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.

Welcome

Leica lens a hand

Put it on the slate... • New from French speaker maker Focal is Vestia, a fivestrong lineup featuring bookshelf, centre channel and a trio of floorstander models. All use Slatefiber cone drivers – an in-house tech debuted on the 2019-era Chora series – and custom-designed ‘M-shaped’ inverted dome tweeters. Finish options of Black High Gloss, Dark Wood or Light Wood are blended with black or white leather effect front baffles for a 'dynamic and sleek design.' Pricing starts at £799 (Vestia No.1 bookshelf), and tops out at £2,599 for the three-way No.4 tower (pictured above right), which rocks dual 8.25in woofers.

SACD lives on at Denon

Headphones done up to a T

Playlist...

Doyen of your desktop • Astell & Kern's ACRO CA1000T wants to be an all-in-one music machine

At the 'plex…

McIntosh goes slim-line for AV setups • MI502 power amplifier promises 2x500W from its Class D output stage

Top Gun: high flyer in '22 • Tom Cruise sequel dominated box office and home media sales

Titanium finish for super sub • KEF's award-winning compact UniCore woofer gains new colour way

Audio corp pays Homage • Sonus faber again refreshes loudspeaker lineup first launched in 1993

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

Taking it to the extreme

‘Yo, Adrian!’

DLP projection • DLP ushered projectors into the digital realm, but what’s with all the tiny mirrors and how do they deliver 4K visuals? Steve Withers sheds some light

Super-size screens dominate CES '23 • The Las Vegas technology show was back to full-size this year. Brands including TCL and LG got the memo, unveiling 98in and 97in megascreens respectively, while Samsung and Panasonic flaunted new OLED flagships.

Panasonic MZ2000

Xgimi MoGo 2 Pro

Better bass? • Dirac Live Active Room Treatment tackles LF issues 

Audioscenic Razer Leviathan V2 Pro

JBL Bar 1300

Samsung S95C

TCL 98in Mini LED

For those about to Rock... • Ever since he ventured out of the wrestling ring in 2001, Dwayne Johnson has been Holly wood's go-to-guy for both muscle-bound action and family friendly fun. Team HCC picks The Rock's 20 best flicks on streaming and disc

Big audio dynamite! • Daniel Sait admires the scale and high-end hardware of this multi-seat cinema – not to mention the full-size bar next door

Sci-fi cinema... • Designed to pay gentle homage to the owner's favourite TV series, this award-winning custom theatre is out of this world. Mark Craven reports

Bild to impress?

Mocha finish, sweet sounds • Once again, Bowers & Wilkins follows the refresh of its top-spec 800 Series – in 'D4' guise since 2021 – with an overhaul a year later of the more affordable 700 range. The idea being that it can filter some of the new design and engineering tricks of the 800s down to these more mass-market speakers.

Back with a bang • Pioneer's history has been turbulent of late. The brand's AV wing disappeared from the UK in 2019 – after some corporate japes including a buy-out by Onkyo – only for its return to be announced last year thanks to the Premium Audio Company, which also owns Klipsch and Jamo and has UK distribution through Henley Audio.

OLED TV with options galore • The tough economic times and relentless...