Home Cinema

THE TESTThe prospect of hooking up a home cinema amplifier can be a daunting one. They can be intimidating in the extreme, what with all those acronyms across the front panel and different inputs and outputs at the back. So it's no surprise that ...

Blu-ray offers more than just top pictures – it also delivers the best sound in home cinema, so you get to hear movies exactly the way Hollywood hears themAccording to Randy Thom, one of Hollywood's greatest sound designers, "If you look closely ...

Baffled by all the technical jargon surrounding Blu-ray and high-definition formats? Don't panic, our Jargon Buster will help you understand what it all means...24FPSFilm's native frame rate. Film is shot at 24fps (frames per second of picture), ...

As reported in News, there's a whole stack of new home cinema equipment on the way from Yamaha over the next couple of months.Above is the £1100 RX-V2065 receiver. complete with set-up microphone and its two remote control handsets, while below ...

UPDATE: AS OF 27.10.09, OPPO HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE EUROPEAN LAUNCH OF THE BDP-831 HAS BEEN 'POSTPONED INDEFINITELY'Not so long ago, buying a do-it-all disc player was simple: you picked up a ‘universal’ DVD machine, also able to play Super Audio ...

If you're a subscriber to What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision, or you buy the November 2009 issue at Tesco, you'll get a free pair of THX Optimizer glasses. Alternatively, head on over to ebay where you can buy them online for just £6.Once you've got ...

You can read all about Cambridge Audio's much-anticipated new universal Blu-ray player, the 650BD, and its partnering multichannel receiver, the Azur 650R, in our news story. Here are some more pictures of both models for you to ...

Here's a closer look at some of the new Sony home cinema products, launched yesterday at the International Funkaustellung – or IFA – show in Berlin. Seen here at a jaunty angle, this is the STR-DA3500ES receiverwhile below is its big brother, ...

You can read our full review of Sony's new PS3 Slim here, and below is a selection of pictures we've taken of Sony's new leaner, fitter PS3 console for you to enjoy:     

As promised in our news story, here's a closer look at all the new Onkyo products launched today. This is the new flagship AV receiver, the £2400 TX-NR5007...... and here's the same model with its front flap open showing the minor controls. ...