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.
Rob from our Southampton store takes a close look at the Dolby Atmos-enabled AV receiver from Yamaha, the RXA860 (tap here for full product details on our website). For more information, or to organise a demonstration, please give your local …read more
The era of premium TV is well underway, with the UHD Alliance introducing the Ultra HD Premium logo over a year ago to create an industry standard for 4K content and technology. But what manufacturers use this label, and for …read more
Samsung’s latest range of Ultra HD TVs have certainly impressed and won a number of awards. So how does the KU6020 range fair?… The KU6020 range is Ultra HD and HDR compatible, so is ready to receive the latest and greatest …read more
Yamaha’s cruiserweight AV receiver is now available and (as expected) it’s very impressive! We get hands-on to really test out its capabilities, and to see if our demonstration room can contain it… The RXA2060 is built like an absolute tank. Yamaha …read more
4K Blu-ray players are still relatively new to the scene, with to date only a few options being available. First up was the highly-reviewed DMPUB900 from Panasonic, followed by the ’700, and also Samsung’s UBDK8500. Microsoft also threw a spanner …read more
Will Onkyo’s latest super slim amplifier measure up to its bigger brothers? Here at Richer Sounds I hear many an argument between couples regarding AV equipment. It is usually a cable related topic, but every now and again, its that AV …read more
Why fix what isn’t broken? As Cambridge themselves have said, its because they can make it better… The TV2 and TV5 were fantastic budget sound bases so I was surprised to hear of some second generation units on the way …read more
Optoma definitely knows its way around a projector or two. But can the latest release shine bright, or does it fall short of its previous incarnations?… The HD142X is the replacement for the very successful HD141X. Taking this new version out of …read more
Pioneer has a long history of making some fantastic award winning equipment, so naturally I was very excited to see how it’s latest premium mini Hi-Fi system sounds. Taking the unit out of the box you are greeted by lovely …read more
Atmos is the biggest buzz word around AV at the moment. In short, it enables the sound designers of movies to place sound in a three-dimensional space around the cinema or home cinema, whereas a trusty 5.1 system will only offer …read more
