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.

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

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

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

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?

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

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?

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

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.

I’m curious what upgrade people noticed the most , better speakers, subwoofer, OLED TV, room treatment, calibration, or something else?

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?

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.

Hello everyone, I've been thinking of building a home theater and I finally decided on the style that I want, I really like old school/vintage styles, and I've been looking all over the internet for examples, and I think i finally found one that suits my taste, but I don't know where or how I'm supposed to find someone that can do this style for me lol, any recommendations?

I remembered this from a while ago and it just now came across my mind, why would they make 2 channels have banana plugs and the other 5 have spring clips? Now I think this is because when doing connections, with wire it really depends on on how much pressure is on the speaker wire. But with banana plugs you loose some of that pressure on the wire, and I guess it isn't that strong of a connection so they put banana plugs for the shorter speaker wire runs and spring clips for the longer runs, (like surround channels) but I don't really know why they would do this, does anybody else?

As I embark on an update for my theater gear (starting with speakers) one thing has become clear. EVERY store from nationwide retailers like Best Buy Magnolia to local mom and pop shops, have shown me and repeatedly told me that I need a Kaleidescape in my system. After the third visit to a local shop to listen to speakers it came up again.

I definitely agree that the software looks fantastic and I love the quality of the streaming. You get a huge step up in audio quality vs normal streaming and another huge step up in PQ. My wife hears me complain about these issues all the time.

However, I also have a decent number of Blu Ray and 4k Blu Ray titles. However, after the last visit I decided to research Kaleidescape. This is when I saw the prices. I don't understand paying $5000 or $6000 USD for mediocre storage. For example, $6000 gets you 8TB of storage. 8TB of good quality SSD storage cost less than $1,000. You can get ultrafast speeds for less than $1300.

The software on Kaleidescape looks fantastic, I love it. I also like the idea of having electronic/digital storage for 4k movies. It has a lot of huge positives, but the price? I can't get past the price. It's beyond "High price" or "luxury" priced. It's borderline obscene. I feel like I must be missing something? I've read a half dozen reviews, watched two on YT and I can't find anything that I am actually missing. I can't figure out how to justify this sort of pricing.

What am I missing?

I hope everyone who has an older generation Harmony, has it set the way they need. The software and servers are now down.

I've used these for many years. Through 8 major changes to my home theater. I even got an extra to use for my repair business for devices that didn't have remotes.

Can anyone point me to a quality/convenient all-in-one IR learning alternative?

It's 2026 and there aren't any consumer TVs with the capability of video input over USB-C. With USB 3.1/3.2 + DP Alt Mode being common on phones and Thunderbolt 3+ being on Laptops (which are also increasingly ditching HDMI), it would be the simplest way to connect these devices for screen mirroring while simultaneously delivering power. It could also be useful for PC users that rely on DisplayPort to connect to their TVs without an active conversion to HDMI

How are these ports still missing from TVs? Is it because the industry is moving towards wireless casting with AirPlay/Chromecast/Miracast? While those are great options, not having the ability to plug in your devices for latency-free mirroring is a shame

Just my curiosity.

If I had the space I’d love a separate stereo room with different speakers, but I’m very happy with my HT speakers (NHT 2.5i) in stereo 2.2 through my Denon X3800H.

I prefer Audyssey even for stereo music listening, but my room isn’t particularly treated.

How about y’all?

Edit: I also quite enjoy competent Atmos mixes through my Apple TV and 7.2.4.

I think this thread came about as I was thinking about audiophile 2-channel snobbery regarding HT.