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.

Home Cinema Choice

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A race to the finish… • Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin McLaren Edition ➜ www.bowerswilkins.com

Energy boost • Acoustic Energy Corinium ➜ www.acoustic-energy-corinium.co.uk

Laser PJ made for gamers • UHZ35ST model builds on the specification of the earlier UHD35STx

Playlist… • What Team HCC has been watching this month

Imagine all the speakers… • PSB dreams up new 'best value, no-compromise' range

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

Four-channel Acurus amp • Slender Class D Power pusher claims 200W output

Dolby Vision goes large • Hisense PX2-Pro ➜ www.hisense.co.uk

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

Next-generation Arcam • Audio company kicks off 'rebrand' with five-strong Radia series

WiSA-ready 'n' compact • System Audio’s latest active speakers are its smallest yet

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

Premiere… • What’s happening in the world of TV and film

One last crack of the whip… • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny ➜ Walt Disney ➜ 4K Blu-ray

Micro LED • First breaking cover in 2019, this next-gen display technology promises to outgun OLED and leave LCD languishing. But John Archer says 'don't wait up' for an affordable consumer option

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Slip a cable under the tree for me… • Want something exciting to unwrap on Christmas Day? Team HCC pens a wishlist of AV treats, movie books, bumper Blu-ray boxsets and even an eight-gang mains extensions

Turn the page • Movie books to binge on Boxing Day…

Dare to stream • Grab an SVOD subscription to boost your viewing

Blu-ray boxsets

California dreamin' • JBL is synonymous with high-end theatre – and that stems from the company’s pro audio DNA. To learn more, Steve May experienced the ultimate home cinema demo, the eeriness of an anechoic chamber, and the might of JBL stadium audio…

Little 'n' large • Making sense of JBL’s massive product array

24 CHRISTMAS CRACKERS! • 'Tis the season to binge movies, so Anton van Beek presents a selection of festive flicks to tide you over till the big day…

Let’s take it outside • A renovated outbuilding is home to this custom cinema designed to dazzle without breaking the bank, says Dan Sait

REVIEW • ➜Hardware SONY Second-generation A95L Quantum Dot OLED TV ONKYO Flagship TX-RZ70 Dolby Atmos receiver WHARFEDALE Ultra-compact – and affordable – 5.1 speaker set BOSE Smart Ultra soundbar EPSON EH-TW6520 4K LCD projector MARANTZ Slimline, HDMI-toting Stereo 70s receiver & MORE!

Second time’s a charm for Sony • Panel and processing upgrades mean Sony’s latest Quantum Dot OLED TV is worthy of its top-flight status, says John Archer

5.1 with DX appeal • Mark Craven falls in love with an ultra-compact speaker package that punches well above its weight

Brains and brawn • Onkyo’s amp aims to entice Jamie Biesemans with its 11-channel power, streaming features galore and two flavours of auto EQ

Sonic simplicity • Marantz continues to rethink the AV receiver with its Stereo 70s. Could the end of the soundbar be nigh,...