OCTOBER 2020 T3 37The ultimate home cinema
ALL HAIL THE SHINY DISC
When you’re talking about a truly
premium home cinema installation,
every component needs to hit
the mark. Which is why, despite
everyone going gaga for streaming
lately, we still love 4K Blu-ray discs.
With their 4K video, high bit rates,
wide colour gamuts, expanded
(HDR) light range and immersive
object based sound, well-mastered
4K Blu-rays deliver levels of
consistency and AV quality that not
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Video streams typically top out at
bit rates of under 50Mbps, whereas
4K Blu-rays can hit 100Mbps. And
while streamed video can only
provide Dolby Atmos sound in the
compressed ‘DD+’ format, 4K Blu-
rays carry full range, compression-
free ‘True HD’ Dolby Atmos. If
you’ve put together a system like
ours, feeding it anything less than
the best source would be criminal.THE SPEAKERS
MILLER & KREISEL IW SYSTEM
Want the power and precision of studio-grade sound without having
to share your movie room with a battalion of massive speakers? Then
prepare to dig deep for this astounding in-wall 7.2.4 M&K speaker
system. Comprising three IW150s, four IW150 Tripoles, four IW950s
height channels and a towering X12 subwoofer (not all pictured here- it’s seriously megalithic), this system sounds so good that your local
cinema’s whimpering just thinking about it.
£14,790, mkloudspeakers.uk
THE BLU-RAY PLAYER
SONY UBP-1100ES
It’s no accident that the UBP-1100ES 4K Blu-ray player is handled by
Sony’s pro rather than consumer division. For as well as getting the
absolute best from 4K Blu-ray discs’ unrivalled picture and sound
quality, it plays practically every other disc format known to man
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it plays nicely with even the most sophisticated home cinema and
home automation systems.
£695, sony.co.uk
THE PROJECTOR
JVC DLA-NX9
Home-cinema fans have long adored the class-leading contrast and
colour of JVC’s unique D-ILA projectors. The only thing they’ve
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JVC’s proprietary e-Shift technology actually makes the NX9’s pictures
feel like 8K – and on a massive home theatre screen, that’s really
something that matters.
£18,499, eu.jvc.comTHE AMP
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and support for the Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and IMAX Enhanced audio
formats, the X6700H has everything that you need to enjoy home
cinema sound that’s as big as your pictures. It doesn’t exclusively care
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cards as well.
£2,299, denon.co.ukThe ultimate home cinema
A SYSTEM SO GOOD YOU SHOULD START
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