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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Let there be light? • Optoma UHZ50 ➝ www.optoma.co.uk
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Audiolab's do-it-all machine
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UK's best home cinema? • CEDIA Awards bestow accolades on movie rooms big and small
Playlist… • Team HCC spins up its disc picks of the month
At the 'plex… • Heading out to see a flick? Catch these this month
Box office bounces back • But return to pre-pandemic cinema ticket sales still a long way off
If you can remember the '60s… • …you might want to buy this bonkers American valve amp
Press play • Discs spinning your way in the coming month…
3D music is here to stay… • …and it will get a lot more interesting, says studio whiz Dave Malekpour
2.1 system for the streaming age • Cabasse's premium Pearl Keshi boasts Wi-Fitalents and a 'floating' subwoofer
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 odd couple • Venom: Let There Be Carnage ➝ Sony Pictures ➝ 4K BD
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MOVIE AWARDS • Which 2021 disc release packs the most stonking soundmix? Which 4K remaster towers above them all? And which film had the best punch-up? In our movie awards, we celebrate the Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray releases of the year, from Hollywood blockbusters and world cinema to restored classics and covetable boxsets…
Top-flight home cinema • Of all the custom installs we featured this year, this loftconversion project with innovative partition wall and plenty of disc storage space was our favourite.
Fully featured • Marantz's NR1711 AV receiver crams a lot of functionality into its slim-line chassis, including HDMI 2.1 connectivity and HEOS multiroom. We praise its flexibility on p51
Samsung QE65QN95A • Samsung turns to Mini LED for its 2021 4K flagship TV, and John Archer couldn't be happier
Philips 55OLED806 • Philips' 800 Series OLED TV adds top-drawer gaming to excellent picture quality, discovers John Archer
Panasonic TX-55JZ2000 • Seven-channel Atmos audio is just one of the treats of this flagship OLED set, says Steve May
LG OLED65C1 • Steve May admires the processing skills and picture purity of LG’s smart, game-savvy 65-incher
Sony XR-65X90J • This mid-range TV isn't a member of the Mini LED glitterati. But that doesn't put off John Archer
TCL 55RP620K • When it comes to ease of use, or streaming app choice, smart TVs don’t get much better than this, says Steve May
Sony VPL-VW270ES • This 4K projector may be the company’s 'entry-level' but is still a Hollywood superstar, reckons John Archer
Samsung The Premiere LSP9T • Samsung joins the UST PJ party and Steve Withers bathes in the glow of its triple-laser light source
Optoma UHD38 • Any projector that makes him less rubbish at playing video games is just fine by John Archer
BenQ V7050i • Mark Craven dims the lights and kicks back with this cinematic, easy-to-use UST projector
XGIMI Horizon Pro • This flagship 4K projector from newcomer XGIMI shows it’s ready to put up a good fight, says Mark Craven
Hisense 100L5FT • Combining smart features, 4K HDR playback and a 100in screen, this 'Laser...