Home Cinema Choice Magazine - Spring 2024

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Our cover star this issue is Samsung’s 65in S95D TV, the tech giant’s flagship Quantum Dot OLED model for 2024. Armed with a new Neo Quantum processor and Glare-Free panel design, it’s touted as the brand’s most desirable 4K OLED TV yet. Does it deliver? We give our verdict in our in-depth review. Also on the test bench is Pioneer’s VSA-LX805, the AV marque’s top-of-the-range 11-channel home cinema amplifier with Dirac Live room correction to fine-tune performance. We also run the rule over an immersive on-wall speaker system from Germany’s Ascendo; active floorstanding speakers from Magnat; Monitor Audio’s Anthra 15 subwoofer; an all-in-one Atmos speaker and affordable turntable from JBL; Audiolab’s 9000N network streamer; four 4K ultra-short-throw projectors from AWOL Vision, Epson, Hisense and XGIMI; and more. Whatever your budget, we’ve got you covered!
On the software side, we check out new disc and streaming releases including Wonka, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom and Shogun. We also look at the movies Hollywood hopes will hit big this summer, and remember the fantasy flick double-whammy of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Conan movies, now reborn on 4K Blu-ray.
Elsewhere, we step inside a stunning pro cinema install, check out the audio highlights of the Bristol Hi-Fi Show, look back at the birth of the Blu-ray format, and wonder if advances in AI upscaling mean it’s time to upgrade your TV.
Plus: all the usual opinions, news, disc reviews and competitions. Enjoy the show!