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.

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TCL will Roku • TCL R Series → www.tcl.com

Let it rip! • Zappiti NAS SE 4K HDR → www.zappiti.com

LG's QNED rollout begins • Flagship 8K LCD screens go small on LEDs, but big on size

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

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

Sainsbury's drops discs • Supermarket chain ejects CDs and DVDs – but continues to sell vinyl

Pro-Ject Debut deck turns Pro • Celebratory turntable launched with 'heightened audiophile credentials'

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

Samsung's great big Wall • Display giant's Micro LED 'TV' now available at more than 1000in

DefTech plumbs the depths • US speaker company announces new Descend subwoofer series

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

The final frontier in 4K • Star Trek: The Original 4-Movie Collection Paramount Ultra HD Blu-ray

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

Game-changing TV • Netflix's Sexy Beasts is not your typical reality format dating show. We chat to director Sam Campbell and post-production chief Julian Nelson about using 4K HDR on unscripted television

Universal appeal • Dynaudio Emit → www.dynaudio.com

Hybrid Log-Gamma • You know your HDR10 from your Dolby Vision and HDR10+, but where does HLG – used by the BBC and Sky for 4K HDR programming – fit in?

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'I have zero qualms about working with a lower budget' • Writer/director Neill Blomkamp chats to Anton van Beek about shooting his new movie Demonic in the midst of the pandemic – plus his love of RoboCop and Alien

Bigscreen VR • Movies where reality isn't what it seems…

GETTING CONNECTED • Wireless connectivity may be the ultimate dream, but your AV setup likely relies on physical cabling. Mark Craven and Richard Stevenson untangle the home cinema spaghetti

On balance… • The high-end audiophile connection explained…

Paying a premium? • Jon Thompson fires up a Dragon HDMI cable…

Wall-to-wall entertainment • Mark Craven reports on a basement cinema that marries its huge screen and premium projector with Datasat-delivered 9.4.4 audio

Moving pictures • This media room combines Atmos sonics and a dedicated hi-fisystem with a movable OLED TV. Daniel Sait admires the ingenuity

Mid-range marvel • → HARDWARE PANASONIC Range-topping JZ2000 OLED TV SONY Laser-powered premium 4K HDR projector LG 7.1.4-channel Dolby Atmos/DTS:X soundbar system POLK Reserve series loudspeaker package HIFIROSE Networked stereo amplifier JBL SYNTHESIS Seven-channel AV receiver with Dirac Live FREESAT Twin-tuner satellite PVR & MORE!

No compromise home theatre • Seven-channel Atmos audio is just one of the treats of Panasonic’s JZ2000 OLED, says Steve May

Polk's plan to go global • Jamie Biesemans reckons this US-designed speaker system will find favour on this side of the Atlantic

Denon homes in on soundbar flexibility • The handsome, compact Sound Bar 550 is compatible with HEOS speakers and a wireless subwoofer for optional 5.1 playback, but Mark Craven discovers it cuts the mustard on its own

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