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-
Welcome
CONTRIBUTORS
Backs against the wall • Focal On Wall 300 → www.focal.com
Mission's QX appeal • Mission QX MkII → www.mission.co.uk
Smallscreen for second rooms
Technics deck is back in black
HDMI switcher for D&M • Sound United brands Denon and Marantz release input expansion box
Playlist… • Team HCC spins up its disc picks of the month
At the 'plex… • Heading out to see a flick? Catch these this month
Loewe preps for UK return • German brand is now 'a startup with 98 years of company history'
JBL Synthesis updates AVR and processor • HDMI 2.1 connectivity comes out-of-the-box on new SDP models
Press play • Discs spinning your way in the coming month…
Extreme screens from LG • Direct View LED displays for custom installs range from 81in to 325in
Toshiba and Alexa team up • UK31 smart TV owners won't need to lift a finger…
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 walking dead? • The Suicide Squad → Warner Bros. → Ultra HD Blu-ray
Face to Face • Topics of discussion on the HCC Facebook page
Affordable Panasonic JX600 TV
HiFi Rose takes CD for a spin
Epson ups its PJ game • New laser-based models promise 4K/120 playback and filmic thrills
Bias lighting • Should you be biased when it comes to bias lighting? Steve Withers explains what it is, what the benefits are, and how you can get it
Great Savings • when you subscribe to Home Cinema Choice today
WIN! SVS SB-1000 Pro Subwoofer +SOUNDPATH ADAPTER
The show must go on! • While the annual IFA technology expo was a Covid casualty this year, that didn't stop AV brands using its traditional September time slot to show off their Autumn/Winter collections. Steve Withers and Mark Craven survey the scene
'We have such sights to show you'
GODZILLA VS. KONG • 'Who bows to who?'
A QUITE PLACE PART II • Upping the Atmos-fear
ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP • This is dead good
MIDWAY • Fasten your seatbelts!
VERTIGO • '50s thriller remastered without a Hitch
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE • 'You got a problem with cartoons?'
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK • Indy's looking good
Now put on your hi-fi hat • Some musical moments to test your system's mettle
View to a thrill • This bijou home theatre blends smart styling with even smarter speaker technology, writes Mark Craven
In the driving seat • High performance, an attractive design and a seat in the sweet spot were the priorities for this dedicated home cinema, says Daniel Sait
Ready for movie magic?
Building a soundstage • Steve Withers gives the more ‘affordable’ models of Paradigm's new speaker range a spin
Home cinema, Sony style • This new entry-level 4K projector is still a Hollywood superstar, reckons John Archer
A Mini LED TV for maximum impact? • LG’s new 8K LCD TV turns to Mini LED lighting and the result is typically – but not quite always – breathtaking, says John Archer
Smart projector with tricks up its sleeve • XGIMI doesn't have the brand recognition of many of its projector rivals, but this flagship 4K model shows it's ready to put up a good fight, says Mark Craven
A screen for all reasons...