- Welcome to another episode of "The Lowdown."
Today's gonna be really fun
because it's all about the home theater experience.
You have Brandon Lee from "This is Tech Today",
who's gonna give us the low down
on some Sony home theater products.
- And I hear he also has a game for us as well.
- I don't know about that.
So today we have a very special guest
and it's actually a good friend of ours.
This is Brandon from "This is Tech Today".
He has an amazing YouTube channel
where he talks about all things tech,
but he's also an expert audio engineer.
- Yeah, I make a ton of different content
on smart home devices, smart phones, computers.
And because I'm an audio engineer
I really love exploring things like earbuds,
headphones, soundbar, and everything else audio.
- We are so excited that you're here
and we can't wait for you to give us the low down
on all of these Sony home theater products.
We have the Bravia XR A80K.
This is a 77 inch.
And this TV has the cognitive processor XR.
So it processes video and audio
the way that our brain does
that way it gives it that realistic picture.
- And there's this really neat
and sneaky little feature that's there with the legs,
where you can raise them up
so you can have room for a sound bar
so it's not obstructing the bottom of your TV.
Now this TV looks and sounds great
but if you really wanna take it to the next level
and get that really full rich and deep sound
where you have those explosions
that kind of hit you in the chest.
We have the Sony HT-A5000, the SW3 and the RS5.
- [Jenna] So what does it actually do?
- Yeah well, this has this ground breaking technology
called 360 spatial sound mapping.
Now in a theater,
you normally have speakers around on the ceiling
and all around you.
And I just don't really have the convenience
or ability to put speakers all around my home.
I imagine some of you can't do that,
especially if you're renting.
So this allows you to have phantom speakers.
So you're completely surrounded with speakers everywhere.
- So you're saying that all of this can happen
with the push of the optimized button.
- Yeah.
- Well, what are we waiting for?
I'm pushing the button.
Push the button. - [Brandon] Do it.
- [Sidney] What are you doing?
- [Jenna] You ready?
- [Brandon] Okay. - [Sidney] Yeah.
- [Television] Starting up--
- [Brandon] It's showing on the screen.
- I can hear up there.
There's no speaker back there.
- It really sounds like it's in the back of the room.
- [Jenna] Oh my God.
Oh my gosh. - [Sidney] That's sick.
- [Jenna] That's us.
- [Television] Optimization successful.
- [Brandon] What it's doing is figuring out the timing
of reflections all around your room.
And since they all have these little microphones in there,
it's able to calibrate that for you naturally.
That's why you don't need an audio engineer
like me with a ruler to figure everything out.
- So now the only thing left to do is to watch a movie.
- What do you guys think about "Spiderman: No Way Home"?
- Yes. - Yes.
- I love this movie.
- Play it.
This sounds so good.
- This kinda reminds me when I watched it in the theater.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, the only difference between this and the theater
is I don't have a popcorn.
- Yeah.
- That is the only thing.
- We can get popcorn.
- But you don't have to wear pants.
- That was such an incredible experience.
And all that was possible with Bravia Core,
which is Sony's platform
to watch movies like "Spiderman: No Way Home."
- You wanna know why it looks so dang good?
It's because it has Pure Stream.
That gives you 80 megabits per second bandwidth,
which is significantly higher than other streaming services.
And that takes full advantage of this gorgeous display.
Can you guys see anything?
- No, absolutely not.
- I'm a little nervous here.
- Okay.
So not only does Bravia Core have new releases
like "Spiderman: No Way Home"
but it has tons of favorites as well.
So what we're gonna do
is we're gonna play some movies available on Bravia Core,
and you're gonna listen to them with the sound system here.
And you're gonna guess what it is.
And that's how you get some points.
We'll see who wins.
- [Sidney] Oh man.
- [Jenna] Okay. - [Sidney] Okay.
- [Evan] I love you.
- [Seth] I love you.
Why don't we say that every day?
Why can't we say it more often?
I just wanna go the rooftops and scream
I love my best friend Evan.
- [Brandon] Okay you ready for the answer?
- [Sidney] Okay.
- [Brandon] Okay, take off your blindfolds.
- [Sidney] It's "Superbad."
- [Jenna] It is "Superbad."
- Yeah.
Okay, let's see your answers.
- Okay I thought of it way too late.
And so it's the answer is in my brain
but I put some movie with Seth Rogan.
- I put "You've Got Mail."
I thought it was like Tom Hanks telling like Meg Ryan,
oh, you're like my best friend.
- That's close, judges?
- Please judges, please.
[Woman] Ding.
I got ding!
Is that like a pause?
Was it you or was it me?
I got.. ah, all right.
- [Jenna] Okay. - [Sidney] Okay.
- [Brandon] Here we go.
- [Venom] Piss off.
- [Eddie] Excuse me.
- [Venom] Yummy.
- Come on.
Let's see your answers.
- I put a sad face 'cause I didn't know.
- I put "Shrek" 'cause he sounded like a Shrek
when he's hungry.
- It sounded like the Hulk, but I'm like...
- Let's see what it is.
- [Venom] Piss off.
- [Sidney] Venom.
- [Jenna] Venom.
- [Venom] Yummy.
- That voice has that deep bass, do you hear that?
- Yeah.
- I could hear that.
- Well I haven't seen this movie,
but I mean I'm gonna have to watch it on Bravia Core clearly
'cause sad face is not cutting it.
- Or "Shrek."
Maybe that's no points for anyone.
- No that's 100%.
- No points clearly. - No points.
- Okay, I'm going to catch up.
- [Brandon] All right, let's go.
- [Jerry] Show you the money.
- [Rod] Get off my face, show me the money!
- Oh, oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
What is the name?
- Ready? - [Sidney] Yes.
- No.
- Okay ready?
- Are we exposed? - Yes.
- Yeah, let's see it.
- "Jerry McGuire."
- Some movie with...
- Did you put "You've Got Mail?"
- No.
- Yes, that is not Tom Hanks.
- All right, here we go.
- [Agent J] You know what the difference is
between you and me?
I make this look good.
- [Sidney] Oh, classic.
- [Jenna] It's a classic?
- It's a classic Tom Hanks movie.
Ready?
- [Jenna] Yeah. - [Brandon] And go.
- I put "Space Jam." - "Men in Black."
- "Space Jam."
- "Space Jam?"
- I don't know.
- [Brandon] Really?
I didn't really want I don't know again.
- All right we are all tied up, let's go to the next one.
- [Sidney] Okay.
- [Spiderman] What is this place?
- [Dr. Strange] The mirror dimension,
where I'm in control.
- [Jenna] Oh my gosh.
- [Sidney] Yeah this is a giveaway.
- Wait, wait, hold on you do not know this?
Do you not know this?
- [Brandon] Should we play it again?
- No.
Ready, okay.
- Ready, one - Two, three.
- "Spiderman: No Way Home."
Why did I put Dr. Strange?
- Are you serious?
- You literally swapped.
- [Sidney] We literally just watched a clip.
- [Brandon] You guys did that earlier in the game.
- We did huh?
- There we go we got
irony at it's best.
- Get that-- - That is cool.
- So I get the trophy. - Congratulations.
- I get the Bravia XR A80K.
I get the a A5000.
I get SW3, the RS5.
I get the whole kit and caboodle.
- Yeah. - Thank you so much.
You love me, you really, really love me.
- Honestly, you deserve that.
But you know what I get out of this?
I get to have a binging time on Bravia Core
because I need to catch up on my movies.
- That was a fun game, I won.
- I know it's okay.
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