Value Electronics 2023 TV Shootout Evaluation event

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We settled on the date and most of the planning for our September 30 - October 1, 2023 TV Shootout. This will be our 20th year for our TV Shootouts that are open to the public.

We just signed the lease at the same NYC facility we've used for the past 4 years. It's called "The Company, at 335 Madison Ave, NYC. The Company is luxury building that is across the street from Grand Central Terminal.

We have the entire 7th floor with a large conference room, full private restaurant, and a city block long outdoor balcony where we'll be serve beverages and some hors d'oeuvres.

I'll post our press release by the week of August 28th that will list our panel of expert judges and the list of the TVs that will be competing in the 4K and 8K TV Shootout Evaluation events.

It's also likely that I can have a small group of A/V enthusiasts to attend in person. My sponsor partner, Dealerscope magazine who takes care of most of the costs will charge a small fee to cover the breakfast, lunch, dinner and beverages that we serve to all of the attendees.

All attendees are also invited to our Press Conference at the end of each TV Shootout where we announce the results and crown the new "King of TV®"
 

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Here's just a partial list of our panel of expert judges that are confirmed.

1. Phil Holland, Cinematographer/Movie Director Link to Phil’s Bio

2. Kenneth Almertica, Senior Technical Video Director Viacom

3. David Medina, Encoding Services: Warner Bros. Discovery

4. Ilya Akiyoshi, Cinematographer

5. David Mackenize, Fidelity in Motion

6. Amanda Rosen, Cinematographer

7. Greg Tarr, TV Editor/reviewer for HD Guru

8. Brian Stout, A/V reviewer and editor
 
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I highly recommend tuning into Stop the FOMO and Brian's Tech Therapy live YouTube webcast about our September 30th TV Shootout Evaluation event!

 
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Dealerscope, my co-sponsor has made 10 seats available on a first come first served basis.

Their is a fee of $100 to cover the breakfast, lunch, dinner, and the snacks and beverages they serve throughout the day, and in celebration at our Press Conference where we announce the results and crown the new "King of 4K TV®".

The following day we host our 8K TV Shootout Evaluation® event.
 

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Very interesting and informative live discussion on our Sept. 30, 2023 TV Shootout Evaluation event.

 

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I’ll be very interested to hear comments on the Hisense 65U8K MiniLED. I don’t think it will win, but I think it will have strong HDR showing and be considered a great value. We’ll see.

Glad to see you’re carrying them, Robert. I predict they’ll turn well for you.
 

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Other than day 2 being our 8K TV Shootout Evaluation event we have few special nice plans. Here's just a little of what you will see and learn about at the 8K TV Shootout.

One of our judges is one of Hollywood's top well respected Cinematographer/Movie Director, Phil Holland who will present on what we can expect for the future of 8K and some very interesting technical elements of 8K HDR that are not commonly discussed.

Phil Holland is creating new Native 8K HDR content specifically for our presenters and panel of judges to use to help analize each of the picture quality attributes.

Here's the link to Phil Holland's Bio.
 

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Here's Scott Wilkinson of Home Theater Geeks interview with Jason Dustal, David Mackenzie and me:

 
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