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Let us for a minute consider the thorny issue of ‘style’ – the indefinable quality of a product beyond the more understandable virtues of performance, build and features. In the UK, much AV gear tends toward form following function, and while this can result in stylish things, it's often a by-product rather than the intention.

Following three years of reality-based adventures in espionage, popular British spy series The Avengers underwent a dramatic change in 1965. Thanks to an injection of cash from US broadcaster ABC, the show made the jump to film – and in the process set about transforming itself into a comic book romp that fully embraced British eccentricity.

The search for a teenage runaway (Linnea Quigley) lands Los Angeles private investigator Jack Chandler (Jay Richardson) in hot water when it turns out that she's involved with an ancient Egyptian cult that worships chainsaws. Naturally.

For over a decade, Yamaha's range of Digital Sound Projectors has paved the way for movie fans to get a slice of surround sound action without the need for separate speakers, amps and unsightly runs of cable. Different to a conventional soundbar or soundbase speaker, they feature multiple driver arrays and use proprietary signal processing to reflect audio off a room's walls to create a genuine multichannel effect. Up for grabs in our competition is Yamaha's current state-of-the-art model, the YSP-2500. It typically retails for around £700. But it could be yours for free!