STUFF AWARDS 2019
TV GADGET
OF THE YEAR
STREAMINGSERVICE
OF THE YEAR
SENNHEISER
AMBEO
SOUNDBAR NETFLIX
Most soundbars that claim to support
Dolby’s sound-bouncing Atmos tech
can’t dream of coming close to a proper
surround-sound system – but Sennheiser’s
whopping Ambeo bar has the necessary
oomph to fill a room.
The 13 drivers are bigger than most
soundbars, plus the sub is built in, hence
the unprecedented heft, but that’s what gives
the 500-Watt amp so much to work with. The
result is a big black box that can genuinely
compete with a 5.1 system for scale,
separation and sophistication. If you’ve got
a TV big enough for it to live under, this could
just be the best soundbar ever.
As Disney and Apple wade in with their
bottomless piles of cash, Netflix’s dominance
of the streaming market will no doubt be
tested in 2020. But the new players are going
to need more than superheroes and Jennifer
Aniston to unseat the king.
From brilliant debuts like Russian Doll and Sex
Education to returning favourites like Stranger
Things, GLOW and BoJack Horseman, Netflix
remains untouchable when it comes to
original programming. And that’s before we
even mention the remarkable mini-series
When They See Us or Scorsese’s melancholic
gangster epic The Irishman, which landed on
Netflix just days after its cinema release.£2199 / sennheiser.com from £8.99/month / netflix.comNOMINEES
O Nvidia Shield TV O Amazon Fire TV Cube
O Vizio SB36512-F6 O Sky QNOMINEES
O Amazon Music HD O Amazon Prime Video
O Spotify O Now TV