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This issue’s cover star is Philips’s 55OLED803, a super-powered 55in OLED Ambilight 4K TV packing the brand’s advanced Perfect Natural Reality picture processing. Does this flatscreen deserve a place in your home cinema setup? We give our verdict. Also on the test bench this issue is M&K Sound’s high-performance in-wall/on-wall IW150 5.1 loudspeaker array and its monster subwoofer. We also run the rule over TCL’s affordable 55DC748 55in Ultra HD LED TV; Polk’s dialogue-boosting Magnifi MAX SR soundbar system; Panasonic’s flagship TX-55FZ952B OLED flatscreen; Sony’s HT-ZF9 3.1-channel soundbar with Dolby Atmos processing; Optoma’s £550 Full HD projector bargain; Amazon’s Alexa-enabled Echo Spot smart assistant; and more. Whatever your budget, we’ve got you covered. On the software side, we check out new Blu-ray and 4K releases including A Quiet Place, Mission: Impossible 1-5, The Complete Sartana and Ghost Stories, plus a HD upgrade for Doctor Who: Season 12. And if you’re looking for something to show off your new 4K TV, don’t miss our round-up of the 20 best-looking Ultra HD Blu-rays. We also scour the cinematic wasteland for the most entertaining post-apocalyptic movies. Elsewhere, we talk to the 3D Film Archive about the stereoscopic format’s past and future; go behind-the-scenes at Focal; check out a bespoke home cinema for a pair of film fanatics; report on a blockbuster year at the box office; and remember the glory days of movie novelisations. Plus: all the usual opinions, news, disc reviews and competitions. Enjoy the show!
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A Journey of Discovery
The UK Blu-Ray Labels You Need to Know
The even Darker Knight
The latest bigscreen Batman do-over drops Gotham's Caped Crusader into a Se7en-esque serial killer flick with thrilling results
Predator 2: The Sequel, anyone?
REL's home cinema-centric subwoofer range returns, once again with a 'no-frills, all the spills' ethos. Richard Stevenson plays fast and deep with the 15in HT/1510
Aura PJ makes movies glow
On the evidence of this UST PJ, John Archer feels newcomer Xgimi is ready to take on the AV big boys
Maximum power, minimum space
Trinnov's new 16-channel Amplitude model is all the amplifier you'll ever need, argues Steve Withers
Hardcore home cinema thrills
The debut Dolby Atmos soundbar from French manufacturer Devialet is a sensational performer, says Steve May
Philips' OLED panel beater
As the eagerly awaited successor to the multi-award-winning Philips OLED806 series (see HCC #323), the new OLED807 arrives burdened with the heavy weight of expectation. Can the manufacturer effectively evolve its OLED technology yet again? The answer to that, it turns out, is yes - this range usurps its illustrious predecessor in at least three major ways. But we're getting ahead of ourselves...
AV objects of desire
Team HCC, fresh from a lottery win, goes shopping for the world's most exotic, most outrageous and most covetable items of home entertainment hardware
Room correction
Tackling unwanted acoustic issues in your home cinema isn't only about speaker positioning and physical treatments - your AVR or processor can help too, says Mark Craven
Digital Copy
Product specifications should help you make an informed purchase. But sometimes, says Mark Craven, all those numbers add up to nothing but marketing sleight of hand
