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

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BULLETIN • →News highlights JAMO Home cinema-centric Concert 9 series revamped LG World's first 8K OLED TV goes on sale BLACK MIRROR Netflix series returns… with Miley Cyrus AT THE PLEX This month's cinema releases NEWS X10 Hot news stories in bite-sized chunks SHAZAM! Ultra HD release for ultra-funny superhero flick & MORE!

Encore for Jamo • Jamo Concert 9 II → www.henleyaudio.co.uk

LG 8K OLED goes on sale • You'll need to head over to South Korea to buy one first, though

Playlist… • Team HCC spins up its disc picks of the month

Xbox has a new resolution • Next-gen console, codenamed Project Scarlett, will usher in 8K gaming

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

Epson uses laser to go portable • EF-100 projector promises long lifespan and install flexibility

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

Black Mirror's Living Doll • Writer Charlie Brooker discusses Season 5's Miley Cyrus/AI mashup

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

Premiere…

We asked…

Lightning strikes for DC • Shazam! → Warner Bros. → DVD/Blu-ray/3D Blu-ray/Ultra HD Blu-ray

Face to Face

Back of the 'net • Trailers, technology and more to check out on the web

Look who's talking • Yamaha YAS-209 → uk.yamaha.com

Focal reaches for the stars • The Astral 16 packs Dirac, Dolby Atmos and DTS:X functionality into an unusual 12-channel amplifier/16-channel processor design. Mark Craven grabs a first listen

'The invention of MP3 was massive – and it was first seen at IFA • Steve May weathers a blizzard of facts and figures at the annual preview conference for Europe's biggest technology show, and finds the hunt is on for another 'Black Swan'…

IFA 2019

UK streaming • Blighty fares well for 4K video-on-demand…

DEMO DELIGHTS • Team HCC picks a selection of Blu-ray platters that are perfect for showing off the talents of your AV system – from creepy horrors and superhero smashes to sci-fistunners…

Over to you…

Steinway to Heaven • Daniel Sait eyes up a media/cinema room that mixes high-end audio with dual displays and some superheroic guests

LG's bright idea • →HARDWARE EPSON EH-TW9400 4K HDR LCD projector PHILIPS 55in OLED with HDR10+ and Dolby Vision support SONY Second-generation ES-grade UHD Blu-ray player LG 3.1.2-channel Dolby Atmos/DTS:X soundbar system OPTOMA 1080p HDR projector DALI Katch One soundbar KLIPSCH RP-500SA height/surround speaker & MORE!

Wide colour HDR heroics • Epson's latest upper mid-range projector is worth the extra money, says John Archer

LG's aiming high • Mark Craven enjoys this soundbar's can-do attitude with Dolby Atmos and DTS:X Blu-ray mixes

What format war? asks Philips OLED • Philips puts consumers first with its latest and greatest OLED TV, says John Archer

Can DALI Katch up with soundbar rivals? • The loudspeaker specialist enters the TV audio market with an expansion of its Katch product line. Yet Mark Craven finds it hasn't left its musical roots behind

Overshadowed by OLED? • Mark Craven discovers if LG can conjure cinematic thrills with its flagship LCD TV

Sony stumbles with Dolby Vision • There's plenty to admire about Sony's premium disc-spinner, but that doesn't mean you'll definitely want to own...