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HDTV and Home Theater Podcast is a technology podcast hosted by HT Guys. It has 819 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

The HT Guys, Ara Derderian and Braden Russell, are Engineers who formerly worked for the Advanced Digital Systems Group (ADSG) of Sony Pictures Entertainment. ADSG was the R&D unit of the sound department producing products for movie theaters and movie studios. Two of the products they worked on include the DCP-1000 and DADR-5000. The DCP is a digital cinema processor used in movie theaters around the world. The DADR-5000 is a disk-based audio dubber used on Hollywood sound stages. ADSG was awarded a Technical Academy Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2000 for the development of the DADR-5000. Ara holds three patents for his development work in Digital Cinema and Digital Audio Recording. Every week they put together a podcast about High Definition TV and Home Theater. Each episode brings news from the A/V world, helpful product reviews and insights and help in demystifying and simplifying HDTV and home theater. Our email address is [email protected]

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Podcast #1248: Why does anyone still need a physical satellite TV service?

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Podcast #1247: What Specs Matter and What Don't When Buying a New HDTV

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Podcast #1246: The Next Big Thing In Home Automation

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Podcast #1245: Set Top Boxes - From Niche Devices to Major Ecosystems

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Podcast #1244: Why are Radio Stations Disappearing?

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Podcast #1243: Set Top Box Shootout

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Podcast #1242: A New Standard for HDTV

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Podcast #1241: Expensive Audio Wires are Bananas!

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Podcast #1240: Ara's New Home Design (Network, Smart Home, and AV)

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Podcast #1239: HDTV Display Technologies That Are No Longer With Us

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Podcast #1238: Free Streaming Perks

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Podcast #1237: Ranking Smart TV OSes and There Will Never Be a New 'Seinfeld'

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Podcast #1236: 2026 CES Award Winners

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Podcast #1235: CES 2026

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Podcast #1234: Happy New Year!

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Podcast #1233: The Streamable Awards

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Podcast #1232: Large Format TV vs Projector

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Podcast #1231: Mail Bag

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Podcast #1230: Matter Update

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Podcast #1229: Second Screen Viewing

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Podcast #1228: Black Friday 2025

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Podcast #1227: Best AV Receivers for Newbies, Enthusiasts, and Fanatics

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HDTV Rewind Episode #15: Your email and News

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Podcast #1226: What is Automatic Content Recognition (ACR)?

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Podcast #1225: Top User Rated Original Movies per Streamer

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Podcast #1224: Streaming Price Hikes: A Historical Look

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HDTV Rewind Episode #14: 5G Broadcast

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Podcast #1223: Lost TV Series Finales and Five Smart Home Trends

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Podcast #1222: Five Highly Rated 55 Inch TVs Under $500

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Podcast #1221: RTINGS Longevity Burn-In Test Updates

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HDTV Rewind Episode #12: HDMI Over Ethernet

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Podcast #1220: Products that Sparked the Home Automation Revolution and Dolby Vision 2

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HDTV Rewind Episode #12: CEDIA 2017

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Podcast #1219: Best of CEDIA 2025

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Podcast #1218: US Network TV Fall Premiers

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Podcast #1217: The DVR is Dead

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Podcast #1216: TV Brightness Isn't Everything

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Podcast #1215: What Happened to DLNA Technology?

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Podcast #1214: LEO (Low Earth Orbit) Satellite Internet

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HDTV Rewind Episode #11: DVRs and the Netflix/Epix Deal

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Podcast #1213: 2025 Value Electronics TV Shootout

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Podcast # 1212: Where is the Ring Indoor Security Drone and Top 10 Streaming Shows of the First Half of 2025

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Podcast #1211: Why Are Consumers Skipping New Streaming Devices

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HDTV Rewind Episode #10: Blu-ray VS DVD

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Podcast #1210: Rokus Secret Menus

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Podcast #1209: Money is No Object Home Theater - Within Reason

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Podcast #1208: HDMI 2.2

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HDTV Rewind Episode #9: Room Acoustics

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Podcast #1207: Most Popular HDTV and Home Theater and Automation Products

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HDTV Rewind Episode #8: What is Quartics?

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