P60. It’s fine at 1080P24. Not too stellar at $233.99 for a 33 footer. […]

FSR Fiber Optic HDMI Cable Review

February 1, 2020 in Cables & Interconnects / Reviews / Video tagged 18Gb/s / 4:4:4 / 4KP60 / CoilGuard / Fiber HDMI / Fiber Optical / FSR / HDCP2.2 / HDMI 2.0 by fromvinyltoplastic

ATSC 3.0 Is Finally Here — ATSC 3.0 Is Finally Here So what’s all the hoopla about? Advanced Television Standards Committee 3.0 (ATSC 3.0) or Next Gen TV is all about getting TV station over the air (OTA) broadcasts to a point where they can better compete with both cable and internet media delivery. It will support 4K UHDTV, […]

ATSC 3.0 Is Finally Here

January 26, 2020 in News / Video tagged ATSC 1.0 / ATSC 3.0 / NextgenTV / OTA / OTT / Over The Air by fromvinyltoplastic

Ania Pro MC Cartridge Rega Launch the Ania Pro MC Cartridge Rega, a highly respected British Hi-Fi manufacture, has added a new cartridge option to boost the performance of its mid-range Planar turntables. The new £750 Ania Pro moving coil model sits between the Ania ($795.00) and the Apheta 2 ($1,895.00) […]

Ania Pro MC Cartridge

January 18, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Ania Pro / Audio / Moving Coil Cartridge / Rega by fromvinyltoplastic

Room Equalization Technologies 101 – Part 2 Introduction In the last post introducing this topic we saw that virtually all AV receiver and sound processor manufacturers now include automated equalization or room correction in most of their products even those costing as little a $500.00. The good news is that […]

Room Equalization Technologies 101 – Part 2

January 18, 2020 in Acoustics / Audio tagged Audio / Audyssey / Equilization / MultEQ / MultEQ Pro / REW / Room Equalization / SMS-1 / Velodyne Acoustics / XT / XT32 by fromvinyltoplastic

Analog Amplifiers. Are You Sure? — Analog Amplifiers. Are You Sure? A Pause for Thought You wanted an all analog signal chain for stereo or even multi-channel sound……well think again! When you buy your new ‘analog’ amplifier or home theater receiver, ask yourself, how analog is it? In order to build cost-effective amplifiers and receivers manufacturers […]

Analog Amplifiers. Are You Sure?

January 12, 2020 in Audio / Personal Views & Comments tagged Analog / Audio / Audio Amplifiers / AV Receiver / Digital / Potentiometer / Receiver / Switch / Switched Mode Power Supply / Volume Control by fromvinyltoplastic

VXN 2 & 3 Way Active Crossover - First Look — VXN 2 & 3 Way Active Crossover – First Look Introduction I am a very strong believer and user of active speaker crossovers and have been using them for all my speaker systems since 1976. Why you may ask? They can be easily designed to provide the exact frequency and […]

VXN 2 & 3 Way Active Crossover – First Look

January 12, 2020 in Audio / News tagged Active Crossover / Audio / Exposure / VXN / VXN Active Crossover / VXN Power Supply by fromvinyltoplastic

How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World - Blu-ray 4K Review — How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Universal Studios 2019 PG | 1hrs 44 mins Fantasy | Action | Adventure | Animation HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD […]

How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Blu-ray 4K Review

January 4, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World / plastic / The Hidden World / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic