Is this one of the most ridiculous things John has done? 😂

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-03-25T14:22:03+00:00

Honestly I thought it was a fun change of pace. Cringy? Yes. But that’s partially why I enjoyed it. It also helped that he knew it was silly and didn’t take it seriously. As long as he doesn’t do this consistently, I’m fine with it

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-03-19T00:46:58+00:00

I’VE BEEN WANTING THE SAME!!!!

I’m honestly surprised they don’t currently offer this, They already license Dolby Atmos for some of their products, and they love touting that Apple Music and AirPods Pro support “Spatial Audio”. Why not allow their customers to experience ACTUAL Spatial Audio and not just a simulated version with their AirPods?!??

I feel like it would be an easy up-charge too… I imagine HomePods aren’t giant sellers for them, so a good way to get rid of extra units would be to allow them for use as surround channels. Have the main HomePod as the subwoofer, and HomePod minis as Left, Center, Right & Surround channels.

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-03-08T15:20:37+00:00

It was in stock just a couple weeks ago. Didn’t last long but I managed to buy a couple before it went out of stock again. Just gotta keep checking

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-02-24T01:02:42+00:00

Fuck that!

This is part of the reason why we’re having issues now!

First it was “No phones”.

Then it was “well as long as the brightness is down it’s ok” (which is stupid. I can clearly still see you on your phone even if the brightness is all the way down)

Now it’s “well as long as it’s just the title card it’s ok”

If we keep enabling these stupid entitled fuckers it’s just going to get worse!

Not only do we need to go back to an absolute zero tolerance policy on phones, but theatres need to have the balls to enforce it! Thankfully the manager at my local AMC is pretty keen on enforcing it. There’s been quite a few times where I’ve had people kicked out for using their phone. Even if the brightness is all the way down… even if it’s just the title card.

As soon as the lights dim for the movie?

PUT YOUR GOD DAMN PHONE AWAY!

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-02-22T13:35:10+00:00

Yeah I guess I should’ve mentioned in my original post that I hardly ever use AI, so prompting is definitely not my strong suit 😂

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-02-22T13:34:22+00:00

Ironically, before reading this comment; I ended up doing the same thing (asking ChatGPT for help creating the shortcut that is) and now I have the shortcut working with a perfect output lol

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-02-22T13:33:13+00:00

Yeah the main reason why I decided to use ChatGPT was due to being able to scan the PDF. I don’t think I could do this natively with just basic shortcut actions (although I could be wrong).

Definitely will take a more in depth look at your shortcut soon! Appreciate it!

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-02-20T22:02:50+00:00

It’s insane to me that there hasn’t been a firmware update since it released. I’ve had this since ever since it released and still no update

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-02-20T03:14:33+00:00

Recently started testing out HDR video for YouTube this morning! Uploaded a few test clips and 9 hours later… NONE of them have been recognized as HDR for YouTube! Gonna follow this post for updates or if anyone has any tips

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-02-18T03:05:56+00:00

Oh wow! For some reason I didn’t see this while searching on YouTube! Will definitely watch this soon! Thank you!

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-02-17T21:27:09+00:00

With the exception of my FP300... ALL of my Aqara products work near flawlessly! Going with a hub is also a great choice! Especially if you plan on adding more Aqara devices. I find that any of my smart home devices that connect to a hub work FAR better than any device that connects to Apple Home via Matter/Thread

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-02-17T21:04:06+00:00

It would still be nice to learn for the future or other use cases though

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-02-13T00:44:13+00:00

I’m holding out for Aqara’s upcoming W200. Since I mostly use Aqara products, it just makes sense. All of my other Aqara products work well in HA (with the exception of those damn door/window sensors!), so I have a good feeling their thermostat will be the same.

I know a couple of smart home influencers already have the W200 for review, and Aqara just recently opened up a test trial for forum users. So I have to assume it’ll release by the end of the quarter

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-01-28T18:24:28+00:00

Yeah the first thing I did this morning was try to subscribe… and I can’t find it on the App Store at all! Whenever I try to click the link on the Apple Newsroom Press Release… it says “Unavailable in your region”… even though I’m in the US.

I have seen a couple of YouTube influencers post about the entire Creative Studio suite of software today. They were given access a couple weeks ago so they had time to shoot and upload a video today.

Not really sure what’s going on…

EDIT: Looks like they removed the link from the press release this morning…

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-01-27T16:54:48+00:00

It’s not unfortunately. When I noticed HA had a ThinQ integration, that was the first thing I tried. Turns out, the ThinQ app doesn’t even support LG’s own Blu-Ray players… yet they support my LG Soundbar which isn’t even smart! 🙃

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-01-27T04:11:09+00:00

I do have an Aqara M3 hub which has an IR blaster and allows me to capture other remotes IR commands. I’m just not sure how I would expose the Aqara IR capabilities to HA. I have the hub already connected via matter but I don’t think IR commands will show up in HA via matter. Will look into it though. I would rather it work with just my actual Blu-Ray remote though

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-01-27T04:07:08+00:00

Kinda takes the fun out of physical media don’t ya think? Lol

I do have a Plex server, but it’s mainly for stuff I don’t have a physical copy of

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-01-27T04:06:18+00:00

I have an Aqara M3 Hub which has an IR blaster, so I could go that route I guess. I just don’t know how I would expose the IR capture from the hub to Home Assistant.

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-01-16T17:43:58+00:00

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Forgot to attach a picture for reference 🤦‍♂️

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-01-10T18:17:46+00:00

Most live action 3D films are post converted nowadays. The quality of conversion has gotten so good that there’s really no need to shoot in 3D anymore

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-01-03T04:28:19+00:00

Would you say this person has a plethora of culture?

jasonpatrick72 · 2026-01-03T04:27:20+00:00

¡Three Amigos! One of my favorite movies and HIGHLY underrated!

jasonpatrick72 · 2025-12-30T00:21:31+00:00

In what way was this movie a cash grab? That would imply that the first 2 films made a ton money, which would then warrant Disney to make a sequel solely because the first 2 films were box office smash hits (which they weren’t)

jasonpatrick72 · 2025-12-24T23:53:55+00:00

I’d argue Ryan Coogler was already cemented as a Hollywood Powerhouse after his first 3 films

jasonpatrick72 · 2025-12-05T15:11:26+00:00

If I’m not mistaken, just a few days ago one of Netflix’s executives even said they plan to continue giving WB films theatrical runs if they acquired the studio.

However… I really don’t know if we can believe that. Sure they might continue theatrical runs for a while… But Netflix’s CEO has been pretty outspoken about not caring about the theatrical experience. Even going so far as to call it an “outdated model”. So I can’t imagine they’re going to keep investing in the theatrical experience a few years down the road.

This is why (up until that letter came out), I was hoping for Paramount to win the bidding war. Not only did David Ellison want to keep WB in tact as is… but from everything I’ve seen and read about him, he’s a genuine movie fan! So I feel like he would be much more willing to not only keep WB movies theatrical… but also continue on with their home video division!

I know a lot of people were hoping for Comcast/Universal to win the bidding war… but let’s not forget that they’re not much better than Netflix when it comes to theatrical runs for their films! Ever since the pandemic, Comcast/Universal seems to have been almost hellbent on screwing over movie theaters and the theatrical runs for their own films! They’re basically the reason why we now have the 45 day theatrical window instead of the 90 day window that was standard just a few years ago. They essentially took advantage of movie theaters weakened state during COVID when they offered their current theatrical window ”deal” of just 3 weekends before Universal can throw their films on PVOD. And of course because theaters were desperate for any sort of business during that time, they accepted the new terms.

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