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Scott Wilkinson is an actor, who has played in such films as A Crime Of Passion and A Secret Life and Harry's War and played the role of Thomas Jefferson in the movie A More Perfect Union and Wish Upon a Star and on the television series Charmed.
A home theater or home theatre is a theater built in a home, designed to mimic (or exceed) commercial theater performance and feeling, more commonly known as a home cinema. Today, home cinema implies a real "cinema experience" at a private home.
TWiT.tv, which is the operating trade name of TWiT LLC, is a podcast (although TWiT uses the term "netcast") network founded by technology broadcaster and author Leo Laporte and run by his wife and company CEO Lisa Laporte. The network began operation in April 2005 with the launch of This Week in Tech. Security Now was the second podcast on the network, debuting in August of that year. Currently, the network hosts twenty-two podcasts and live streaming shows, including The Tech Guy, This Week in Tech, Security Now, FLOSS Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, Tech News Today, Tech News 2Night, and 15 other podcasts covering various topics including technology companies, computer security, social networking, and current technology news.
TWiT founder and owner Laporte, in an October 2009 speech, stated that it grossed revenues of $1.5 million per year, while costs were around $350,000. In November 2014, American Public Media's Marketplace reported that TWiT makes $6 million in ad revenue a year from 5 million TWiT podcasts downloaded each month, mostly in the form of audio, and that 3,000 to 4,000 people watch its live-streamed shows. On March 18, 2015, prior to the filming of This Week in Google, Leo Laporte stated that TWiT expects to make $7 million in revenue in fiscal year 2015.
The Tech Guy is a U.S.-wide syndicated radio show, hosted by Leo Laporte formerly of TechTV and now TWiT.tv fame. The show, which was first exclusively broadcast on KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles, California, was picked up for syndication by Premiere Networks (then Premiere Radio Networks) in February 2007. The show currently has over 160 terrestrial affiliates in cities including Los Angeles, California, San Francisco, California, Houston, Texas, and Washington, DC. Laporte streams video of his side of the show on TWiT Live, including caller audio. Anyone can watch the show live on weekends at 11:00 A.M. PST at live.twit.tv The show reaches 500,000 people through its affiliates, placing it second behind The Kim Komando Show (with 2.25 million weekly listeners) in the tech radio field.
The show is a mixture of interviews and call-ins, as well as Leo's own thoughts and opinions on current events in technology. Several regular guests often appear during the show via Skype; AVSForum Editor Scott Wilkinson, Dick DeBartolo of Mad Magazine, and Johnny Jet appear on Saturdays while Chris Marquardt of Tips from the Top Floor has a Sunday segment. Former guests include Steve Gibson, Paul Thurrott, and Ron Rosberg.
Leo Gordon Laporte (/ləˈpɔːrt/; born November 29, 1956) is an American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur.
Laporte, the son of a geologist, studied Chinese history at Yale University before dropping out in his junior year to pursue his career in radio broadcasting, where his early radio names were Dave Allen and Dan Hayes. He began his association with computers with his first home PC, an Atari 400.
Laporte has worked on technology-related broadcasting projects, including Dvorak on Computers in January 1991 (co-hosted with technology writer John C. Dvorak), and Laporte on Computers on KGO Radio and KSFO in San Francisco.
In 1998, Laporte created and co-hosted The Screen Savers, and the original version of Call for Help on the cable and satellite network ZDTV (later TechTV).
Laporte was the host of the daily television show The Lab with Leo Laporte, recorded in Vancouver, Canada. The program had formerly been known as Call for Help when it was recorded in the U.S. and Toronto. The series aired on G4 Canada, on the HOW TO Channel in Australia, on several of Canada's Citytv affiliates, and on Google Video. On March 5, 2008, Laporte confirmed on net@nite that The Lab with Leo Laporte had been canceled by Rogers Communications. The HOW TO Channel refused to air the remaining episodes after it was announced the show had been canceled.
Leo bought Lisa a 55" Vizio M series for her office and he says he got a great deal on it. Scott says that Vizio gives you a lot of bang for the buck, and the M Series is just a step down from the flagship P series, with 4K UHD, HDR, and full array local dimming. It's a nice TV. Meanwhile, Vizio is not being bought by LeEco, as Leo worried about. By comparison, the Sony OLED 55" is wonderful, but it's over $4 thousand. And it's still not even brighter than an LCD. If you have a room with bright light, then LED is a better choice. If you can control your light, then OLED is a better choice.
Journalists Mike Heiss, Mark Henninger, and Robert Heron join Scott Wilkinson to recap some of what they saw and heard at CES. On the video side of things, there were OLED TVs from LG and Sony, Samsung's QLED LCD TVs, the concept of color volume, the appearance of Dolby Vision HDR in many TVs and UHD Blu-ray players, 4K laser-illuminated ultra short-throw projectors, and the mighty Sony CLEDIS micro-LED display. They also heard many great audio demos, including Andrew Jones' Adante speakers for ELAC, Emotiva Airmotiv speakers, MBL speakers and electronics, Lexicon's SL-1 speaker with beamforming, and Comhear's MyBeam beamforming technology. Plus answers to chat-room questions and much more. Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks
At CES 2017, Scott Wilkinson visits various booths on the show floor to talk about what's new in audio and video this year, including JVC's new projectors, LeEco's disruptive TVs, LG's new OLED and Super UHD LCD TVs, Hisense's Laser Cast and flat-panel TVs, TCL's latest LCD TVs, Klipsch's new audio products, DEG's high-resolution audio announcements, Samsung's new QLED TV, and Sony's OLED, LCD, and CLEDIS micro-LED display. It's going to be a great year for AV! Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks
Host: Scott Wilkinson Guests: Tom Forsythe and Tyler Pruitt Scott Wilkinson talks with Tyler Pruitt of SpectraCal and Tom Forsythe, an AVS Forum Member who recently bought a Vizio P-Series UHD HDR display. Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks
Host: Scott Wilkinson Guest: Robert Heron Scott Wilkinson and Robert Heron recap the calibration process of Leo Laporte's LG OLED TV. Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks
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The Tech Guy for Sunday 6 July 2014 - Show 1098 Host: Scott Wilkinson. Guests: David Vaughn and Chris Marquardt. Scott Wilkinson fills in for Leo Laporte, with guest David Vaughn talking all things home theater. Streaming from a mobile device to your TV, will we see 4K broadcast over the air? Help choosing a new TV and more. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/ttg. For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.
