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Gene Hackman, and wife found dead.

Mar 16, 2025 | avforums.com | Marshall Mike |Barnaby Jones |Sloppy Bob

bigry Distinguished Member #1 Just heard on the news both Gene and his wife found dead so sad great actor trying to dig out some movies to watch on a weekend marathon Acting legend Gene Hackman and his wife, former classical pianist Betsy Arakawa were found dead Wednesday at home in New Mexico www.newsweek.com Last edited by a moderator: Feb 27, 2025 #2 Bloody hell thats shocking - his wife was only 63! #3 CPU: Intel i9-10900k @3.70GHz, Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce RTX3080, RAM: 32GB DDR4...
Is Dolby Atmos worth the cost and the effort.

Feb 22, 2025 | avforums.com | Sean Devlin |Marshall Mike

potshot Prominent Member #1 After watching this video and seeing the promise of Dolby Atmos in the home is not being delivered. It made me think and change all my plans to spend my money on height or in ceiling speakers. I have dropped the Dolby Atmos and decided to go for a very good 7.2 system. It seems we have been sold a dream, and the Hollywood studio's are not keeping their side of the contract and providing everything Dolby Atmos should be. As pointed out in the video it's not Dolby's...
Todays word is...

Feb 14, 2025 | avforums.com | Lucy Van Pelt |Co. Down |Marshall Mike

lynx Senior Moderator #1 Following from a comment left by @mooperman (Oceangate Titan Sub lost on trip to visit wreck of Titanic.), I thought lets have a word of the day, nothing ostentatious/ too pretentious, just words that we may not hear everyday. We can all load up a dictionary and pick out candidates, but thats not really what I'm getting at, simply words that we only may hear on occasion and may have dropped of folks radar. Following on from yesterdays vituperative, I'll kick off with;...
Discussion of our review of Ripley (Netflix) TV Show

Feb 3, 2025 | avforums.com | Marshall Mike

#1 Read the Ripley (Netflix) TV Show Review. Pushing past the initially jarring black and white stylisation, Ripley gradually evolves into a lavishly impressive Hitchcockian Hannibal retelling of The Talented Mr. Ripley, and a juicy leading role for Andrew Scott. Write your own review for Ripley Movie Review Co-ordinator The Best Blu-ray and Movie Resource AVForums Movie Reviews Bookmark it now! My opinions expressed here are not necessarily those of the AV Forums or the associated websites...
Dirac Live - Use NAD Microphone or UMIK-1?

Jan 24, 2025 | avforums.com | Marshall Mike

I have a NAD T758 V3 which comes with an included measurement microphone. But I also have an UMIK-1 already. Dirac Live recommends using the microphone supplied with the device and connect it directly to the amplifier. But my impression is that the UMIK-1 is of higher quality than the one delivered by NAD. So will I get better results with using the UMIK-1 connected to my computer? Or will it be better to use the NAD microphone connected directly to the amplifier?
Question - Have LG starting shipping TVs without the plastic screen cover? EDIT: No, I'm just an idiot.

Dec 6, 2024 | avforums.com | Marshall Mike

Fade In Prominent Member #1 Ordered a brand new 55" C3 direct from LG. It doesn't have the plastic cover that you peel off, just has a "peel off" sticker and the LG guarantee sticker both stuck directly onto the glass. So it's no surprise there's a ton of scratches all over the glass.... I assume this isn't normal or LG have starting shipping tvs this way?? IMG_0178.jpeg 203.4 KB · Views: 304 IMG_0181.jpeg 166.7 KB · Views: 298 Top 5 films of 2024 (so far): 1. The Substance 2. Rebel Ridge 3....
Long switching time between stereo and surround on Apple Music atmos

Nov 7, 2024 | avforums.com | Marshall Mike

#1 I have a Yamaha Aventage A880 receiver, a 5.1 speaker setup and an Apple TV hooked via HDMI directly to the receiver (and the receiver out goes to the TV, so no ARC/eARC). When I’m In the main menu of the Apple TV the receiver is in a stereo mode. Once I start playing a 5.1 movie it takes ~1-2 second to switch from stereo to whatever surround format, so let's say I miss the "rainbow woosh" sound on Netflix shows, which is a minor annoyance, plus if I pause the video the sound format will...
Slow Horses (ATV+) Season 4 TBC S5 (2025) S6 confirmed

Oct 15, 2024 | avforums.com | Marshall Mike

#1 Premieres Friday 1 April - First two episodes then one a week , six in total Gary Oldman Kristin Scott Thomas, Jonathan Pryce, Jack Lowden and Olivia Cooke also star Follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 – Slough House. Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb, the brilliant but irascible leader of the spies who end up in Slough House due to their career ending mistakes. Last edited: Jun 1, 2022 #2 Watched the first couple of episodes and really...
Owners' Thread - Integra DRX-8.4 Owners Thread

Sep 7, 2024 | avforums.com | Marshall Mike

Marantz Cinema 30 or 40Denon X6800HOnkyo RZ70While researching the Denon & Marantz models I seen a recommendation for the Onkyo so I started looking into that too and found this article on Audioholics: The Onkyo TX-RZ70 11.2CH AV receiver boasts 140 watts/ch, 8K HDMI inputs, Auro 3D, FREE Dirac Live and the BEST bench test results we’ve seen in its price class. Is this the best AVR at under $3k?
Dedicated TV Room

Aug 1, 2024 | avforums.com | Marshall Mike

#1 I'm in the early stages of planning, but basically we are moving from an open plan room into a dedicated, sealed TV room. As I try to decide how to go about preparing the room for 5.1.4, there are a few questions popping into my head, such as: One sub or two? Although it will probably be two... Bipole or monopole surrounds? Acoustic panels? I know nothing about them... The biggest question I have just now though is which room to move into as I have a choice of two. The first room is 4m x...