Home Cinema Choice - March 2023

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Our cover star this issue is a 5.1 speaker set from Bowers & Wilkins’ revamped 700 Series. For this S3 iteration, trickle-down technology from the company’s flagship 800 Diamond combines with a gorgeous new cabinet styling and better-than-ever-build. How does it sound? We give our verdict… Also on the test bench this issue is Loewe’s Bild i.55 OLED TV, which marks the luxury brand’s return to the UK market. We also run the rule over Ascendo’s excellent-value SV-12 subwoofer; LG’s flagship S95QR soundbar system; Pioneer’s nine-channel VSX-LX305 AV receiver; the entry-level EH-TW6150 4K HDR projector from Epson; NAD’s retro-styled C 3050 LE streaming amp; Grado headphones; Panasonic LZ1000 OLED; and more. Whatever your budget, we’ve got you covered!
On the software side, we check out new Blu-ray, 4K and streaming releases including Black Adam, Halloween Kills, Casablanca and The Last of Us. We also roundup the best movies of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, and turn the clock back to 1982 to celebrate Walter Hill’s action-comedy classic 48 Hrs.
Elsewhere, we report on the cutting-edge tech debuted at this year’s CES; check out a pair of high-end custom installs; dig into DLP projection; and wonder whether it’s the sound or vision that really makes the home cinema experience…
Plus all the usual opinions, news, disc reviews and competitions. Enjoy the show!