News

Sky is introducing another update to to the functionality of its Sky+HD boxes, this time targeting the Sky Movies platform and introducing features that will streamline the movie-choosing process.

The European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) is the technology world’s largest independent awards panel, incorporating nearly 50 specialist magazines from across the continent – including Home Cinema Choice. EISA has been running for over 30 years and its goal is simple: to celebrate the most desirable, highest-performing home entertainment hardware that you – the AV enthusiasts – will be spending your hard-earned pennies on. 

Sky Sports has won the rights to show 'near-live' clips from every Premier League game across its digital platforms, beginning with the 2016/17 season.

Monitor Audio is releasing a new Bronze series of speakers aimed at both home cinema and hi-fi fans.

Issue #247 of Home Cinema Choice is now on sale – and as usual it's packed with AV goodness...

For over a decade, Yamaha's range of Digital Sound Projectors has paved the way for movie fans to get a slice of surround sound action without the need for separate speakers, amps and unsightly runs of cable. Different to a conventional soundbar or soundbase speaker, they feature multiple driver arrays and use proprietary signal processing to reflect audio off a room's walls to create a genuine multichannel effect. Up for grabs in our competition is Yamaha's current state-of-the-art model, the YSP-2500. It typically retails for around £700. But it could be yours for free!

DTS has finally unveiled further details about DTS:X, its object-based, 'multi-dimensional' audio technology that is following hot on the heels of Dolby Atmos. The company has indicated that DTS:X-capable AV receivers from Onkyo, Pioneer and Yamaha will be available by the Autumn of 2015 (as will high-end processors from Steinway Lyngdorf, Theta and Trinnov), and that Denon's AVR-X7200W (pictured below) and Marantz's AV8802 will be DTS:X'd via a firmware upgrade 'later' this year. More brands and model numbers will be announced in due course.