No, it doesn’t involve selling popcorn to strangers off of the street! Home cinema has come to be a catch-all term for a system that plays music and movies with a TV or projector and an external speaker system of some kind, usually surround sound. The whole idea is to recreate as accurately as possible the picture and sound quality of a cinema auditorium. Filmmakers want their work to be showcased in all its glory, with not a line of dialogue missed or a pixel out of place and a home cinema is just the tool for the job – in fact, you’d be surprised at how easy it is to build a seriously impressive sounding system.
For the last few years Denon’s AV Receivers have been superb value for money, offering excellent specifications and features, as well as usability. Over the last few years their AVRX2 range has stayed at the very tasty £500 mark whilst …read more
Space has always been at a premium when trying to fit any kind of home cinema equipment into any modern living space. Nobody wants to have to change their whole living room around to accommodate some speakers. This is why …read more
One of the few downsides of choosing a soundbar set up as opposed to a traditional home cinema system is that you inevitably lose performance in order to gain practicality and aesthetics. The SONOS PLAYBAR, whilst being one of the …read more
Multi-room audio is no longer a one big brand monopoly, there are now plenty of companies who have thrown their hat into the ring. I’m here to discuss Yamaha’s latest offering, the WXAD10. For those of you familiar with Sonos products, …read more
Oppo builds on the incredible UDP203 platform with the new UDP205, but do the upgrades truly live up to the claims… As strange as it seems when compared to last year, we now live in a world with a multitude …read more
As televisions become more aesthetically pleasing every year, the last thing we want to do is clutter up the living space with big unsightly boxes… One thing that is becoming more and more important is how our home entertainment systems …read more
With the multi-room streaming market growing bigger all the time, manufacturers need to do something a little different to catch the consumer’s eye and steal a march on competitors. Enter the HEOS AVR by Denon… Up until now, if you …read more
While I review a lot of high end televisions on this blog, it’s important to note that 4K televisions aren’t out of reach of most people. The technology has been around long enough that they have ultimately become the norm …read more
Dolby Atmos soundbars are everywhere now – gone are they days when having a Dolby Atmos set up in your living room involved masses of speakers, encapsulating your entire living room with 4km of cable and taking a hammer to …read more
Gone are the days when a 19″ TV would be present in every bedroom in the house. Bigger doesn’t always mean better, but that’s not what the TV market seems to think… Televisions are getting slimmer every year and this …read more