The Tech Guy for Saturday 5 July 2014 - Show 1097 Host: Scott Wilkinson. Scott Wilkinson fills in for Leo Laporte, talking all things home theater. Samsung gets out of the plasma business, is it time to buy a 4K TV? Normalizing the sound on your HDTV, details on the next Planet of the Apes movie, a home theater setup for a small apartment, and more. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/ttg. For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.
Leo bought Lisa a 55" Vizio M series for her office and he says he got a great deal on it. Scott says that Vizio gives you a lot of bang for the buck, and the M Series is just a step down from the flagship P series, with 4K UHD, HDR, and full array local dimming. It's a nice TV. Meanwhile, Vizio is not being bought by LeEco, as Leo worried about. By comparison, the Sony OLED 55" is wonderful, but it's over $4 thousand. And it's still not even brighter than an LCD. If you have a room with bright light, then LED is a better choice. If you can control your light, then OLED is a better choice.
Journalists Mike Heiss, Mark Henninger, and Robert Heron join Scott Wilkinson to recap some of what they saw and heard at CES. On the video side of things, there were OLED TVs from LG and Sony, Samsung's QLED LCD TVs, the concept of color volume, the appearance of Dolby Vision HDR in many TVs and UHD Blu-ray players, 4K laser-illuminated ultra short-throw projectors, and the mighty Sony CLEDIS micro-LED display. They also heard many great audio demos, including Andrew Jones' Adante speakers for ELAC, Emotiva Airmotiv speakers, MBL speakers and electronics, Lexicon's SL-1 speaker with beamforming, and Comhear's MyBeam beamforming technology. Plus answers to chat-room questions and much more. Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks
At CES 2017, Scott Wilkinson visits various booths on the show floor to talk about what's new in audio and video this year, including JVC's new projectors, LeEco's disruptive TVs, LG's new OLED and Super UHD LCD TVs, Hisense's Laser Cast and flat-panel TVs, TCL's latest LCD TVs, Klipsch's new audio products, DEG's high-resolution audio announcements, Samsung's new QLED TV, and Sony's OLED, LCD, and CLEDIS micro-LED display. It's going to be a great year for AV! Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks
Host: Scott Wilkinson Guests: Tom Forsythe and Tyler Pruitt Scott Wilkinson talks with Tyler Pruitt of SpectraCal and Tom Forsythe, an AVS Forum Member who recently bought a Vizio P-Series UHD HDR display. Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks
Host: Scott Wilkinson Guest: Robert Heron Scott Wilkinson and Robert Heron recap the calibration process of Leo Laporte's LG OLED TV. Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks
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The Tech Guy for Sunday 6 July 2014 - Show 1098 Host: Scott Wilkinson. Guests: David Vaughn and Chris Marquardt. Scott Wilkinson fills in for Leo Laporte, with guest David Vaughn talking all things home theater. Streaming from a mobile device to your TV, will we see 4K broadcast over the air? Help choosing a new TV and more. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/ttg. For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.
The Tech Guy for Saturday 5 July 2014 - Show 1097 Host: Scott Wilkinson. Scott Wilkinson fills in for Leo Laporte, talking all things home theater. Samsung gets out of the plasma business, is it time to buy a 4K TV? Normalizing the sound on your HDTV, details on the next Planet of the Apes movie, a home theater setup for a small apartment, and more. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/ttg. For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.
Host: Scott Wilkinson Guest: Mark Waldrep Scott Wilkinson talks with recording engineer Mark Waldrep about Hi-Res audio, and his latest effort to educate the public about it.
Host: Scott Wilkinson Guest: Scott Hecker Scott Wilkinson talks with Scott Hecker, Supervising Sound Editor at Formosa Features about his work in the movie business. Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks
Host: Scott Wilkinson Scott Wilkinson interviews people from various booths at CES 2016, and gets a look at 4K UHD TVs, projectors, speakers, and more. Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks
Plastic Crimewave/Scott Wilkinson public access show. First episode. ca 2001.
Host: Scott Wilkinson Guest: Joe Kane Scott Wilkinson talks with video guru Joe Kane about his thoughts on High Dynamic Range. Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks
Host: Scott Wilkinson Guest: Robert Heron Scott Wilkinson and Robert Heron recap the calibration process of Leo Laporte's LG OLED TV. Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks
Host: Scott Wilkinson Guest: Florian Friedrich Scott Wilkinson talks with Florian Friedrich, video guru at Quality.TV, about calibrating HDR displays. Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks
Host: Scott Wilkinson Guest: Mark Waldrep and Scott Wilker Scott Wilkinson talks with Mark Waldrep and Scott Wilker about their new Sonic Block modular speakers. Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks
Host: Scott Wilkinson Guest: Marshall Long Scott Wilkinson talks with Acoustician Marshall Long about the basics of sound and acoustics. Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks
Host: Scott Wilkinson Guest: Tim Hoogenakker Scott Wilkinson talks with Re-recording Mixer Tim Hoogenakker of Formosa Features about his work mixing Atmos for commercial and home releases. Subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks