Scott Wilkinson on Home Theater

Episode 1313
Scott has an article on AVSForum.com about how to watch the Olympics in 4K. The games are being shot in 8K by NHK for Japan, then downrezed to 4K since nobody has an 8K display.
Scott has an article on AVSForum.com about how to watch the Olympics in 4K. The games are being shot in 8K by NHK for Japan, then downrezed to 4K since nobody has an 8K display.
Leo bought the XBox One S with a 4K Blu-ray player, but it meant that he had to buy a 4K TV. So he bought the 65" LG B6 OLED 4K TV. Leo says it's stunning how thin the TV is. But then he had to buy the Denon 910 because the UHD signal couldn't pass through his old AV receiver. That also meant he had to buy cables. Scott says that Leo didn't have to buy new HDMI cables unless they were really old ones. Any HDMI cable from the last few years should be able to handle the 18GB connection required. The real key is the ports on the AV Receiver.
Leo said that NBC spent a lot of money to get exclusive control of the Olympics and to see it online, Randy has to verify who his cable or satellite subscription is with. The only way to complain about this is to complain to the Olympic Committee, but they're making money hand over fist. The BBC, by contrast, is streaming it live and some people run VPN software to log in and watch it live as it happens. It's an illusion that the Olympics are a great public spectacle. They really aren't. It's a commercial enterprise now.
Scott joins us to talk about watching the Olympics on a giant projection screen and how Leo's home theater surround sound can cause neighbors in his apartment complex to complain. Scott says that Leo's receiver may have a "midnight mode," which compresses the dynamic range of so that it doesn't make it too loud to pass through walls. It won't give him as much of the theater experience of Surround Sound, but it'll keep the neighbors happy.
Lee wants to watch the Olympics, but she doesn't have cable or satellite. If she did have cable or satellite, she would just go to NBCOlympics.com and sign in using her cable or satellite TV account.
The cable providers have demanded viewers who watch the Olympics streaming online verify they have either cable or satellite service. Leo says this is the last gasp of providers who are seeing users cut the cable in favor of watching their TV online. NBC also deliberately delayed the Opening Ceremonies and didn't stream it online. They claimed it's because it was "too sophisticated" to stream, but Leo says they wanted the ratings and the ad revenue, nothing more.
Scott says that the Opening Ceremonies was fantastic, and he loved Mr. Bean playing Chariots of Fire. Scott says that over 80% of US homes have 3D available and DirecTV is showing it in 3D. He's also shocked at how little promotion 3D was getting for the Olympics.
NBC insults viewer intelligence, says Olympic Opening Ceremony is too 'complex' for online audience...
http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/28/3197834/nbc-insults-viewer-intelligenc...
NBC Olympics Online Stream...
http://nbcolympics.com
Tim Berners-Lee...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee