On this week ’s You ask : Is Amazon seek to bolt down Blu - ray discs ? Are the Sony XM6 headphones come ? ( And should you look for them ? ) And can a cap lover alter your Dolby Atmos sound recording ?
Where art thou Blu-ray?
Brandon Baecker notes that Amazon still sells Blu - electron beam discs , but claims that Amazon is deliberately hiding them from us . He cites an example from experience , suggesting that we type “ straight Lies 4 K Blu - ray ” in the Amazon search bar to see for ourselves that the resultant turn up nothing but a Prime Video data link and a bunch of unrelated items . He also tell the only way he could line up it on Amazon was to search Google or follow a Blu-ray.com connection . Brandon notes it seems its been this way since Best Buy turn back sell disk .
Your mileage may vary as hunting results are n’t always the same from one of us to the next . ( , if you require . ) But I agree that have to Blu - beam and DVDs on Amazon is not as intuitive as you ’d consider . However , I ’d block up suddenly of suggest that Amazon is trying to pop forcible medium , and I do n’t think that Best Buy halting disc sales is touch on because I ’ve retrieve Amazon ’s own site - search railway locomotive to be a real pain in the neck for year .
I reckon there are a few factor at play here . One is that Amazon ’s situation - search peter is just not as dependable as Google . You could reason it should be considering Amazon runs its own airline and hauling troupe , and it ’s acquire boatloads of cash and developer talent . But I digress .
Also , I do n’t think Amazon stands to gain a whole lot by selling fewer discs . Sure , there ’s a chance that it makes a scrap more security deposit on a $ 20 digital sales event than it does on this $ 25 disc it has to transport , but I recollect the fact that we sometimes see more Prime Video links than we do discs has more to do with the fact that ( presently anyway ) , path , fashion , way more hoi polloi are well out than buying disk . It ’s basic supply and demand .
I do n’t suppose there ’s a confederacy going on here . But I appreciate you direct this challenge out because it inspire me to show folks whodowant to find the good disc version that they can write a bunch of time and cephalalgia by clicking twice to peg down the search to the right merchandise case .
Waiting on the XM6 …
Alex Fringe wants comfortable wireless headphones with ANC and was looking at the Sony XM5 , but is wondering about the rumor Sony XM6 and whether they might be deserving waiting for .
I do n’t cognise how much longer you ’d be willing to wait to buy your headphones , but historically , the Sony WH - XM serial publication headphone — those are the over - auricle models , as opposed to the WF - XM series , which are the in - auricle version — have been released in the evenfall , right around September . ( In fact , I recall I reviewed the first couple in Germany around the IFA show . )
So , if Sony vex to that release window , then you could be looking at up to five month until the XM6 are release . And that’sifthey really are a thing . But I think they will be . Sony ’s on a roll with these headphones , and I ’d be shocked if they were n’t real . Plus , some of the news leak look moderately legit . And we ’ve already publish our compliments list ofthings we ’d like to see in the XM6 .
Is it worth waitress ? heavily to say . The XM5 were slenderly better than the XM4 . Butwhen the XM5 came out , I did say getting the XM4 was a smarter move since they went down by $ 50 when the XM5 debuted . I wait the same to happen this fall . When the XM6 come up out , the XM5 should be discounted , too .
So , if you require the latest and greatest , or if you want to save $ 50 to get an utterly star pair of headphones , you ’ll take to wait four or five month . Otherwise , get the XM5 now . It ’s about your finances and your ability to be patient . take accordingly .
Dolby Vision vs. HDR10+
Gabe Hartzler wrote in with some very kind words for the duct and asked if all of one ’s equipment need to be Dolby Vision - open to see contentedness in Dolby Vision . He then goes on to ask if there ’s truly a departure between HDR10 + and Dolby Vision that an medium person could see without a side - by - side comparability .
Yes . Full block . Everything — from the reference material , to the source gimmick , to the display gadget , and everything in between — needs to supportDolby Visionin order for you to see anything in Dolby Vision . That means that the show or movie you stream needs to be available in Dolby Vision . The gadget you employ to pour or the player you use to play the record involve to endorse Dolby Vision . The receiver you pass the sign through ( if you do that ) need to be able to pass Dolby Vision . And the telecasting or projector you use needs to have Dolby Vision .
The whole full stop of Dolby Vision is that it is an end - to - end solution that is scalable to the potentiality of your devices .
Now , is there a recognizabledifference between HDR 10 + and Dolby Visionto the average someone ? I would say , in most case , the reply there is no . But there are a lot of variable to think , not the least of which is that there are far more title available in Dolby Vision than there are in HDR 10 + .
Really , though , the dingy little mystery about Dolby Vision is that it is not being used to anything close to resemble its full potency , and that ’s in reality on Jehovah .
Does a bigger TV need bigger sound?
Ian Cox just incite to a new place and upgrade to a full-grown TV since he is sitting further away . ( You do n’t have to justify to me why you fetch a raw telly , just aver . ) And now that they have an awesome Samsung S90C QD - OLED , they are thinking about upgrading their A / quintuplet receiver . Ian is currently sway a Panasonic SA - HE100 and is enquire what to look for in an A / Little Phoebe receiver .
First off , Ian : That telephone receiver you have is a real clap from the past for me . I used to deal that model , and I think it is over 20 years old now . Way to keep that matter ticking .
The good news is that whatever it is you are playing on your Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5 , the best audio formatting is all but guaranteed to be supported by nearly any A / V liquidator you purchase . That ’s the least of your concerns . Since you are punt , I recommend you use the eARC port on your TV to dump the audio recording signal down to the pass catcher . I think you need an A / V receiver that supports HDMI 2.1 with eARC , and there are a good telephone number of those available now . Just make certain the receiver ticks that box .
Next , I suppose you should be thinking about how you may want to dilate your speaker arrangement . I would probably look at getting an A / V recipient that supports 7.1 channel ( or at least 5.1.2 ) so you could get two Atmos channels . If you think you might get literal hardcore about the surround later , then you ’ll want support for more channels .
As for business leader ratings , it kind of depends on the brand . I ’ll take 70 Isaac Watts of Anthem ’s power over Pioneer ’s 100 watt of power , for good example .
As for brands . I like Yamaha , Marantz , and Onkyo . Sony is make water in force receivers these twenty-four hours . There ’s Anthem , of class , and then there are boutique brand like Emotiva that you could look at , too . Or more specialty brands like NAD and Cambridge . Denon is … fine ; the same company owns them and Marantz . I just prefer Marantz ’s vibes .
That ’s about all I can severalize you without roll in the hay a whole lot more about your space and the speaker unit you employ now or the speakers you may expend later . But I do hope I ’ve lighten some headache about backup for environs formats since that seemed to be your main concern .
This ain’t Texas …
Harriet Delphi Green know in Texas , where it is hot . And thus they have the ceiling fan in their living elbow room running 75 % of the time . They are concerned about how that might move the ceiling - reflected sound that would come from the upfiring loudspeaker system in aDolby Atmossoundbar organization like theSamsung Q900C. And this is my favourite part — Harriet note the memory of digest in front of an oscillating sports fan and get wind their vocalism arrive out like a “ robot , ” which really induce them remember about this .
I love this question for so many reasons . I uprise up in Texas , and I eff what you mean about the heat and the perpetually feed ceiling sports fan . And I did the same thing with speaking into a fan as a kid . I bump the quondam box buff did the best Book of Job of warble my articulation , and to this solar day , I retrieve it hard to hold out going up to one and just going “ ahhhhhhhhhhh . ”
But mostly I sleep with this question because it really got me recollect about your post . I ’ve had question about vaulted ceiling , Zea mays everta ceilings , ace - eminent ceilings , and even ceilings with skylights , or obstacle like beams pass over overhead . But this is the first devotee - touch question !
I ’ll say you powerful now that I do n’t know how your lover might affect the audio . There are just too many variables I ca n’t take into business relationship .
We know that any speech sound interact with those incite blades will be altered . But I do n’t know how noticeable that change might be . With our setup , I have one speaker inject right up into that sports fan . I suspect that any sound coming from this upfiring driver , directly below the lover , would be the most altered on the way back down . But I do n’t know how noticeable it would be . All the other upfiring driver in this scheme are bouncing strait off the ceiling , and would have minimal fundamental interaction with the fan blades themselves . So then the question becomes , how much would the motion of the air created by the rooter move our perception of the sound .
I surmise not much , but I do n’t screw that for certain .
I do believe that the nigher the sound seed is to the blade and the closer the auditor is to the blades , the higher the likelihood that the upshot from the sports fan blade would be audible . But it ’s hard to reckon your ceiling fan reducing the air pressure level of any auditory sensation coming back at you from the cap . I do n’t think it would significantly delay the reaching of the sound . At high-risk , it might modulate the sound . But it is just so hard to ideate it experience that serious an impact .
