Recent content by AlastairB

  1. A

    I'm furious about Amazon Prime Video's new prices, and not because of the ads

    Amazon has so little Atmos content that losing it is no loss. They should be concerned though: for most subscribers, this just makes their already quite weak offering even less worthwhile. In the time when consolidation is underway, and customers are pruning their subscriptions, that's not...
  2. A

    Amazon Fire TV Omni QLED QL50F601

    Reviews on Amazon's retail site indicate that this TV also has the "one audio click per second" issue with Dolby audio, at the higher end. I have the same issue, with the Panasonic 43" TV from John Lewis that What Hi-Fi advised was a great buy (particularly with Atmos, but also with...
  3. A

    Panasonic's fantastic five-star wireless earbuds have returned to their lowest price ever

    So, that's over. At ~19:00 UK time, Amazon had the deal available, @ £57. By ~19:30, gone. £147 for the black ones, or £105 for white.. Panasonic's UK shop still has (?) them for £57: I was able to buy, and have received an email receipt...
  4. A

    Amazon Fire Stick 4K Max

    No Dolby Atmos on Disney App. I bought one of these to replace my 4K "Ultra" Firestick, which delivers Dolby Atmos from the Disney app. The "Max" Disney app did not supply Atmos, so is going straght back to Amazon. It's very amateurish that the WhatHiFi review doesn't mention this, at all...
  5. A

    A 42-inch plasma for £5000? Things ain't what they used to be 20 years ago...

    Maybe by then HDMI, CEC, EDID, will work, so multiple devices and switches and splitters work seamlessly together?
  6. A

    Get a free Blu-ray player with this bargain 43-inch 4K TV at John Lewis

    I bought this bundle from John Lewis, and have had a total nightmare with it. I would never buy A/V equipment from John Lewis again. - Previously, I had an Amazon fire stick 4k Ultra HD, and a Sky box, both running to an HDMI switch...