AVForums Podcast

This week Phil gets hands-on with Panasonic's 2023 TV line-up at the company's UK facility and also gives us his initial impression of Samsung's flagship QN95C mini LED TV. Plus, Doug updates us with his recent reviews of Perlisten's R-Series speaker package and the Marantz Cinema 60 AVR while Ed has a new set of music recommendations. There's also the usual round up of all of the latest AV and Hi...

This week we're going to argue - a little - about Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and its CG, and argue - a little - about Avatar: The Way of Water, and its CG, on 4K, also looking at old school practical effects in Ronin's outstanding US 4K from Kino, catching up on surprisingly classic cruise in 4K, with The Firm and Vanilla Sky in the UK, and Rain Man in the US, and discuss loads of TV,...

This week we discuss Panasonic's OLED TV lineup for 2023 including its flagship MZ2000 with the new MLA panel. Phil's also been testing Samsung's new S95C OLED flagship with a 2nd generation QD-OLED panel and gives a preview of his findings, while Jules discusses his latest display calibration training venture. Plus there's the usual round up of all of the latest AV and Hi-Fi news.

This week we take a look at The Flash and Transformers 7 at the cinemas, and wonder why better films like Netflix's Extraction 2 are landing on streaming, we review the latest John Wick Chapter 4 on demo worthy 4K, the dino-sci-fi 65 on 4K, celebrate the return of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds with the Season 2 opener, survive Black Mirror Season 6, trash The Idol and Crowded Room, and get all nos...

This week, we speak with Spears & Munsil about their new UHD benchmarking package, Phil reviews the LG G3 MLA OLED Evo TV, Ian tells us about the Vision Pro reality headset from Apple and Martin tells us about the Klipsch The Sevens Powered Speakers. In our Hi-Fi section, Ed talks iFi Audio iCan Phantom headphone amplifier and Focal Theva No2 Speakers.

This week Cas recommends Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Sisu at the cinemas and Guy Ritchie's excellent The Covenant, now on Amazon Prime Video, and tells you to steer clear of Robert Rodriguez' latest, Hypnotic, getting tired of waiting for Criterion to bring 4K to the UK and importing their US release of Devil in a Blue Dress instead. Mark gave some Cocaine to a Bear, in 4K, and watched...

This week we compare LG and Sony's mid range OLED TVs for 2023, review BenQ's W2710i and TK860i DLP projectors, run through what caught our eye at the Munich High End Show and look at Zidoo's Eversolo DMP-A6 network streamer. We're also joined by the founder of the Professional Video Alliance Gregg Loewen who'll be explaining the services, training and certification this industry body offers. Plus...

This week Tom talks about the latest, good, Marvel movie, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3, and Apple’s release of Michael J. Fox's Still. Mark has a meeting about Amazon's "Meetings: The Movie", Air, and both classic Musketeers movies in 4K, 1973's The Three Musketeers and 1974's The Four Musketeers. And Simon assesses Fear and Loathing in 4K and talks up Apple’s Silo and Netflix's Beef on TV, pl...

This week we take a look at the second most expensive TV show of all time, the flashy waste of money that is Amazon's Citadel, from the Russo Bros., one of the most expensive French films of all time, Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan, a great Evil Dead sequel in Rise, the Superman 4K collection, Kieslowski's Three Colours Trilogy in 4K, and a bunch of good TV like Florida Man, The Diplomat, Yellowjack...

This week Ed presents the AVForums Podcast and we discuss the latest HiFi, AV and TV news, Jules tells us all about his recent LG G3 MLA OLED calibration and why it just might be the TV of the year. Martin looks at budget home cinema with the Emotiva MC1 processor review, while Doug looks at a 5.1 system based on the new Bowers and Wilkins 700 S3 speakers. Plus, we get Ed's album, playlist and vin...

This week we talk about how Nicolas Cage might be the best thing at the cinemas at the moment - Renfield going up against the likes of Super Mario Bros., Assassin Club and Mummies - discuss the best and worst Superman sequel from the original series, investigate some good Gerard Butler on 4K in the form of Plane, Second Sight's latest lavish box set in Picnic at Hanging Rock 4K, Arrow's latest - C...

