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Paramount+ streaming service launches in UK
 |  Jun 22, 2022  |  0 comments
Home to movies and original series, including HALO and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the SVOD platform is available for a £6.99 monthly subscription – but Sky Cinema users get free access
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Loudspeakers
Sony HT-A9 immersive audio system review
Steve May  |  Jun 16, 2022  |  0 comments
hccbestbuybadgev3Sony's latest DSP wheeze could be the most important surround sound invention since Dolby Atmos, argues Steve May

Appearances can be deceiving. Much like Oscar Isaac in Moon Knight, Sony's HT-A9 looks relatively unassuming, even retro. But much like Marvel's latest superhero, in full flight it transforms into something altogether more formidable.

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Steven Spielberg's Jaws to get 3D cinema release this September in the US
HCC News Team  |  Jun 10, 2022  |  0 comments
1975 classic will play in IMAX and RealD 3D, following a 40th anniversary IMAX outing for E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial in August – but will UK film fans also get a chance to watch?
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 prepped for 4K Blu-ray release on August 8
HCC News Team  |  Jun 08, 2022  |  0 comments
Extras to include a new animated short, and Paramount will also release a double-pack with the movie's 2020 predecessor.
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Pro-Install
Home cinema install: Stealth theatre with style
Mark Craven  |  Jun 07, 2022  |  0 comments
A regular living room undergoes an AV transformation thanks to some projector and screen acrobatics, plus custom cabinetry
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Subwoofers
KEF KF92 subwoofer review
Steve Withers  |  Jun 02, 2022  |  0 comments
hcchighreccomendKEF applies Newton's Third Law to its mid-range dual-driver bassmaker, which leaves Steve Withers searching for his lab coat and Godzilla disc

If you managed to stay awake during physics classes at school, you might remember Newton's Third Law of Motion, which states – in essence – that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. It's a principle of classical mechanics that's been embraced by speaker and subwoofer manufacturers, allowing them to engineer a force-cancelling design to reduce cabinet vibrations and increase the maximum output.

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Hardware Features
The sound of real cinema?
Mark Craven  |  Jun 02, 2022  |  0 comments
Looking for a speaker system with Hollywood heritage? JBL Synthesis wants to help. Mark Craven treats his ears to a 9.4.6 array in a dedicated room where even the amplifiers have brains...

The American audio marque JBL has a storied history when it comes to cinema sound. Founder James Bullough Lansing, then with his Lansing Manufacturing Company, answered the call from studio MGM in the 1930s when it sought loudspeakers of better quality to do justice to its slate of new 'talkies'.

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Sky original The Midwich Cuckoos offers a modern take on the classic John Wyndham sci-fi chiller
Steve May  |  Jun 02, 2022  |  0 comments
Offering a fresh take on John Wyndham’s classic science fiction novel, new Sky Original The Midwich Cuckoos promises to creep the nation as all seven episodes drop on Sky and Now streaming services.
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Projectors
Hisense 100L9GTUK Ultra-Short-Throw Projector Review
John Archer  |  May 18, 2022  |  0 comments
hcc_recommendedHisense's latest attempt to turn a projector into a TV is its most compelling yet, reckons John Archer

If you're reading this magazine, you probably love a bigscreen viewing experience. You might even dream of either being able to afford a monster-sized 100in TV, or having somewhere to install a projector without messing up your day-to-day living space. And thanks to Hisense's latest Laser TV, the 100L9GTUK, you might have to dream no more. The appeal of this product is wickedly simple. It combines an ultra-short-throw laser projector, built-in 40W audio system and high reflectivity, 100in ambient light rejecting (ALR) screen to give you a TV-like experience at home cinema dimensions. It does this for £4,499, just a fraction of what a 100in TV would cost.

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Televisions
Samsung QE65QN95B 65in 4K HDR LED TV Review
John Archer  |  May 11, 2022  |  0 comments
hccbestbuybadgev3Samsung's first new TV of 2022 emphasises the strengths of mini LED technology, reckons John Archer

While OLED had new brighter panels to shout about in 2021, the story of the year for rival LCD technology was definitely the arrival of mini LED backlighting. Samsung, in particular, showed how moving to much smaller LEDs, coupled with an increase in a TV's number of local dimming zones, could rewrite the LCD picture quality rule book in terms of contrast precision. Now it returns with a second-gen model to hopefully wow us again.

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