Home Theater United Podcast

Join Brian Dobbs and Sam Posten as they talk about movie aspect ratios, from their history, why we need them, and optical physics that help define them.  Topics such as soft and hard matting, constant image height projection, and comparisons of television, computer and movie aspect ratios are explored.

Sam Posten and Home Theater Forum Co-Owner Ron Epstein visit Criterion Collection in New York.  Sam interviews Technical Director Lee Kline, Producer Abbey Lustgarten and Audio Supervisor Ryan Hullings about how they work with assets provided by film rights-holders to put out the best series of serious films.  Although the tag on the YouTube video indicates there are more videos in the series, we were only authorized to publish this one.

Join Brian Dobbs and Sam Posten as they talk about titles in their collection that they now wonder why they spent actual money on.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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/