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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    VanityPRO | Audiopraise AudioPraise VanityPRO HDMI audio extractor | Stereophile.com Chris, are you familiar with this product. Do you think connecting the Appletvx HDMI out through this HDMI extractor could in some systems even further improve the audio sonics?
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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Interesting - I use DJM Electronics Gigafoil v4 as a hardwired ethernet "filter" from my Appletvx and Kaleidescape components in my basement system. Just got an email from DJM Electronics about a new such but better filter: Streaming Audio EMI Filter - EMI/RFI Filter for 10/100 and Gigabit...
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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Whoops!!!
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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Technically I think now you are correct. Though it may be that Sony will not be making efforts to noticeably improve their OLEDs. Why Sony pulling out wouldn't kill OLED TV - CNET
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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Chris, so you, as the Mad Scientist video expert (which I concede that you indeed are), prefer Sony OLED vs LG OLED, that Sony gives the best most accurate picture? How about the new Samsung OLEDs? And I understand Sony is discontinuing OLED and going to higher brightness mini-LED I think this...
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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    My basement 65" OLED is a 2019 LG. So what Chris points out above may help explain some of the funky visual observations I have had!
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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    So Chris, a sidebar, since you mention Lumagen (which I will be using the 5348 in my theater). Have you played with MadVR. Any impressions incl vs Lumagen?
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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    On well. My Sony 380 projector should be up in a few months finally (14' wide screen) in my renovated theater. I will live with the immersiveness. And an Appletv X for the theater (as well as for my basement 65" LG OLED system).
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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Yes - no doubt there is fake or shoddy Dolby Atmos on some streaming shows as well as fake or shoddy Dolby Vision or HDR. And some really good Dolby Vision particularly on Appletv Plus. And I suspect if you set to SDR that some shows may stream at lower video bitrate or without the Dolby Vision...
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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Many months ago now - the first months after getting the AppleTV X, I unqualifiedly determined that SDR always looked best even on HDR/Dolby Vision programming. But now, many months later, and having settled in with "tweaks" to my basement OLED system (DJM Electronics Gigafoil v4, etc) (as...
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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    OK And of course I am so terribly happy happy with the Appletvx as is. One more experiment I did recently. For a few weeks I set up the Appletvx to turn off completely including the entire system video and audio at the conclusion of every session. After awhile, I noted a clear drop off in...
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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Chris, I wonder if ever there might be any benefit to taking out the faster chips from the latest model and inserting them into the two 2021 modded model?
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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Looks like a new Appletv4k is coming next year w same poor build quality as 2023 model so no doubt Chris will continue modding the 2021 model. https://www.macrumors.com/2023/11/20/2024-apple-tv-rumors/
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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    I gotta tell ya! the picture with the Appletvx is so amazing! But I still find myself sometimes comparing SDR vs HDR. Sometimes, its a close call, though HDR never seems to win out. Tonight, watching Season 4, Episode 1 of "For All Mankind", let there be no doubt. Especially the scene where with...
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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Before I went with the Appletvx i have had each of the Appletv 4k models. With the 2023 one, with my HDHomerun app for my OTA antenna with HDHomerun4k tuner for OTA local channels, on NBC I would get fine picture but the sound was clipping. No such issue with the prior Appletv 4k units. No such...
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