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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BULLETIN • NEWS HIGHLIGHTS MCINTOSH Premium brand unleashes seven-channel amp AMAZON Echo smart range gains Dolby Atmos flagship B&W Formation Flex speaker AT THE PLEX This month's cinema releases NEWS X10 Hot news stories in bite-sized chunks HOBBS & SHAW Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham blow stuff up on 4K Blu & MORE!
Chora! Chora! Chora!
Echo adds Dolby Atmos • Amazon launches smart speaker with 3D audio compatibility
Playlist… • Team HCC spins up its disc picks of the month
Arcam AVR range reborn • HDA series adopts a new design, adds power amps for expandability
At the 'plex… • Heading out to see a flick? Catch these this month
Roku doubles up on 4K • Atmos-enabled Premiere player promises streaming simplicity
B&W Flexes its muscles • Multipurpose Formation Flex can stand alone or get theatrical
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
Brothers in arms • Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw→Universal Pictures →DVD/Blu-ray/Ultra HD Blu-ray
Back of the 'net • Trailers, technology and more to check out on the web
Face to Face • Topics of discussion on the HCC Facebook page
Magnificent seven?
Sky Arts ramps up Dolby Atmos production
Atmos on TV • Where to get your object-based audio fix…
The world's best home cinemas? • Each year the CEDIA Awards celebrates the very best home theatre and media room projects from professional installers in the UK and around the world. Take a look at these winning rooms, and maybe get inspiration for your own system…
And the rest • More winners from the 2019 CEDIA EMEA Awards
A DECADE OF CULT DELIGHTS • Blu-ray label Arrow Video is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Anton van Beek questions Francesco Simeoni, director of content and distribution, about its evolution, future projects, and his love of bonus-laden boxsets
10 of the best • From cult comedy to Far East frighteners, we pick some of Arrow's BD hits
REVIEWS • HARDWARE PANASONIC TX-55GZ2000 OLED flagship REL 12in stackable home cinema subwoofer MARANTZ Seven-channel slim-line NR series AV receiver SONY 65in AG9 OLED TV CANTON 2.1-channel soundbar with streaming smarts HISENSE Ultra-short-throw projector/100in screen combi SAMSUNG Entry-level QLED flatscreen & MORE!
Panasonic's peak OLED • This premium OLED TV has an integrated Atmos sound system. Steve May is all ears
Persona of interest • Meet the biggest and best speakers to ever grace Steve Withers' home cinema
Half-height home cinema • Mark Craven falls for the charms of Marantz's super-stylish, slender AVR
Remastered Master Series • Rather than going back to the drawing board, Sony has given its OLED flagship a tweak. Steve May reports
Soundbar casts a detailed spell • Canton’s single-box sound system promises some nifty features and potent audio. Ed Selley gives it a whirl
Laser quest • Hisense’s bold new plan for getting a really huge TV into your living room leaves John Archer both impressed and frustrated
Joining the Dots • Samsung’s most affordable QLED TV delivers slightly mixed blessings, reckons John Archer
PVR upgrade • If you've been clinging on to a fusty old Freeview...