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Get the most out of your home theater with the latest advances, product reviews, and all things audio and video. Every Thursday, Scott Wilkinson shares his expertise, energy, and enthusiasm about how to make your A/V system sound and look its best. In this short-format podcast, Scott brings you news, reviews, interviews, and commentary, and answers your questions. Submit your home theater queries through email at HTG@twit.tv or via TWiT's social media. You might hear your question answered on the show! You can join Club TWiT for $10 per month and get ad-free audio and video feeds for all our shows plus everything else the club offers...or get just this podcast ad-free for $5 per month.
New episodes every Thursday.
New episodes every Thursday.
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Chris Weir built a stunning home theater with a fully committed Batcave design, and it's a wonder to behold. Scott Wilkinson featured it on AVS Forum 10 years ago, but it's still a marvelous example of what a man with twin passions for Batman and home theater can do. Zap! Pow!
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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Arthur is in the process of building a basic 5.1 speaker system, and he wants to use on-wall speakers. He has found only a few options, some of which are no longer available, and wonders if there are more within his price range. Scott Wilkinson says yes!
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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Michael sent an audio recording asking about TV picture modes; in particular, why Cinema or Movie mode looks a bit reddish or sepia compared with Vivid or Game mode. Scott Wilkinson knows the answer!
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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A recent article on ZDNet talks about how modern TVs monitor your viewing habits using ACR (automatic content recognition) and why that could be a problem for you. The article also explains how to disable ACR in various makes of TVS, but the instructions don't always match the TV's menu system. Scott Wilkinson talks about this important issue.
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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Edwin Boone loves his Panasonic plasma TV, which is still working well. But he wants to know what modern TV technology is most compatible with plasma. Scott Wilkinson has a definitive answer.
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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Not everyone can build a dedicated home theater room, but that doesn't mean you can't have a great audio/video system in your living room. Over 19 years, Conrad Castelo went from mediocre to marvelous with his living-room system.
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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Andy Z is building a home theater in his basement with a JMGO N1 Ultra projector mounted on the ceiling. Unfortunately, there's a big AC duct running across the ceiling; if he puts the projector in front of the duct, the image is too small for his screen, but if he puts it behind the duct, the image is too big. How to solve this dilemma? Scott Wilkinson offers some advice.
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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Representing the color-reproduction capabilities of a video display in a two-dimensional graph is highly problematic; usually, the graph does not reveal a true and complete picture (pun intended) of what's going on. A new approach to this problem, called gamut rings, provides a much more accurate and complete representation of what a display can do.
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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Listener Bob has a TCL Roku TV that is starting to misbehave, so he's looking for a new TV. Also, he's limited to a 55-incher in a very bright room. Finally, he's somewhat hard of hearing, and his wife would like him to use headphones when watching. Scott Wilkinson has some answers.
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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Patrick Williams' latest home theater is a real beauty. He wanted to surpass his previous room, dubbed The Force Theater, which was designed to look like the interior of the Death Star from Star Wars. His new one is not themed, yet it does exceed The Force in every way.
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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It's the live chatroom special with Scott Wilkinson and TWiT viewers across YouTube, Twitch, and Discord! Scott responds to various home theater questions and comments for the entire episode, ranging from physical media and Kaleidescape to frame interpolation and subwoofers! It's a grab bag of visual and aural tips and answers!
Host: Scott Wilkinson
Guest: The Chatroom
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Listener Ann Duran is shopping for a new TV, and at the top of her wish list is the ability to listen on headphones. She also wonders about the Samsung QD OLED versus the Sony QD OLED. Scott Wilkinson reveals which TV he would get (in fact, already has) and talks about his experience using Bluetooth headphones with TVs.
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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The Society for Information Display's annual Display Week highlights cutting-edge display technology. Scott Wilkinson spent a day there and reports on some of the amazing tech he saw on the show floor.
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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This home theater was featured on AVS Forum way back in 2013 as an excellent example of what you can do with a very small space. The equipment has undoubtedly been updated by now, but the basic design is timeless.
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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LCD TVs are about to get a big boost in performance with a new backlight technology called RGB LED. Does this spell doom for OLED? Scott Wilkinson breaks it down.
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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Listener Charles Simmons has an old LG C series OLED TV and wants to upgrade. But should he get last year's G4 for less money or this year's G5 with its updated technology? Scott Wilkinson offers his advice.
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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After listening to episode 477 about Sony's 2025 TV lineup, Dan has some questions about models that carry over from one year to the next as well as the differences between the Bravia 7 and Bravia 5. Scott Wilkinson has some answers.
Bravia 7 can be looked at here: https://electronics.sony.com/tv-video/televisions/all-tvs/p/k65xr70?srsltid=AfmBOoqaBzUX9aFRDqqmoNPdCL2RCtb037LDa1aDnatER6MBpNVcK8fl
Bravia 5 can be looked at here: https://electronics.sony.com/tv-video/televisions/all-tvs/p/k65xr50?srsltid=AfmBOoocfLtU8kTaPa-uONgF3zKBayiudWCB03GTOlaAsBUQP8MYz_C2
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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In honor of Star Wars Day (May 4), Scott Wilkinson shares a Star Wars-themed home theater he featured on AVSForum.com back in 2018. It's a beautiful rendition of a Death Star interior with great acoustic treatments and exceptional performance.
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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Online home-theater designer and retailer The Screening Room AV hosted its second projector shootout April 5 and 6 in Colorado Springs, CO. Scott Wilkinson is joined by owner John Schuermann, system designer Steve Crabb, and calibrators Kris Deering and Sammie Prescott, Jr, to discuss the event. In Part 2, we learn the results of the shootout.
2025 TSR Projector Shootout Results: https://www.thescreeningroomav.com/single-post/results-of-the-2025-tsr-projector-shootout
Host: Scott Wilkinson
Guests: John Schuermann, Sammie Prescott Jr., Kris Deering, and Steve Crabb
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Online home-theater designer and retailer The Screening Room AV hosted its second projector shootout April 5 and 6 in Colorado Springs, CO. Scott Wilkinson is joined by owner John Schuermann, system designer Steve Crabb, and calibrators Kris Deering and Sammie Prescott Jr. to discuss the event. In Part 1, we learn about the contenders and process of evaluating them.
Check out The Screening Room AV at https://www.thescreeningroomav.com/
Host: Scott Wilkinson
Guests: John Schuermann, Kris Deering, Sammie Prescott Jr., and Steve Crabb
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Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.
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