Home Cinema in a Box

The Samsung HT-BD1220 Blu-ray system impressed us initially, but newer rivals have edged ahead of it

Sony has produced a home cinema speaker system that gives genuine surround sound to the speaker-phobic

We can pick holes in the performance but they're only small, so focus on the price and functionality of this home cinema system

We'd hope it would deliver more, but at this price (and given how the market has moved on) it's not rounded enough for us

A neat system but sonically it doesn’t knit together especially well

This well-built system offers style and substance, delivering fine pictures and detailed, solid sounds in a smart package

While we admire LG for trying to squeeze in a world of features, we don’t think this home cinema system has quite got the quality we'd expect

The sound from this home cinema equipment rack is better than that from your TV, but for £400 we expect a little bit more

Quality home cinema convenience for really not very much money at all

For most users most of the time, and especially in light of its value, this is a winner