[mattym]

Originally Posted by binbag

None of 'em. They exist to serve the electronics industry and push the consumerism ideal that 'what you've got isn't good enough anymore'. When did you last see a really useful or even moderately interesting article about room acoustics, controlling the amount of light reflection in your viewing room, cheaper options for projections screens (or anything on PJ screens), the importance of throw ratios and image offset, keystoning and why its bad, sound isolation, electrical cleanliness, HT decor, memorabilia, etc, etc...

I really could go on all day and thats before you look at the screens on the products which that show images from films that have just been released on DVD that to mags have probably been paid to use.

[Takes a deep breath...]

Now I'm a realist and I know that the mags have to reach outside the narrow band of us 'enthusiasts' to the unwashed masses that spend £1500 on a big telly and run it as it comes out of the box to make a crust but a couple of articles about something that has something else to do with home cinema other than what you can buy in shop with very big windows would be nice in a magazine that has Home Cinema in the title. As for the other one; the answers in the question.

What do I buy - T'internet (every month) and those ones that go on about £12000 stylus' (styli?) - I leave them laying around at work to make everyone else think I'm loaded.

have you seen the new improved HCC? its not a bad read at all, looks to me like the mag is trying to push some of those subjects you mention into peoples minds.