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  1. RCHeliGuy

    Obsessive hobbies....

    I'm amazed at how bad the audio pre-amps are on some cameras. My Nikon D500 has very noise preamps, but with a wireless lav I can boost the signal into the camera and run the in camera gain down quite a bit dropping the noise floor a lot. My Panasonic has a better noise floor. My older XLR...
  2. RCHeliGuy

    Favorite YouTube Channels?

    Markus is 61 now and has decades of experience. He does explain very clearly how audio is a huge part of video and if something doesn't sound good, people won't care how good it looks. And then he focuses on lighting because good lighting is both necessary for things to look right and allows...
  3. RCHeliGuy

    Obsessive hobbies....

    I've own Vegas Video Pro and will edit things down in this traditional NLE.
  4. RCHeliGuy

    Obsessive hobbies....

    Started getting back into videography a bit lately. This all started because I have a YouTube channel which I haven't taken seriously and my wife suggested that if I was going to be seen publicly, that it should look professional. So are started down a bit of a rabbit hole. I've had the 3...
  5. RCHeliGuy

    Favorite YouTube Channels?

    I've also been getting back into videography a bit and started watching some of these videos. https://www.youtube.com/@MarkusPix
  6. RCHeliGuy

    Favorite YouTube Channels?

    One I particularly enjoy is this one that follows the complete rebuild of a 100+ year old racing sailboat. The guy ( Leo ) bought it for $1 and then started rebuilding it from the keel up in WA state. I've been watching this for the past 3 years and it has been very interesting. He started out...
  7. RCHeliGuy

    Amazon charging an extra $2.99/month for top streaming service

    This is all just a personal preference. For PBS, I actually like to support them even if I don't watch much there. Otherwise, whatever. At one point I purchased the BD series for Orphan Black, because I didn't want to pick up yet another streaming service just to watch that again. It's a...
  8. RCHeliGuy

    Trickledown....

    I got the Planet Earth III UHD HDR disks today and they do look pretty amazing and much better than any TV I've ever owned. I'm not suggesting my TV can outperform an OLED TV. It goes very bright, but nothing competes with the dark blacks of OLED at least not yet.
  9. RCHeliGuy

    Amazon charging an extra $2.99/month for top streaming service

    Personally, I don't care. I do watch Prime content enough and I pay extra not to see commercials on Hulu etc, so Oh well. Netflix is still probably my favorite. Really enjoyed Foundation, Ted Lasso, For all Mankind on Apple TV Plan to watch Silo and plan to watch a few others. Disney is...
  10. RCHeliGuy

    Trickledown....

    Had to turn off that audio assistant FAST! Wow! That is some extremely annoying artificial sounding speed talking! It auto configured to send out HDR10+ and 4:4:4 4K 60fps and 7.2 surround. I tested out a recent BD and it seems to work well enough. Tomorrow Planet Earth III arrives and...
  11. RCHeliGuy

    Trickledown....

    I think that the more expensive version has better analog processing if you use that rather than just running it all out the HDMI cable, and it has a more solid upscale case, but I'm not sure what else it does better than the 820 which I went with. I didn't see any differences between them that...
  12. RCHeliGuy

    Trickledown....

    Interesting.... He pointed out that the difference between HDR10+ and HDR Dolby was very noticeable, but otherwise found it hard to tell the difference between the Panasonic and the X-Box. They had two LG OLED TV's side by side running identical source material.
  13. RCHeliGuy

    Trickledown....

    I'm looking into Atmos. I have a finished ceiling in my media room in the basement with inset theater lighting. Running the speaker cables looks challenging, but I think it would be doable. I could set up a 5.1.4 system. I'd have a 2nd subwoofer just for even distribution, but there is a large...
  14. RCHeliGuy

    Trickledown....

    I upgraded my 5.1 system rear speakers and it already sounds much better. But I still haven't added additional speakers yet. I currently have the following with the center channel just below the TV and the other 4 speakers high on the walls in the corners of the room and the subwoofer is down...
  15. RCHeliGuy

    Trickledown....

    I got the Samsung QN90C 85" QLED So far I'm impressed, but I haven't actually watched any HDR content yet. It seems a LOT darker and brighter than the 75" I replaced. FYI, my 13 year old Oppo also used Bitstream :)
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