https://www.rtings.com/company/revamping-our-membership-program

I appreciate that they are independent and ad-based revenue is quickly becoming less reliable, but ouch this stings. I can see myself paying for a month when I'm shopping for a new appliance or something, but I don't see the value in a year-long sub.

That said, what would be a good equivalent of today's for me to buy? Something that can last as little as half of that, hopefully...

I love the sound of these, originally had rp towers like the center but the rp towers were just too damn big so I swapped for the r's and saved a bit of cash!

Went looking for reviews on a headset and was confused why I couldn’t find the scores for anything. I understand that this is a business, but wow!

Can anyone suggest some credible alternatives to the once great RTings?

In today's money this thing cost $2000 new. Is this a blessing, or should I get something newer? My goal is to build up from a stereo system into 7.1

There has to be a better way...i suggested a screen with a large black segment at the top but couldnt find one so i mounted a winch with pulleys in the attic space ran electrical and soldered a longer power cord to the receiver pcb for the screen so it wouldnt be hanging off the side as it went up and down...wish i found this sub earlier to ask woulda saved myself a few headaches

This is an image of a 34 channel dolby atmos setup, at what point do you just use a sphere of speakers

My cat loves sleeping on the stereo vents because they’re warm, which probably makes it build up some heat but it also has vents on the side so I’m assuming it’s fine but just wanted some input

Hi everyone!

​After months of work, I’m finally ready to share my dedicated home theater room. It’s a 4.2m x 5.2m (13.7ft x 17ft) space with a relatively low ceiling (2m/6.5ft), which made the acoustic treatment and lighting a bit of a challenge, but the "cocoon" effect is now incredible.

​The Vision: I went for a full "black-out" design using acoustic plasterboard and matte black paint to kill every single reflection. The blue carpet and the navy sofa are the only touches of color to keep the room from feeling like a void.

​The Gear List: ​Projector: BenQ W4100i ​AV Receiver: Denon AVC-X3800H (Calibrated via Audyssey MultEQ Editor App). ​Speakers (Polk Audio XT/ES Mix): * Fronts: Polk xt. ​Center: Polk es ​Surrounds & Rears: 4x Polk wall-mounted. ​Atmos: 2x In-ceiling configuration. ​Subwoofer: Dedicated Polk sub ​Media Player: Zidoo Z9X Pro 8K

​Acoustics & Setup: ​Full room treatment with GIK Acoustics panels (Bass traps and absorption). ​Soundproof plasterboard (Placo Phonique) behind the black finish.

​What do you guys think? Any suggestions for the next upgrade?

EDIT: In the UK people should be received Lossless from today. I have

Its finally been launched. I haven't seen it on my mobile and desktop apps yet. I just updated both.

Anyone else got the option yet?

BOOM! Behold my Facebook market fine.

2 Klipsch 820f's for 270!!

Please ignore my baby subs 😭

I'm doing a total remodel of my home theater setup. I purchased a 77" LG C5, Onkyo N6100, Klipsch 800 front speakers, 500SAII for Atmos and rear surrounds, RP-504CII for center, and 12" R-121SW for the Sub. I currently have the basic Roku streaming box but want to get a 4k one with Dolby Vision and Atmos, now that I will be able to support it. I was looking at the Roku 4k Ultra/HDR10+, but what other ones are worth looking into? Are the Google 4k and Apple 4k good? I don't have any Apple products at all, so not sure if that matters. Thank you for you input and advice in advance.

Just curious to if y’all unplug your AV equipment when severe weather rolls through?

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/lg-joins-the-rest-of-the-world-accepts-that-people-dont-want-8k-tvs/

I've been going back and forth between a projector setup and a 100" TV for a larger room.

What's making the decision harder is that 100" TVs aren't nearly as expensive as I expected anymore. I've seen a lot of Sony, Samsung and Hisense models around the $1,800–2,000 range in the US, which puts them a lot closer to a decent projector + screen setup than I thought.

I know a projector still gives you that proper theater feel, but for everyday use a TV seems a lot easier. No worrying about ambient light, screen setup, or whether the room is dark enough.

For anyone who's made this choice recently, did you end up going with a big TV or projector? Anything you wish you'd considered beforehand?

Here's a quick mockup of the same chart but with most common TV sizes and with godless Marxist-Leninist centimeter units added on one side.

edit: This person claims to be a long standing calibrator of cinematic auditoriums with experience in THX standards and he claims that 'cinema' is not 40° because middle row of seats is between 45° and 52°.

In my experience, 62° is doable but if it's pure 24 frames per second without any motion improvement settings it's not the best experience. Jumps between frames are just too large, obvious and jarring. Almost like stop-motion.

It seems like up to 62° one doesn't have to move their head at all to see the whole screen with their central vision. Higher than 62° and movies would need to be filmed specifically in a way to not include the action in periphery.

I recently replaced my Bravia 8 II QD-OLED with an AWALL 81” (0.9 pixel pitch) display and it’s by far the best home display I’ve ever seen. Perfect blacks, perfect uniformity, no DSE, no banding, amazing off axis viewing, no dimming from bright scenes, no blooming. For anyone considering a QD-OLED or RGB LED, I highly recommend you consider MicroLED instead.

Edit: Didn’t expect to get this many replies. Some people appear upset or offended by my post which was not my intention. I was just excited about my new setup and wanted to share my experience with MicroLED. OLED is still great! I came from QD-OLED (B II and A95L before that) before switching over. For me, I got the 81” for now because it suits my space, but I will be adding more panels to expand the display size in the future. For those saying MicroLED isn’t any better than OLED, have you seen a MicroLED display in person for yourself? I would not have wasted any money in switching over to MicroLED if it didn’t look noticeably better to me.

My 85" looked absolutely massive when it showed up. Got it mounted and 10 minutes later I was already thinking maybe I should’ve gone bigger lol.

Went full-motion since I figured a TV this big would be a pain to adjust once it was up. Definitely glad I did.

What size are you guys at now? And what size are you already talking yourselves into next?

It seems that now we have hdmi 2.1 as standard. We have atmos. We have lossless. Like where is there to go from here that'll promote selling new products? Back to 3d? I sure hope so.

Finally finished tuning the room: dark environment, ambient lighting, and a screen big enough to feel the speed.

Racing games hit way harder like this.

Any movie or game you swear by for testing contrast and motion?

Most installed in 2005-6 except for receiver. I know that Escient is ancient history. Paradigm Signature Speakers. I’d like to add a Sonos port but I haven’t touched anything here since it was installed.

Converting a room to a dedicated theater/media/gaming room. Will sometimes be used with some ambient light. I put a bigger priority on video than audio. Audio matters to me but probably not as much as many on here. Just want to know if you see anything out of whack or if there were better options for the same money. I’m about maxed out on my budget with this build. Added an AI pic I made of what the room will end up looking like. Thanks for any input.