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TV
LG 2023 TV line-up: 8K/4K OLED and QNED – everything you need to know
by Ian Collen
A detailed round-up of all the major new releases from this year’s collection, from the 8K Z3 OLED through to the 4K G3 and C3 Evo panels, along with the company’s QNED range and more.
Gerard Butler's latest continues his recent trend for better-than-expected genre fare, delivering solid survival action thrills and getting a perhaps unexpected 4K release for his troubles.
The Vestia range arrives to reinforce Focal’s offerings around the key £1-2,000 price point. What can the smallest member of the family do to win you over?
TCL adds C845 MiniLED and C745 QLED TVs to its 2023 line-up
by Ian Collen
Joining the previously confirmed C645 and a freshly announced pair of soundbars, the models boast the updated AiPQ 3.0 processor, improved brightness and enhanced local dimming.
You might think that Pro-Ject already has models to cover off every angle of vinyl playback but the X1 B disagrees. It’s a question of balance you see…
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Movies & TV Shows
Netflix set to upgrade its Basic with Ads tier to Full HD
by Ian Collen
The cheaper pricing tier will offer 1080p and also enable a second streaming device, while ‘paid sharing’ edges closer and the company finally says goodbye to DVDs.
M&K Sound announces Habitech as its official UK distributor
by Ian Collen
The Basingstoke-based retailer will add on-site demo rooms for the Danish speaker company, and follows a similar M&K partnership with Haven Audio Visual in the Republic of Ireland.
Peter Weir's hugely influential interpretation of Joan Lindsay's purposefully enigmatic mystery is a stunning exercise in mood and atmosphere and Second Sight launch a massive new 4K release of the film to fully do it such rich justice.
AVForums Podcast: Movies Edition - 17th April 2023
by Phil Hinton
Cas and the team are back to discuss the latest movies at the cinema, what you should be watching on streaming services and the best 4K UHD discs for your home cinema system. Click here to listen...
The East reigns supreme this month, with everything from bombs on trains, Wickian assassins, mutants on ships and Sonny Chiba atop a mountain of limbs and innards stuffing April’s blu-ray release schedule, with plenty of mostly genre alternatives also available for those looking for something a little less eastern… NOW UPDATED WITH SEVEN COMPETITIONS!
The latest Apple spy show is neither Slow Horses nor Tehran, but blends Anglo-French sensibilities for a decent start mostly courtesy of Vincent Cassel and Eva Green - UPDATED FOR FULL SEASON REVIEW
Jason Segel's depressed post-death-of-his-wife shrink goes maverick, and Harrison Ford's gruff supervisor is barely able to hold on to the reins in Apple's latest, surprisingly thoughtful, comedy show - UPDATED FOR FULL SEASON REVIEW
The Last Thing He Told Me (Apple TV+) Premiere TV Show Review
by Cas Harlow
Apple's latest TV thriller pitches Jennifer Garner into an evolving conspiracy when her loving wife finds her relatively new husband has disappeared and left her and his teen daughter to fend for themselves as forces - Government and more nefarious - close in.
The moment we (and I include Nic Cage in that “we”) have all been waiting for. Nic Cage as Dracula. And it’s as deliriously brilliant as you could hope. The rest of the movie? Well now that’s a bit more… I’m trying to think of a Dracula pun here…Batty? Foggy? It’ll come to me.
Rotel announces three new Michi Series 2 amplifiers
by Ian Collen
The X3 and X5 Series 2 integrated amplifiers and PS Series 2 stereo preamplifier boast a combined 320 upgrades over their predecessors, including 8-channel ESS Sabre DACs.
iFi Audio launches GO pod wireless Bluetooth DAC/amp for earphones
by Ian Collen
Ready to convert your cabled in-ear monitors into a true wireless stereo solution, the new portable device will also launch with a choice of six existing earphone package deals.
Hi-Fi
Final Audio ZE8000 True Wireless Earbuds Review
by Simon Lucas
Final Audio has made sure that the ZE8000 TWS earphones are specified without compromise, sport all the features you'll need and benefit from a genuinely useful control app. But do they do enough to stand out in an over-stuffed market sector?
Do-do-do do-do DO! … That’s the Mario jingle. I’m not just going insane. Anyway, Mario is back and he’s the most producty product who ever producted. But shove a weird-looking mushroom in my mouth, I sort of don’t really mind that much.
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Hi-Fi
Q Acoustics launches 5000 Series speakers
by Ian Collen
The brand-new range is made up of the 5010 bookshelf, 5020 standmount, 5090 centre, and the 5040 and 5050 floor-standing speakers, and introduces a new C³ Continuous Curved Cone driver design.
Still waiting for True Lies on disc? Well feel free to spin your wheels watching this fluffy TV spin-off reboot thingy which is admittedly better than its terrible trailer suggests but is still absolutely guaranteed to make you want Arnie back.
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Hi-Fi
Focal announces new Theva loudspeaker series
by Ian Collen
The six-speaker line-up is comprised of one bookshelf, three floorstanders, a centre channel, and surrounds, all boasting Slatefiber mid-bass drivers and TNF tweeters, and due to arrive this month.
Cliche Club is an enthusiastic extended trailer of a "movie", proving that, if he's out as the next Bond, Henry Golding can at least be counted on to fill the straight-to-streaming Liam Neeson void.
Shudder’s premier blood n’ guts series franchise returns for yet more overly convoluted yet massively fun and grue-dripping masked murderer shenanigans, this time heading back to the 19th Century with Toronto’s own version of the Ripper targeting the rich and the wealthy. Why? We’ll have to wait nine more episodes to find that out…