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Entries Tagged as 'Home cinema'

Home Cinema Choice Awards:the director’s cut

May 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

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Open publication - Free publishing - More av
Looking for a new piece of AV kit or just want to window shop? Then the annual awards issues of most specialist press journals are a good place to start. At HCC, we’ve now produced a digital edition of the Home Cinema Choice […]

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Tags: Trade · Plasma · LCD TV · Home cinema · High definition TV · HD DVD & Blu-ray

Are digital magazines the future?

April 25th, 2009 · No Comments

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Open publication - Free publishing - More automation
A little project I’ve given myself is to create an archive of digital magazines, which will be accessible from within the Home Cinema Choice website. These will comprise specials we’ve done, like Living with home cinema (browse above), plus samplers and ultimately entirely […]

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Tags: Trade · Home cinema

Why no Dolby Digital 5.1 for Battlestar Galactica climax?

March 18th, 2009 · No Comments

Hey Sky, what the frack is going on with the sound on Battlestar Galactica?

I wrote the story above (click the link to read), after yet another disappointing hi-def transmission of Battlestar Galactica from Sky. For the second week running, the show was broadcast with a Dolby Digital stereo soundtrack. On my AV system, this makes […]

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Tags: Home cinema · Broadcasting · Aliens & weird stuff

Why violent movies can be a good influence on kids

February 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

Exclusive review: Quantum of Solace is a Blu-ray blockbuster, but Bond’s package could be better | Home Cinema Choice
There’s no doubt about it. Kids are influenced by movies, but not always in the way you expect. While watching the Blu-ray of Quantum of Solace with my son (click the link above to read the resulting […]

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Tags: Home cinema · HD DVD & Blu-ray

Probably the best AV magazine in the world…

February 15th, 2009 · No Comments

Home Cinema Choice 166 now on sale

The latest issue of Home Cinema Choice is on sale and even if I say so myself, it’s a  corker. There’s no shortage of interesting reviews, plus coverage from CES 2009 and (ironically) my in-depth preview (sic) of Pioneer’s next generation of Kuro picture processing technology, codenamed Fuga. This, […]

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Tags: Trade · Home cinema