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's quantum leap • NEWS HIGHLIGHTS SONOS Multiroom giant launches 'Arc' Atmos soundbar DYNAUDIO Premium Contour i standmount, floorstander and centre channel IMAX Inside the world's first private IMAX cinema… on a boat NEWS X10 The hottest news stories in bite-sized chunks TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG Oz Western saddles up for BD & MORE!

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Sonos joins Atmos party • New 11-driver Arc soundbar promises a 'premium audio experience'

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

IFA show becomes public no-go • Organisers decide to rethink – rather than cancel – the annual Berlin consumer expo

Sony doubles down on soundbars • HT-G700 Dolby Atmos model and HT-S20R 5.1 system hit UK shops

The best of boat worlds? • Superyacht with IMAX Private Theatre and DCP playback hits the sea

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

News x10 • 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…

It's a dog-eat-dog world • True History of the Kelly Gang → Picturehouse → 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

Bass beauties • Marten Parker Quintet → www.marten.se

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A SOUND INVESTMENT • If you want the best possible sound in your cinema room, acoustic treatments will help. Mark Craven chats to custom install experts Owen Maddock and Nic Black about first reflections, bass traps and parallel walls

DEMO DELIGHTS • From 3D and 60fps thrills to sonic stunners and picture perfection, Team HCC rounds up a selection of recent Blu-ray discs that are ideal for putting your AV system through its paces

Hidden performance • Daniel Sait gets the lowdown on a home theatre where discreet AV is the order of the day

Wide-eyed home cinema • The owners of this widescreen theatre wanted a room with 'wow factor.' Mark Craven reports

Playing to the Gallery • HARDWARE SONY 65in XH9505 full-array local dimming LED TV LG Ultra-short throw 4K HDR smart projector PANASONIC HX800 multi-HDR 4K flatscreen PSB Affordable 8in home cinema subwoofer SVS Range-topping Prime Series floorstanding speakers DENON Home 350 multiroom speaker SOUNDBARS Four high-spec 'bars to upgrade your TV's sonics

Sony TV soups up sound and vision • Unless Sony springs a replacement for 2019’s ZF9 series on us later in the year, the KD-65XH9505 is the Japanese brand’s flagship 65in 4K TV for 2020. And at first glance you might wonder if that's a status that it will be able to live up to. Even the £2,000 ticket, while not inconsiderable, doesn't exactly scream 'flagship'.

Wall-hanging home cinema • LG has refreshed its OLED range in 2020. As well as adding a 48in model to its entry-level series, and doubling down on 8K with both 77in and 88in ZX TVs, it's taken its former G Series range and rebranded it 'Gallery GX'. This, then, is a TV you’re meant to hang on a wall like a work of art. If you want to stand-mount it, you’ll need to invest another £99 to keep it upright.

Alpha bravo? • The price of PSB's new sub grabs your attention, but does its 8in woofer and 150W amp grab onto movie soundtracks? Mark Craven finds out

LCD that thinks it's an OLED...