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Polk Audio TL1600 review
Danny Phillips  |  Jan 06, 2015  |  0 comments

US brand Polk Audio attacks the UK compact speaker market with the TL1600, an affordable 5.1 pack bristling with innovation. In the box are four bijou TL1 satellites that stand just 165mm high, plus a horizontally aligned centre speaker and a cute, cubed sub. The satellites’ gloss finish and curved enclosures catch the eye, whereas as many sub/sat rivals in this market are resolutely boxy. And note that the non-parallel construction serves an acoustic purpose in reducing internal resonances.

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Blu-ray
Transformers: Age of Extinction Blu-ray review
Anton van Beek  |  Jan 06, 2015  |  0 comments

In the five years following the 'Battle of Chicago', humanity has grown fearful of the Transformers, causing the US military to sever all ties with the Autobots. Meanwhile, an elite CIA black ops unit tasked with hunting down and destroying all surviving Decepticons has secretly been targeting Autobots as well, and supplying captured tech to robotics corporation KSI, which is attempting to build its own controllable Transformers.

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News
LG announces seven-strong OLED lineup at CES 2015
Mark Craven  |  Jan 05, 2015  |  0 comments

LG has announced today at CES 2015 that it is revamping its OLED TV lineup with seven models, all sporting 4K resolution.

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News
Panasonic takes wraps off world's first 4K Blu-ray player...
Mark Craven  |  Jan 05, 2015  |  0 comments

Panasonic has given AV-holics a reason to cheer at CES 2015 by giving us a first look at a protoype 4K Blu-ray player - which at the very least suggests that the '4K Blu-ray by the end of 2015' target might be reached. Above is the best pic we could get of it amidst the crush. More details to come as soon as we have some. Hopefully.

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Games
Alien: Isolation review
Anton van Beek  |  Jan 05, 2015  |  0 comments

Hidden inside a locker, you peer out through a slot in the door into the gloom of the room beyond. Something is out there, moving around. You shuffle backwards as far back as you can go and hold your breath. Welcome to the terrifying world of Alien: Isolation…

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Blu-ray
A Walk Among the Tombstones review
Anton van Beek  |  Jan 02, 2015  |  0 comments

Liam Neeson takes a break from running around Europe beating up people for a slightly more thoughtful role in this glum thriller based on the best-selling 1992 crime novel by Lawrence Block.

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Blu-ray
The Prince review
Richard Holliss  |  Dec 29, 2014  |  0 comments

When his daughter Beth (Gia Mantegna) disappears, Paul (Jason Patric), a former New Orleans crime boss known as ‘The Prince’ sets out to find her, with the help of one of Beth’s friends Angela (Jessica Lowndes) and an old sparring partner called Sam (John Cusack). The bad news is that she has fallen into the clutches of his former rival – drug baron and gangster Omar (Bruce Willis). Both men are bitter enemies after a car bomb that Paul intended for Omar claimed the lives of his wife and child instead. Now riddled with guilt, car mechanic and devoted father Paul constantly relives the ‘accident’ in vivid flashbacks.

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Games
Assassin's Creed: Unity review
Steve May  |  Dec 27, 2014  |  0 comments

You can’t approach Assassins Creed: Unity without first acknowledging that it’s an extraordinary bug fest. This has been much documented online, and when you do come across coding issues it’s difficult not to laugh out loud. But this shouldn’t detract from what is a fairly solid addition to the free-running franchise.

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Games
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor review
Steve May  |  Dec 26, 2014  |  0 comments

Tolkien's Middle-earth has provided rich pickings for games over several generations of console platforms, yet unlike the source material few have stood the test of time. This third-person adventure, nominally set between the Hobbit and Rings trilogies, is a deep and bloody cut above what’s gone before.

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Blu-ray
Withnail and I: Limited Edition Boxset review
Anton van Beek  |  Dec 23, 2014  |  0 comments

Writer-director Bruce Robinson's cult favourite film follows two 'resting' actors (Richard E. Grant's Withnail and Paul McGann's I) as they endure a 'holiday by mistake' in the countryside at the fag-end of the 1960s.

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