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HTG 550: CEDIA 2026 Part 2 - AVRs & Audio Innovations Take Center Stage Sep 24, 2026

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The 2026 CEDIA Expo was held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, and there was a LOT to see—so much, in fact, that Home Theater Geeks will devote three episodes to covering it! Mike Heiss and Joe Klusnick were there and join Scott Wilkinson to discuss what they saw and heard. In Part 2, we focus on audio products.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

Guests: Joe Klusnick and Michael Heiss

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HTG 549: CEDIA 2026 Part 1 - Source Devices, Bright Projectors, & dvLED Sep 17, 2026

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The 2026 CEDIA Expo was held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, and there was a LOT to see—so much, in fact, that Home Theater Geeks will devote three episodes to covering it! Mike Heiss and Joe Klusnick were there and now join Scott Wilkinson to discuss what they saw and heard. In Part 1, they focus on video products shown at the event.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

Guests: Michael Heiss and Joe Klusnick

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HTG 548: Stuart Fails to Save the Universe - What I'm Watching Sep 10, 2026

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In this new occasional series within Home Theater Geeks, Scott Wilkinson talks about content he is particularly enjoying. This week, he is really digging Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, the latest spin-off from The Big Bang Theory. It's very different from its progenitor, but just as funny and filled with geeky goodness!

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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HTG 547: Senior Living Lyceum - Home Theater of the Month Interview! Sep 03, 2026

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Joe Klusnick, whose home theater was recently featured on Home Theater Geeks, returns to talk about another project he worked on recently: a theater in a senior living community. It uses relatively modest equipment and was not terribly expensive, but it performs quite well and serves an important function for the residents.

Westmont of Santa Cruz: https://westmontliving.com/our-communities/california/soquel/westmont-of-santa-cruz/

Host: Scott Wilkinson

Guest: Joe Klusnick

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HTG 546: Dumb TVs Again - Pros & Cons of Modern Internet-Connected TVs Aug 27, 2026

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Listener Lance Pelissier thinks that "smart TVs" are a waste of money if you have something like a Sony PlayStation or another online streaming source device, and he wonders if "dumb TVs" will make a comeback because they duplicate the functions of those external devices. Scott Wilkinson responds in no uncertain terms.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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HTG 545: Upscaling Quandry - Does Your TV or Streaming Box Deliver Better 4K YouTube? Aug 20, 2026

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When Christian Dietz watches YouTube videos from his Roku Ultra on his Sony X900F TV, he is often presented with a choice of 1080p or 2160p. He'd like to know which is the better option. Scott Wilkinson offers some advice and tries to clear up some confusion about where this choice is coming from.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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HTG 544: Home Movies From a NAS - Streaming Ripped DVDs to the TV, Without a PC Aug 13, 2026

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Listener Andrew has ripped DVDs of his home movies to a Synology NAS, and he would like to stream them to his TV without having to use a computer. Can it be done? Scott Wilkinson offers a couple of possible options.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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HTG 543: Modern Marvel - Home Theater of the Month Aug 06, 2026

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John Durante has built his dream home theater from scratch in his basement, and it's a modern marvel of understated design and exceptional performance. It cost some serious coin, even with a lot of DIY sweat equity, but it's worth every penny.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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HTG 542: The Odyssey in IMAX - Seeing It as the Director Intended Jul 30, 2026

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Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is undoubtedly this summer's blockbuster cinema experience. It's the first movie to be shot entirely with IMAX 70 mm film cameras, which have superior resolution and an aspect ratio much taller than most commercial cinemas. If you want to see it as the director intended, you need to see it at an IMAX theater, preferably one of the 25 in North America that are showing it on 70 mm film.

List of IMAX theaters - https://imax.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_IMAX_venues
List of 70mm theaters - https://www.in70mm.com/country/usa/cinemas/2023/index.htm
Comparison of aspect ratios - https://movieweb.com/the-odyssey-viewing-formats-compared/

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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HTG 541: PlayStation Ditches Discs - Is Physical Media on Its Way Out? Jul 23, 2026

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Sony made two disturbing announcements recently—first, it is removing over 500 StudioCanal movies from its online PlayStation Store, so that people who bought those titles will no longer have access to them. Second, Sony will no longer sell games for the PlayStation on physical discs. Is this the start of the slippery slope that leads to the death of physical media more generally?

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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