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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Centring in on sound • Bowers & Wilkins Formation Bar www.bowerswilkins.com

Updating Disney classics • Oscar-winning songwriter says it's difficult not to offend some people

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

Lining up in Formation • UK speaker manufacturer introduces new wireless audio portfolio

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

Vizio targets UK with soundbar • US brand launches in Blighty with affordable 2.1-channel SB362An

AV’s big brand snatch • US corp nabs Onkyo and Pioneer, parts company with Ken Ishiwata

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 films…

Look who’s stalking • Us Universal Pictures DVD/Blu-ray/Ultra HD Blu-ray

Face to Face • Topics of discussion on the HCC Facebook page

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

Outer space sonics • Orbitsound Air D1 www.orbitsound.com

The High-End show: Munich 2019 • From soundbars and affordable floorstanders to 'steerable' sound and cast iron subwoofers, this audio expo had something for everyone. Ed Selley was there to listen in

OH, WHAT A LOVELY HDR FORMAT WAR • Dolby Vision vs HDR10+? John Archer explains how the world of cutting-edge home cinema has managed to get itself into another fine mess

3D BLU-RAY: ANOTHER DIMENSION IN HOME CINEMA… • TV brands may say 3D has gone flat, but Hollywood studios think otherwise. Steve Withers and Anton van Beek cast their eyes over the recent wave of 3D Blu-rays

Golden oldies • And no 3D disc collection is complete without these

To the manor born • This cinema turns structural elements into aesthetic touches and wraps its audience in immersive audio. Mark Craven reports

Short-throw 4K with style • HARDWARE KLIPSCH Reference Premiere 5.1 floorstanding speaker package SAMSUNG Q70R Dolby Atmos soundbar and 82in 8K TV BENQ Flagship DLP 4K cinema projector BLUESOUND Revamped premium hi-res soundbar MANHATTAN Freeview Play/streaming STB LG 65in E9 OLED TV ELIPSON In-wall/on-wall 5.2.4 Infinite system & MORE!

A 4K feast for the eyes • LG's fine-tuned OLED impresses Steve May – even with an obvious spec-sheet omission

Sense and sensitivity • Steve Withers goes to outer space – and then to war – with Klipsch's cinematic six-pack

DLP reaches its 4K Prime • Is BenQ’s flagship DLP 4K PJ as accurate as the company claims, asks Steve Withers?

Bluesound’s ’bar evolves • Can some new functionality make this soundbar system win over Mark Craven?

Projection by design • Steve May vows to take this 4K beamer with him wherever he goes

Atmos without the cable clutter • The HW-Q70R decodes object-based audio into a 3.1.2-channel soundstage. Will total immersion addict Richard Stevenson be left wanting more?

Infinity and beyond • The design of Elipson’s latest range allows it to be concealed in-wall, but Ed Selley thinks its talents are easy to spot

Smart upgrade • Manhattan's slick UHD-ready Freeview Play streamer is a chord cutter’s delight, says Steve May

Pixel punch • Samsung's second generation of 8K TVs is already here – and...