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Philips has become the latest manufacturer to squeeze Dolby Atmos technology into a soundbar. Undercutting rival Atmos 'bars from Yamaha and Samsung, the £900 Fidelio B8 is the first to offer an all-in-one 3D audio solution for less than a grand.

We've teamed up with British sound specialist Orbitsound to give away two BAR A60 soundbars, worth £400 each. This newly-released BAR, available exclusively through Currys PC World, brings the brand's innovative airSOUND™ technology to a sleek enclosure and promises real home cinema thrills. Enter our competition to be in with a chance of winning one.

Bluesound is expanding its multiroom range to include a soundbar model that supports networked hi-res audio streaming with MQA compatability. The Bluesound Pulse Soundbar will sell for £1,000 when it arrives in November, placing it in the high-end 'bar bracket alongside the likes of Samsung's HW-K950, DALI's Kubik One and Yamaha's top-line YSP models. Able to turn a TV setup into another multiroom zone, the Pulse Soundbar uses a six-strong driver array (arranged in a stereo config), with each custom-designed unit supported by a dedicated amplifier channel. There are also two additional passive radiators. While natively two-channel, the onboard Dolby decoding chip that handles downmixing will, HCC has discovered, by enabled by a future firmware to allow the 'bar to decode surround sound signals and output to linked Pulse speakers. 

Issue #265 of Home Cinema Choice is on sale today – and as usual it's packed with AV goodness...

James Camerson's action/sci-fi smash Aliens will screen in 70mm as part of the National Media Museum's Widescreen Weekend.

Sonic guru Cambridge Audio has revamped its TV2 and TV5 Bluetooth soundbase speaker line to bolster both performance and ease of use.

Epson has announced its EH-LS10500 projector, a sequel to its EH-LS10000 laser model that introduces HDR and Ultra HD Blu-ray playback to the spec sheet.