We celebrate First Contact Day with Simon taking a look at the new 4K releases of the Next Generation movies, whilst Mark reflects on the horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and its lavish new 4K release from Second Sight. Plus Tom and Mark argue over the score for Dungeons and Dragons, which may actually be a good new adaptation. Plus all the latest movie and disc news.

We're back and going boxing for the first part of the podcast, talking about the Rocky films cleaning up in 4K, and Creed 3 reigning at the box office, and really looking at boxing movies and what makes them work. There's more DC at the cinema too with Shazam 2, whilst we STILL wait for The Flash which is still being touted as the greatest superhero movie ever made ever. And dinosaurs are back, wi...

This week there's a look at Samsung and LG's 2023 TV prices for UK consumers plus reviews of the Sharp 55FN2KA LCD TV, Amazon's latest Fire TV Cube and an automatic turntable from Dual. We also hear about the kit a professional display calibrator uses and round up all of the latest news from the worlds of TV, Home AV and Hi-Fi.

Phil reports back from Sony's European HQ where he got a close up look at the company's 2023 TV line up which promises even brighter QD-OLED models this year. There're also reviews of the pocket-friendly Sony HT-S400 soundbar and the impressive Yamaha R-N2000A integrated amp, plus all the latest news from the worlds of TV, Home AV and Hi-Fi.

This week we have an exclusive interview with Producer Jasper Sharp, from Arrow Video, taking a look at his background in writing, directing and now producing titles, some of the discs he has worked on, including Arrow's Battle Royale 4K and Ju-On The Grudge 4K sets, and his latest release, The House that Screamed, what it takes to get a disc out, sourcing the cuts and extra material, and what he...

We interview Philips' Danny Tack, Senior Director of Product Strategy and Planning, about the company's 2023 TV lineup and its plans for QD-OLED. Plus Ed reports back from the first Bristol Hi-Fi Show in over two years. There's a look at Netflix's Spatial Audio and a review of the HiFi Rose RS250A network streamer. We also discuss the first stages of planning a new home cinema build.

We're going small for this podcast and talking about the latest Marvel entry at the cinema, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantummania, the latest Marvel movie on 4K, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and the question that keeps popping up for most MCU fans - will it ever get back on track after Endgame? I guess with Feige's new 80-year plan he's leaving the answer to that question in the hands of his succe...

This week; Phil looks at the latest Ambilight TVs revealed at the recent Philips event in Amsterdam and Jules fills us in on the ISE exhibition in Barcelona. There're also reviews of the SVS Prime Wireless Pro speakers and the NAD C 3050LE integrated amp. Plus, after the TV community’s hopes were raised with talk of support for 4x fully featured HDMI 2.1 ports, we talk about the disappointing news...

For the first movies podcast of the year, Cas and the team catch up on what’s new in 2023, a plethora of Oscar-hopeful movies from the likes of Spielberg, Box Office bombs like Babylon and what went wrong, standout performances from none other than Brendan Fraser, Gerard Butler and David Bautista, and a lead vehicle for Mel Gibson. Plus loads of great TV, but where are all the 4K discs?

This week; Phil talks about his recent trip to Bowers & Wilkins while Ed takes a look at the company’s 705 S3 speaker. There’re also reviews of the Philips OLED+907 TV, Pioneer’s VSX-LX505 AVR and a power amp from Parasound. Plus, after our recent trip to Las Vegas, we ask if the lack of consumer 8K TVs at CES 2023 indicates that the technology has failed to take off and what it means for TV manuf...

Back from Las Vegas, we kick off the year with a CES 2023 podcast special. There's plenty to look forward to with new QD-OLED TVs from Samsung, brighter MLA OLEDs from LG and Panasonic, and mini LED models across the board.

Our final podcast of the year is a Christmas special which sees the Hardware and Movies teams get together for a festive round table look back at the highlights of 2022 as they discuss the products, technologies, innovations and content that made the year stand out… or not!

We look at Hisense's U7H and T+A's Solitaire T headphones. We also discuss TV screen panel uniformity and adding a subwoofer to a 2-channel music setup. Fidelity in Motion's David Mackenzie talks about his work on disc encoding

Reviews of JVC NZ7 and NP5 4K projectors, Peristen Audio S-Series and PSB Passif 50 speakers, Denon AVC-X3800H AV receiver, Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, Strange World, Armageddon Time, The Menu, Bones and All, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Silent Running, The Driver and Croupier