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Mark Craven  |  Jul 09, 2018  |  0 comments

With the UBP-X700, Sony has added a new player to its Ultra HD Blu-ray stable that promises some improved functionality overs its predecessors, yet cuts other corners to hit a new, mass market price point.

John Archer  |  Jul 08, 2018  |  0 comments

The latest Marvel movie to arrive on 4K Blu-ray gives us our first glimpse of the Black Panther's home world of Wakanda, after the character debuted in Captain America: Civil War. A huge hit at the box office, and an equally huge discussion point on social media due to its almost exclusive focus on black characters, it's ultimately a bit hit-and-miss from a simple filmmaking perspective.

Steve May  |  Jul 07, 2018  |  0 comments
Black level performance, colour vibrancy and raw resolution are widely recognised as the holy trinity of home cinema projection, and with the 4K HDR-capable UHZ65, Optoma comes close to giving movie fans a suitably religious experience.
Richard Stevenson  |  Jul 06, 2018  |  0 comments

Soundbars continue to be the home entertainment sound system of choice for most people. Even those with a serious multichannel setup may well have a soundbar in another room to bolster a TV without the fuss of amps and speakers. But not all claim to create a surround sound experience – a feature which tops the spec sheet of Samsung's HW-N650.

Team HCC  |  Jul 06, 2018  |  0 comments

Home Cinema Choice has joined forces with Lionsgate UK to give away five copies of the new science-fiction thriller Genesis on DVD.

Martin Pipe  |  Jul 06, 2018  |  0 comments

Twenty years since the start of UK digital broadcasting, some TV viewers have complained that certain terrestrial channels – BBC Four HD and BBC News 24 HD in particular – have gone AWOL.

Anton van Beek  |  Jul 04, 2018  |  0 comments

He may not be a household name in the same way as John Ford or Howard Hawks, but director Budd Boetticher holds a place in the hearts of cowboy picture fans for the seven 'Ranown Cycle' films (named after star Randolph Scott and producer Harry Joe Brown) he made between 1956 and 1960.

Mark Craven  |  Jun 19, 2018  |  0 comments

Able to cast a 100in image from a distance of just 30cm, Optoma's HZ40UST projector has an eye on media rooms and living spaces where cable runs and ceiling installations are a no-go.

Mark Craven  |  Jun 13, 2018  |  0 comments

UK film fans eager to sample the Dolby Cinema experience can rejoice – Dolby and Odeon have today confirmed plans for seven sites to 'open nationwide over the next several years.'

John Archer  |  Jun 11, 2018  |  0 comments
Samsung probably thought when it unveiled its debut QLED displays last year that they’d take the world by storm. Surely punters wouldn’t be able to resist the unprecedented brightness and colour range delivered by the brand’s new metal-clad Quantum Dots? But things didn’t turn out that way. Instead, rival OLED sets, bolstered by performance tweaks and wider availability, became the year’s ‘must-have’ TV item.

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