The Devialet Dione is big, beefy and bold with the eye-catching ORB acting as a centre channel. It's at the top end of the single device solutions for Dolby Atmos TV audio and will have to prove its worth against a serious rival...
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Movies & TV Review
1883 (Paramount+) TV Show Review
by Cas Harlow
The Sam Elliott-led Yellowstone prequel takes the show to its natural origins, as a full-blown, dirty, bloody Western.
Samsung debuts its QD-OLED technology in the S95B and it's a stunner. With superb colour volume, panel uniformity and brightness, is this the TV to beat in 2022? Let's find out...
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Movies & TV Review
The First Lady (Paramount+) TV Show Review
by Mark Costello
A triptych of lives laid bare in this fascinating peek behind the curtain of power, showing who truly wears the trousers in the White House…
New Exposure products don’t happen terribly often and the 3510 replaces a product that was a true modern classic. Can it meet expectations and do you need one?
The latest Rega integrated is more than a simple replacement for what went before, it’s a very significant shift in the company’s design philosophy. Is it any good though?
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Hi-Fi News
Huawei unveils FreeBuds Pro 2 true wireless earbuds
by Ian Collen
Co-engineered with Devialet, the earbuds boast a unique Dual Speaker True Sound system and improved Active Noise Cancellation.
The new and improved headset incorporates an all-new acoustic platform with improved active noise cancelling, and is set to be followed with the Px8 flagship model later in the year.
Back with a bang, Westworld Season 4 launches with a hell of a premiere episode, introducing all the familiar favourites who will have you chomping at the bit for more.
This week we get the full review of the Samsung S95B QD-OLED TV; is this the best TV of the year? Ed gives us a review of the Exposure 3510 Integrated Amplifier as well as his album, playlist and vinyl of the week, while Ian rounds-up the latest AV and Hi-Fi news and Jules talks contrast in our calibration discussion.
Cas and the movies team return to discuss the launch of Paramount+ in the UK including Star Trek Strange New Worlds, along with the latest 4K, Movies and TV Show news as well as what the guys have been watching.
Mildly amusing and hardly offensive, Man from Toronto rides on Woody Harrelson and your appreciation of Kevin Hart's schtick, from the director of The Hitman's Bodyguard... and its sequel.
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (Paramount+) Movie Review
by Cas Harlow
If a bunch of great TV shows weren't enough to get you onto Paramount Plus, then maybe Mike Judge's Beavis & Butthead will do the job, on another time-and-space-defying quest to score.
This colourful, fictionalised look at the making of The Godfather playfully recreates the violent birth of Coppola's epic, and the very real threats to its existence.
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Paramount+) Premiere TV Show Review
by Cas Harlow
Nicolas Roeg's 1976 David Bowie sci-fi, The Man Who Fell to Earth, gets a somewhat unexpected sequel TV series, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, which is also somewhat unexpectedly good.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+) TV Show Review
by Cas Harlow
UPDATED 22-JUN-2022: We take an early look at what could be the best new Trek in decades, boasting Original Series vibes with a charismatic Captain and a welcomly refreshing episodic format, hoping to put things back on course.
UPDATED 22-JUN-2022: Over 20 years after Halo: Combat Evolved first launched, and we finally get a big budget adaptation following the fabled Master Chief, but is it all that we've been waiting for?
One of Paramount's best ongoing shows, Taylor Sheridan's Kevin Costner-starring modern western Yellowstone, finally drops its seasons somewhere in the UK where we can watch them.
UPDATED 28-JUN-2022: With summer in full swing and nothing now keeping folks from travelling around (apart from the usual airport chaos) is there enough on Disney+, Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV+ to keep you indoors?
Movies & TV Review
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 4K Blu-ray Review
by Mark Costello
Luis Bunuel’s Oscar and Bafta winning surrealist comedy on the absurdities of the upper classes is now an even sharper satire in 4K from Studiocanal…
Pixar gives us a sort-of origin story for one of its most beloved characters and delivers a much more grown up and interesting tale that sadly never pulses with that traditional Pixar magic.
A 72 year old Jeff Bridges reinforces his legendary status by going on the run as a former spy with a shady past, in this cracking, fabulously tense, 6-episode thriller.