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Home Cinema Choice 244 on sale now!
Anton van Beek  |  Feb 12, 2015  |  0 comments

Issue #244 of Home Cinema Choice is now on sale – and as usual it's packed with AV goodness.

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Blu-ray
Banshee: The Complete Second Season review
Anton van Beek  |  Feb 12, 2015  |  0 comments

With its rather carefree approach to sex and violence, this Showtime series became a guilty pleasure among Team HCC when it first surfaced back in 2013.

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Televisions
Panasonic TX-48AS640 review
John Archer  |  Feb 11, 2015  |  0 comments

Panasonic’s TX-48AS640 cuts a similar figure on your AV furniture to LG’s 47LB730V, with a bezel that combines silver top and bottom edges with thin black sides to striking effect. Connectivity is similar too, with three HDMIs, two USBs and both Ethernet and Wi-Fi network options.

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News
Epson announces laser projector for high-end home cinemas
Team HCC  |  Feb 10, 2015  |  0 comments

Epson has confirmed its new upper-tier home cinema projector – featuring what it describes as '4K enhancement technology' and employing a dual laser light source – will arrive in the UK this April.

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Blu-ray
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 3D review
Anton van Beek  |  Feb 10, 2015  |  0 comments

Against all the odds, 2011's Rise of the Planet of Apes turned out to be an unexpectedly smart and assured reboot for the iconic sci-fi franchise. And as good as that film was, director Matt (Cloverfield) Reeve's sequel trumps it in every regard.

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Televisions
LG 47LB730V review
John Archer  |  Feb 09, 2015  |  0 comments

The LG 47LB730V, at around £700, isn't the most affordable 47in TV on the market, so it has a point to prove. It sets about this task with gusto thanks to a seriously pretty design that mixes an ultra-slim frame with a posh-looking silvery outer trim. The aluminium stand hasn’t exactly been beaten with the ugly stick, either.

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News
Onkyo launches hi-res music store in the UK
Team HCC  |  Feb 09, 2015  |  0 comments

Onkyo has today announced that its e-Onkyo hi-res music download store has opened for business in the UK, fully ten years after it launched in its native Japan.

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Blu-ray
Stanley Kubrick: The Masterpiece Collection review
Anton van Beek  |  Feb 08, 2015  |  0 comments

Stanley Kubrick only made 13 feature films over the course of 46 years, but they remain 13 of the most influential and enjoyable flicks in the history of American cinema.

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AV Receivers
Pioneer SC-LX88 review
Richard Stevenson  |  Feb 07, 2015  |  0 comments

Pioneer’s new flagship AVR comes to the HCC test bench fresh from its Dolby Atmos firmware upgrade, bristling with features that will have both music and movie fans salivating. It's a lavishly-engineered top-flight powerhouse that deserves an audition if you're upgrading your setup – although it does have one curious flaw...

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Blu-ray
The Expendables 3: Extended Edition review
Anton van Beek & Richard Stevenson  |  Feb 06, 2015  |  0 comments

It's business-as-usual in this third instalment in Sylvester Stallone's cinematic retirement home for elderly action stars. This time around the plot involves the search for a former-Expendable-turned-arms dealer (Mel Gibson), a situation that is apparently so serious that it necessitates not only the recruiting of even more old action stars (Wesley Snipes! Antonio Banderas! Harrison Ford! Er… Kelsey Grammer!), but an injection of fresh blood (Kellan Lutz! Glen Powell! Ronda Rousey! Victor Ortiz!).

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