Episodes

Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
Replay: Home Video: Buy, Rent or Stream?
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
In this episode of The Home Theater Forum Podcast hosts Brian Dobbs and Sam Posten discuss the merits of buying, renting or streaming media, and where they personally choose to acquire media from.

Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Replay: Defining Home Theater
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
In this episode of The Home Theater Forum Podcast hosts Brian Dobbs and Sam Posten dig into just what defines a modern home theater. They talk about the history of home theater from the 1950s onward, then narrow down the definition to a specific space designed for the critical appreciation of movies, regardless of the room’s cost, size, or technology.

Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Replay: Favorite Movie Scenes To Demo For Others
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Introducing the new Home Theater Forum Podcast! In this episode, hosts Brian Dobbs and Sam Posten detail their history in the home theater hobby, talk a little bit about their current theater setups, and describe what makes their top five demo scenes so memorable. A selection of other honorable mention demos are also touched upon.

Monday Nov 22, 2021
Episode 31 - Robert Zohn of Value Electronics on Black Friday Part Deux
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Home Theater United
Episode 31
November 22, 2021 8:00 PM EST
Black Friday Part DEUX With special guest Robert Zohn of Value Electronics
Reconnection (5m or less):
- Whatcha get so far for pre-black friday sales?
Black Friday (Target time 1h give or take): Interviewing Robert Zohn of Value Electronics
- How do you plan out for holiday specials
- Are holiday specials going on now? Will they change on the ‘real’ black friday?
- Can you provide any hints =)
- How are you able to compete with chains like bestbuy and online with Amazon
- How, as a retailer, do you feel about Black Friday becoming a ‘season’ and not a single day?
- What were the results of your TV shootout and will that affect your holiday sale plans
- You are an advocate for short throw projectors, can you tell us more about that? How did that evolve
- What's your own home theater like, if you have one =)
- Are you disk only???
- How has the pandemic affected you / Value?
- Any word on the 2021 JVC monsters being released
- Do you think CES 2022 will go? Will you attend?
Quick Good Band and Ugly:
Sam - Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Brian - Police Academy 1-7
Robert - Not submitting, just guessing
Notes: national anthem - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIVu0afUbfY

Monday Nov 15, 2021
Episode 30 - Black Friday with Todd Erwin
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Black Friday With special guest Todd Erwin
Reconnection (5m or less):
- Republishing first handful of episodes in feed?
- Sam’s Basement update, new mac, new mic! Watching shows in the living room.
- ANOTHER SHOW next Monday!
- Films to be buried with and other podcasts
Black Friday (Target time 1h or less):
- What Black Friday means to you
- When BF actually starts, and how long it lasts?
- Current deals?
- Future deals?
- Is Black Friday really the best time to buy a new TV?
- Black Friday tracking: Slickdeals, Twitter, Other web resources?
- Camping out?
- Quick mention - cosmos: possible worlds, predestination
Quick Good Band and Ugly:
Sam - The Imitation Game, Rogue
Brian - Lion
Todd - Only Murders in the Building

Monday Oct 18, 2021
Episode 29 - Room within a room - With Dave Upton
Monday Oct 18, 2021
Monday Oct 18, 2021
October 18, 2021 8:00 PM EST
Room Within A Room With special guest Dave Upton, co-owner Home Theater Forum
Reconnection (5m or less):
- Black Friday is coming up!
- Sam’s theater is demolished! The Podcast studio too.
- New Macbooks plus Apple Logic now natively encodes Dolby Atmos!
Room Modes (Target time 1h or less):
- Introduction to Home Theater Construction, segue into room-within-room concept.
- https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/building-a-home-theater-start-here.334769/post-4147621
- Mechanical isolation - what does this mean?
- Double-wall assemblies vs. staggered stud
- What about the ceiling / floor?
Quick Good Band and Ugly:
Sam - Green Knight UHD Disk and extras
Brian - Westworld Season 2
Dave - Lost City of Z

Thursday Sep 23, 2021
Episode 28 - Room Modes with Dave Upton
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
Reconnection (5m or less):
- Mike Alder music video - TV TOO HIGH! =)
- Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer
- Value Electronics Shootout winners
- Sam - baby did a bad bad thing
Room Modes (Target time 1h or less):
- Introduction to Home Theater Construction
- https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/building-a-home-theater-start-here.334769/

Monday Sep 06, 2021
Episode 27 - Home Theater Snacks Nom Nom
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Reconnection:
- RIP Michael K Williams
- CEDIA was a bust
- Connections made via CEDIA, Powershades and MantelMount
- Value Electronics Shootout next weekend!
Snacks Nom Nom:
- History of theater snacks
- What are your favorite snacks?
- Sam
- ‘Secret’ mix popcorn
- Candy choices go!
- Brian
- Popcorn
- Chips
- Bags vs. bowls
- Drinks
- Bathroom breaks
- Eating at the theater
- Sam

Monday Aug 09, 2021
Episode 26 - What Are You Watching
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Home Theater United
Episode 26
August 9, 2021 800 PM EST
What are you watching?
Reconnection (5m or less):
- Sam’s got booth time lined up for CEDIA. STAY AWAY COVID!
- Brian’s 2003 CEDIA memories
Interview (Target time 1h or less):
- What are you watching?
- Sam
- Ted Lasso
- The Green Knight
- Suicide Squad
- Mr. Corman
- Brian
- Olympics
- 500 Nations
- Wyatt Earp / Tombstone
- 1917
- Selma
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Sam
Quick Good Band and Ugly:
Sam - Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
Brian - Nymphomaniac 5-hour director’s cut
Notes:
Infinite Jest
21 hour Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Caligula

Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
More on Amps with John Rice and John Dirk
Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
John Rice returns to fill in some of the details on amps and separates we didn't get to. And longtime HTF member John Dirk joins to bring another perspective and talk about his journey from receiver to separates. Brian and Sam get schooled on why higher wattage doesn't necessarily mean 'louder'. And the John's get to show how they would spend Sam's upgrade budget to move to separates while being able to run HDMI 2.1, VRR and other new tech.
- Introducing John Dirk
- John’s history with amps
- What John is running today
- Round two on amps and separates versus integrated receivers
- John Rice had points he didn’t get to make last time
- Build Sam a recommended Amp stack
- Can it do HDMI 2.1? Only two inputs or more?
Quick Good Band and Ugly:
Sam - Spiral from the book of Saw
Brian - Birds Of Prey
John Rice - Colossal
John Dirk - Cowboys and Aliens