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Opinion
Point of View: Taking control
Richard Stevenson  |  Jan 25, 2012  |  0 comments

I often wonder why I am not Tom Cruise. The obvious benefits of being minted, married to Katie Holmes and working with Cameron Diaz aside, I can see absolutely no reason why I am not yet controlling my home cinema system in true Minority Report style. Why am I still surrounded by a clutter of remote controls, rather than simply gesticulating with my fingers and issuing complex voice commands that simultaneously play Blu-ray, dim the lights and move the volume to ASBO level? There is no reason at all, other than the fact that, as yet, no manufacturer has pulled all these readily available technology components together.

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News
Revel unleashes Concerta on-wall loudspeakers and wireless subwoofer
Anton van Beek  |  Jan 25, 2012  |  0 comments

Revel is promising great things from its new Concerta on-wall speaker range, which will be arriving in the UK next month. 

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News
Masters of Cinema adds Hitchcock classic in April
Anton van Beek  |  Jan 24, 2012  |  0 comments

Euerka Entertaiment has revealed that it has secured the rights to release Alfred Hitchcock's 1944 classic Lifeboat as part of its Masters of Cinema range of Blu-ray releases.

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News
Snowtown hits Blu-ray and DVD in March
Anton van Beek  |  Jan 24, 2012  |  0 comments

Revolver Entertainment has announced that the harrowing Australian thriller Snowtown will be coming to Blu-ray and DVD in the UK on March 30. Based on the true story of serial killer John Bunting, the movie marked the feature film debut of director Justin Kurzel and has picked up numerous plaudits from critics around the world.

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Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Anton van Beek  |  Jan 23, 2012  |  0 comments

Bethesda’s latest open-world role-playing game doesn’t try to redefine the genre. Indeed, the story it tells packs in pretty much every fantasy cliché you can think of (including your own character, who just happens to be the return of a line of mystical warriors long thought vanished from the realm, blah, blah, blah...). But what ...Skyrim does so well is refine the genre and deliver an awesome gaming experience.

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Blu-ray
Cowboys & Aliens
Anton van Beek  |  Jan 23, 2012  |  0 comments

Given the level of vitriol aimed at this blockbuster genre mash-up, you’d be forgiven for expecting it to be an absolute stinker. Unsurprisingly, it isn’t.

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Pro-Install
Home cinema install: Magic of the lamp
Anton van Beek  |  Jan 23, 2012  |  0 comments

There are revolutions in progress going on in the Arab world at the moment, but they’re no more stunning than the work done on this Arabian Nights-themed install by St Albans-based FAB Audio Visual (and not a shot was fired).

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DVD
Doctor Who: The Sensorites
Anton van Beek  |  Jan 23, 2012  |  0 comments

My history with this particular classic serial dates back to my childhood in the late '70s and a Doctor Who card game I used to own. In amongst the hand-drawn pictures of such popular characters from the series as Davros, the Cybermen, Annie Oakley and Thor (seriously, half of the set was made up of spurious historical and mythological figures) was one that meant absolutely nothing to me - the Sensorites.

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Blu-ray
Futurama: The Complete Season 5
Anton van Beek  |  Jan 19, 2012  |  0 comments

Good news everyone. Futurama has been brought back from cancellation for a second time! It’s starting to seem like nothing short of the end of the world will keep Matt Groening’s sci-fi toon off our screens. Which is no bad thing as (no matter how niche its fanbase might be) Futurama remains the most consistently funny and geek-friendly cartoon around.

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Loudspeakers
Speakercraft Roots 5.1 (£2,450)
Ed Selley  |  Jan 12, 2012  |  0 comments
Sub/sat system shows Craft Steve May auditions an unashamedly upmarket sub/sat system

SpeakerCraft is not the first brand that comes to mind when short-listing designer hi-fi. The company, best known as a purveyor of in-wall and in-ceiling speakers, has an image that’s more plasterboard than posh. But that’s about to change with Its new RooTs loudspeakers that strive to impress. The piano gloss cabinets (in black or white) have a quality finish that would be a crime to hide away. The sub is especially handsome.

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