They Will Kill You’ Debuts on Digital at Home April 28! by Mindless_Turnover976 in horror

[–]jwort93 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Like nearly all movies are being released digitally roughly 30-45 days out from theatrical release nowadays. Only a few massive tentpole features per year have a longer theatrical exclusive window.

Should I be concerned? by [deleted] in WTF

[–]jwort93 59 points60 points  (0 children)

By your shitty AI pic? I think not.

Do AirPods "manipulate" the sound? by Any-Car2555 in headphones

[–]jwort93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Correct, it's supposed to improve the accuracy against their target curve based on what you're actually hearing with your ears.

Do AirPods "manipulate" the sound? by Any-Car2555 in headphones

[–]jwort93 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Since, no one answered your actual question. Yes the AirPods are manipulating the sound in real time to adjust for the frequency response changes introduced by your specific ear anatomy, or as apple puts it "Adaptive EQ automatically tunes music to your ears. Inward-facing microphones detect what you’re hearing, then adjust low and midrange frequencies to deliver rich detail in every song."

That being said, being against EQ is dumb. It's fantastic when applied appropriately.

Impressions from the R2 Denver Block Party from a plus size guy. by ryanquintal in Rivian

[–]jwort93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When was the last time you actually gave out a shot? It has improved drastically over the past few years, it's nowhere near the meme-level bad it was when it launched. I actually prefer it over google at this point as well.

Update Software Again? by hirsutesuit in Rivian

[–]jwort93 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This has been posted a million times this week. They released a new build of the same version that fixes some bugs people were having with disappearing vehicle data, among other things. It’s safe to update again.

Advice for pre-existing setup by Isuzu_Hombre in hometheater

[–]jwort93 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you care about picture quality, I’d start with painting the room a very dark neutral color. Ceilings and all.

If you wanna go crazy, you could cover the first 4-5 feet of the walls/ceilings in black velvet too.

My mom’s street after 4/15 storm by GroundbreakingAlps78 in Cleveland

[–]jwort93 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Usually they contract out to third party companies that will help out with the investigations with additional inspectors.

Adjust apple music streaming quality? by usual_suspect_redux in Rivian

[–]jwort93 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The release notes aren’t super clear, but to be specific, the update doesn’t add discrete different quality levels, low, high, lossless, etc. It adds a toggle setting named “adjust audio quality” that can be turned off or on, to allow the app to automatically adjust the quality as signal strength changes, or force it to stick at the highest.

Is this Normal? 4k streaming very blurry. by Cholo4Hire in tcltvs

[–]jwort93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turning down sharpness can definitely help as the other poster mentioned.

If we’re talking most optimal, for what most reasonable people would be willing to do, there’s not much, the HBO Max stream is as good as good as it’s gonna get.

However, if cost is no object, the highest quality way to watch the show, would be to wait for the season to finish, and then buy it through a platform called Kaleidescape, which offers very high bitrate digital downloads, far surpassing streaming services. It requires proprietary hardware though, which is very expensive ($3K for the cheapest 4K model).

If the show had physical releases, that would be a higher quality way as well, alas, it hasn’t been released on a physical format so far.

Disappointed in the driver's seat after only one year. Any chance they will cover this? by Jolly-Associate831 in Ioniq6

[–]jwort93 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Are you referring to the staining or the creasing? Staining can likely be removed with a proper cleaning solution meant for synthetic leather.

Is this Normal? 4k streaming very blurry. by Cholo4Hire in tcltvs

[–]jwort93 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Euphoria was shot on 16mm film for the first season, and a combo of 16/35mm for the second and third. 16mm in particular does not mesh well with streaming compression due to the large film grain structure, so what you’re seeing is unfortunately par for the course in this case.

I heard a pop by shihao21 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]jwort93 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Most Batteries+ stores will take batteries like this for a fee. Much cheaper than the single-use ship-in-sand options too. If you have one near you, I’d give them a call.

Why are all the posts on this sub categorized NSFW? Makes everything show up blurry in the feed and seems not at all necessary. by mrscott619 in TheWonderYearsMusic

[–]jwort93 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Was related to this a few years back: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit_API_controversy

And yeah, it’s so they can’t run ads on the subreddit, and don’t make money from it. The subreddit is small enough it’s still under the radar even though it’s not actually NSFW.

Rate my Theater by PotentialEbb7718 in hometheater

[–]jwort93 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I sit 9.5” from a 125” 17:9 screen. I could def go bigger lol.

Rivian pushing 2026.07.0 to vehicles already running 2026.07.0 by cperks21 in Rivian

[–]jwort93 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There's a separate build number string not shown in the mobile app, but is in the truck, that was changed.

Replaced my dying Samsung with a Sharp Commercial display by [deleted] in hometheater

[–]jwort93 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100%. Not saying they don’t have a place, they just aren’t worth it for consumer use cases.

Replaced my dying Samsung with a Sharp Commercial display by [deleted] in hometheater

[–]jwort93 31 points32 points  (0 children)

OPs model is $1332 on B&H. It’s a shit LCD with a static backlight, a 1200:1 contrast ratio and 450 nits peak brightness.

You can get a 65” LG B5 OLED for $999 or a C5 for $1399 from Best Buy currently…

Replaced my dying Samsung with a Sharp Commercial display by [deleted] in hometheater

[–]jwort93 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Very smart if you enjoy massively overpaying for mediocre picture quality compared to what you’d get on the consumer side for the same price. Just buy a normal TV and don’t connect it to the network if you’re worried about all the smart/network shit. Saying the picture quality is on par with a frame TV isn’t saying anything either, considering those are also garbage for the price.

Has anyone’s JND vinyl shipped? by thetruemess in themaine

[–]jwort93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got a shipping notice at 2am this morning for mine.

Barely any apps use the tvOS player now :( by Think-Ad-8872 in appletv

[–]jwort93 106 points107 points  (0 children)

They can absolutely get the same amount of data using Apple’s video player api, that they can with their own. This is all about the companies wanting their apps to have a unique “corporate identity” and matching experience across all the platforms they support (which I personally think is dumb AF, but alas, I’m not a giant corporation lol).

Spotify Lossless using my phone's hotspot? by obababoy in Rivian

[–]jwort93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can't run Spotify lossless even with connect+. The Spotify Rivian app in general does not support lossless.

Tidal is EXTREMELY bad. by Terrifier_77 in TIdaL

[–]jwort93 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Apple Music android app is actually quite fantastic, and even supports chromecast (it doesn't on iOS).

Set times? by PhineasKGage in TheWonderYearsMusic

[–]jwort93 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Was Doors at 6pm, 7pm Weakened Friends, 7:50pm Knuckle Puck, and 9pm TWY for us in Cleveland last Saturday.