Home Cinema Choice 298 on sale now!

The May 2019 issue of Home Cinema Choice is on sale today and as usual it's packed with all manner of AV goodness – including in-depth reviews of Samsung's sensational QE65Q90R 4K HDR TV and Yamaha's surprisingly smart RX-A3080 AV receiver, and a whole lot more...

• QLED TV comes alive: Samsung's QE65Q90R Ultra HD TV takes centre stage on the cover – and inside we reveal how range-topping 65in 4K HDR flatscreen ushers in a new dawn for the brand's QLED display technology and sets a new visual standard for LCD TVs that should even die-hard OLED pause for thought!

• Intelligent audio: We also get hands-on with Yamaha's RX-A3080 and can't help but be impressed by this nine-channel AV receiver's connective, multiroom and post-processing smarts.

• All action!: The Matrix celebrates its 20th birthday this year – and to celebrate we're turning the clock back to the 1980s to highlight the biggest and best action blockbusters of the past four decades. Where does The Matrix rank among them - and how many do you have in your disc collection?

• 'We keep pushing the envelope...': SVS president Gary Yacoubian spills the beans on the US brand's new SB-3000 bass-bin, developments in subwoofer technology and testing with Taylor Swift.

• Also: Optoma teases ultra-short-throw 4K Laser projector with integrated NuForce soundbar; Screen Innovations cuts the cables with its new Solo 2 electric projector screen; Apple takes on Netflix with its new TV+ subscription streaming service; BenQ discusses the technology behind its two new 4K DLP projectors; We chat to the stars of new Amazon Prime action series Hanna; Monitor Audio's discrete MASS 5.1 speaker array on test; JVC lights up its D-ILA projector range with DLA-N7B 4K HDR model; plus all of the usual news, opinion, competitions and Blu-ray/DVD reviews.

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