Home Cinema Choice

Home Cinema Choice is the UK's best-selling home cinema enthusiasts magazine. Every issue features news and reviews of the latest home cinema equipment, from amplifiers, receivers, processors and power amps, to DVD recorders, speakers, projectors and flat panel TVs. Home Cinema Choice currently publishes 11 issues a year but reserves the right to change the number of issues in an annual term.

Home Cinema Choice

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One for all • JBL L42ms ➜ uk.jbl.com

Triple threat • McIntosh MC2.1KW ➜ www.mcintoshlabs.com

Philips teases top OLED • OLED+959, with 5.1.2 speaker array from B&W, will arrive in Q3 this year

Playlist… • What Team HCC has been watching this month

Audiovector, assemble! • New seven-model range with on-wall, centre and subwoofer options

Cambridge refreshes CXN streamer • CXN100 network player upgrades DAC, streaming module and more

At the 'plex… • Heading out to see a flick? Catch these this month

Taking it up to eleven • New amps from Denon and Marantz made for high-end setups

Q Acoustics bigs up all-in-one • New active wireless M40 HD is 'a system for every setting'

Press play • Discs spinning your way in the coming month…

News x10 • This month’s top 10 news stories in handy, bite-sized chunks…

Premiere… • What’s happening in the world of TV and film…

Making a splash • Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom ➜ Warner Bros. ➜ 4K Blu-ray

Pro AV and home cinema collide • Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, ISE is the show where AV gets very serious indeed. Steve May reports from a bustling Barcelona

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AV road trip #02 • The UK’s network of custom installers, retailers and dealers keeps our home cinema hobby ticking over. This issue, Dan Sait visits Martins Hi-Fi in Norwich, Norfolk

25 BINGE-WORTHY BLU-RAY BOXSETS • Fancy giving your home cinema a break from Hollywood blockbusters? Anton van Beek presses play on some superior TV series now available on disc

Crack a smile • Blu-ray bundles of classic comedies, new and old

Second system upgrade • The owner of this picture palace has progressed from a 'stealth' living room setup to a premium garage conversion, reports Mark Craven

Standing ovation

Premium AV in perfect harmony • Looking to up your speaker count? This two-box system is ready for anything, says Richard Stevenson

Sunshine supernova • Philips' MLA OLED TV is a bright performer, enthuses Steve May, but it’s not the smartest in its class

Reborn and ready for action • Mark Craven is reminded that B&W’s 'entry-level' loudspeaker range is a cut-above

Dual-driver sub dives deep • With one woofer hidden away, there’s more to the R212s than meets the eye. Steve Withers (per)listens in

Big and bold UST beamer • Hisense’s PX2-PRO promises plug-n-play bigscreen fun. Mark Craven give his smart TV some time off

Voyage of discovery • Enough has changed in the world of 4K HDR since 2019 for Spears & Munsil to believe an update was needed of its Ultra HD Benchmark test and measurement disc. Jon Thompson is all eyes

My, that’s a big one • The 98P745K is TCL’s most affordable 98in TV, costing around the same as a premium 55in OLED. John Archer wonders if this is the dawn of a new era

Metz Roku 50MRD6000 • The manufacturer may be unfamiliar, but Roku is an excellent streaming platform, so is this affordable 4K flatscreen too good to resist, wonders Steve May?

Sennheiser Ambeo Mini • The original Ambeo soundbar was a sonic revelation. Now Sennheiser hopes to impress with its smallest model yet. Steve May...