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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BULLETIN • ➜ NEWS HIGHLIGHTS SVS American marque unveils Ultra Evolution loudspeakers Denon Affordable DHT-S218 Dolby Atmos soundbar BOwers & Wilkins Signature upgrades for 700 S3 series At the plex This month’s cinema releases News x10 Hot news stories in bite-sized chunks Dune: Part Two Blockbuster sci-fi blasts off on 4K Blu-ray & MORE!

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Sony takes Spidey on tour • Smash-hit animation coming to UK theatres with live musical backing

Playlist… • What Team HCC has been watching this month

Denon’s new sound duo • Affordable soundbar and 'privacy-conscious' wireless speaker rolled out

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

Looking back to the future • Mission 750 bookshelf/standmount speaker looks 'classic', but is an all-new design

Ultra speakers evolved • New flagship home cinema line from SVS includes Atmos solution

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

M&B debuts Symphony 'bar • 2.1 system with '3D Effect' processing ticketed at £200

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…

The conqueror worm…

AV road trip#04 • The UK’s network of custom installers, retailers and dealers keeps our home cinema hobby ticking over. This issue, Dan Sait visits Pulse Cinemas in Stansted, Essex

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Cinema is coming home, says Sony • The Japanese brand has refreshed its premium Bravia TV lineup and prepped new audio hardware promising home theatre highs. Steve May reports from Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles

A long time ago, in a studio far, far away… • Entirely CG characters, digital cameras, feverish fan anticipation and $1bn at the box office – Anton van Beek celebrates the 25th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

3D Phantom • When stereoscopy brought the film back to theatres…

Mouse menace • Disney’s five Star Wars movies to date…

The place for bass • This 'upgraded' cinema room benefits from new projection, speakers, amplifiers and screen, discovers Dan Sait

REVIEWS • ➜ HARDWARE LG 65in C4 OLED TV FOCAL Theva speaker pack with Atmos built-in Samsung Range-topping HW-Q990D soundbar Kaleidescape Strato player/Terra server bring movies-on-demand Optoma UHZ55 laser projector TCL 85in C series Mini LED TV Eversolo Feature-laden DAC/streamer Stormaudio High-end 16-channel AV receiver & MORE!

The bold and the beautiful • Helped by canny processing, LG’s new C4 OLED flatscreen is a proper bobby-dazzler, says Steve May

Once more with Theva • Can Focal’s new speakers carry on the good impression left by its Chora lineup? Steve Withers investigates

Home cinema high-flyer • Samsung's premium soundbar gains new features and keeps up the immersive tradition, says Steve Withers

Receiver punches above its weight • Your next home cinema upgrade may cost you less than you think, buzzes Steve May as he gets a taste of Denon’s AVR-X1800H

Thunderstruck • Outrageously flexible and packing 16 power channels, there’s more to this 'AV receiver' than meets the eye, says Martin...