Home Cinema Choice Magazine FREE Sample Issue Sonderausgabe

"For its flagship 2021 flatscreen, Samsung combines a next-generation mini LED backlight with nearly 2,000 dimming zones and a native 8K resolution. So is the 75in QN900A – this issue’s cover star – the best TV you can buy today? We put it through its paces…

Also on the test bench is Philips’ Fidelio B97, a premium Dolby Atmos/DTS:X soundbar system with detachable wireless surrounds. We then run the rule over TCL’s C825K 65in mini LED TV and TS8132 3.1.2-channel soundbar; Apple’s revamped 4K media player; the entry-level SB-1000 Pro subwoofer from SVS; an affordable 55in Hisense Dolby Vision TV; JBL headphones; KEF’s LS50 Wireless II speakers; and more. Whatever your budget, we’ve got you covered.

On the software side, we check out new Blu-ray, 4K and streaming releases including Indiana Jones: 4-Movie Collection, Chaos Walking, Army of the Dead and classic musical My Fair Lady. We also dream up a list of the films we’d like to see next on UHD Blu-ray, from James Cameron sci-fi flicks to Golden Age of Hollywood epics.

Elsewhere, we recall some of home cinema’s best (and worst) innovations; take a tour of a reader’s home theatre makeover; drool over a pair of pro cinema install projects; investigate bipole and dipole speakers; and wonder what Amazon’s buyout of MGM means for the future of physical media…

Plus all the usual opinions, news, disc reviews and competitions. Enjoy the show!"