Home Cinema Choice – September 2019

COVER STORY

COVER STORY

HOME CINEMA CHOICE SEPTEMBER 2019

07 5 for the price of 1

Dolby Atmos 5.1.2-channel soundbar

08 Mid-range muscle

Denon announces AVR-X3600H receiver

09 UK broadband speeds up...

... and that's good news for 4K streamers

10 The Americans are coming

Don't know Vizio? It hopes you soon will

12 Hisense preps 2019 OLED TV

'We're not a budget brand'

14 The end of an era

Avengers: Endgame is ready for 4K BD heroics

16 Back of the net

Trailers and tech to check out on the web

20 Listening in with Dynaudio
We step inside the brand's advanced
measuring lab – the Jupiter Room

24 Rise of the Machine
As James Cameron returns with Alita: Battle
Angel, we celebrate his astonishing career

30 A night at the opera
Luxury picture palace delivers 7.4.4 audio
and 3.3m-wide 4K images

80 Certifi ed: AV-Holic
Take a tour of an HCC reader's movie room

101 Gear guide
HCC's comprehensive Top 10s/15s list
only the very best kit money can buy

69 Digital Copy

Going to the movies is cool again, fi nds Mark

Craven – it's time for home cinema to cash in

70 In the Mix

Jon Thompson doesn't believe his eyes...

72 The Hi-Fi Guy

David Vivian reckons he's picked up

a second-hand vinyl bargain

76 Feedback

Share your thoughts with other AV addicts

114 AV Avenger

Steve May explains why the moon landing

footage doesn't cut the AV mustard

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John Archer:

The experienced

TV tester cut his

teeth as an early

HCC staff er

Jon Thompson:

Film producer and

post-production

expert delves into

Hollywood and AV

Steve May:

HCC’s former Ed.

is one of the UK’s

most respected

AV journos

Martin Pipe:

Technical expert

Martin is renown

throughout the

industry

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COMPETITION

66 Win an Epson projector!

We've teamed up with the PJ specialist to

give away an EH-TW650 worth £

Richard

Stevenson:

Former Editor of

the UK CE trade

journal ERT

Ed Selley:

Audiophile Ed

mixes his home

cinema passion

with a love of vinyl

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CONTRIBUTORS

Steve Withers:

Movie fan, display

calibrator and

object-based

audio obsessive