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.
Having only made a foray of sorts into the Bluetooth speaker arena with their former range of soundbars and sound bases (at least in more recent years), Q Acoustics have thrown their hat into the ring of stereo active speakers …read more
It’s always a tricky decision – do you get floorstanding speakers, even though you’re worried about their size? Or do you get standmount speakers because they’re smaller – then end up with the same footprint because you need them on …read more
Having sat on the periphery of ‘home’ speakers for many years, JBL have released their new Stage range. Built on the bones of their renowned studio speakers, the JBL Stage A130 are aggressively priced in a saturated point of the …read more
Having released their 2021 series of AV receivers, Yamaha have kept a running theme of splitting their home cinema amps into two series. The entry-level RXV series and the improved ‘Aventage’ range. So how will this middle entry to the …read more
It’s only been a few years since Monitor Audio released their 6th iteration of their Silver series – however they’ve rarely released anything without good reason. Despite being released about twice as quickly as their usual range update, will the …read more
With the maturity of technologies such as OLED and QLED every year the competition for best all round television gets more competitive. Over the last few years Philips has been on a staggering rise to join this conversation so when …read more
Year on year, televisions continue to improve in almost every way. From picture quality, to the range of Smart content, all the way through to screen size for the price, each new iteration brings many worthwhile improvements. The one area …read more
DISCLAIMER: Owning a Panasonic himself, this reviewer may be marginally biased, but is going to do his level best to be as objective as possible. Now that that’s out of the way – yes, I’m definitely going to be fully …read more
Have you spent the last few years pining after the latest and greatest of TV tech, only to be left deflated when you found you just couldn’t quite fit the flagship model in your space? You’re not alone. Samsung have …read more
In a world where everyone is after the latest tech, sometimes it pays to take a step back. Today we look at the Sony A80J range, the step-down model from Sony’s top of the line OLED range of televisions. On …read more
