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Free from overt sentiment and weighted down by a brooding sense of loss, Jacque Demy's masterpiece feels as much informed by the kitchen sink dramas Britain was producing in the '50s and '60s as it is by Hollywood's lavish musical extravaganzas. The difference here is that this tale of love and loss is told entirely through the medium of song.

Although called a 'home projector', Epson's EH-TW490 is compact, weighs only 2.4kg and even arrives with a neat travelling case – in this regard, it looks like it's been designed as much for the travelling salesman as the movie-mad AV enthusiast. Furthermore, the resolution is only 1,280 x 800 (essentially 720p), although connectivity does include HDMI, so cash-strapped BD fans may well be interested.

Sexy. Thrilling. Frantic. Dangerous. These are the type of words used to describe Formula One racing in the 1970s. They're hardly the sort of words that immediately spring to mind when you think of the films of Ron Howard (More like: Safe. Pair. Of. Hands), however, which is why we worried when he was attached to this film about the legendary rivalry between F1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda.

Lots of people watch movies at home on large screens, but how many go to the lengths of adding an AV amplifier, a full-size loudspeaker package and a subwoofer or two? Very few, because despite TV sound quality going backwards for over a decade, proper home cinema audio is just not on most people’s radar.