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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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

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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...