Ultra high-end loudspeaker specialist Magico has announced the Titan 15, an active subwoofer which brings with it 6,500 watts of built-in amplification and two 15-inch drivers.  

Specialists in home security Ajax has announced the UK Socket, designed to bring security and home automation features straight out of the box.  

Cleverly pitched as 'from the Studio that brought you Elf', 8-Bit Christmas is a fun new festive flick to kick-start the holiday season with.  

This week we discuss cinema in a post-pandemic landscape and the new regime of expediting theatrical releases to streaming services. We also talk about the future of cinema, as well as some of the hidden gems which bypassed it altogether and landed direct on streaming. All this plus our top Blu-ray sets of the year AND a podcast exclusive competition.  

We take a look at the top of the Crystal UHD TV range from Samsung, the AU9000. This affordable LED LCD TV offers gaming features such as ALLM and VRR with 120Hz, as well as HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG high dynamic range support and Tizen Smart TV. So, is this the bargain performance TV from Samsung for TV, sports and gaming? Let's find out...  

An almost overwhelmingly intimate look into one of popular music’s most iconic and infamous episodes, the break-up of The Beatles. Peter Jackson sifts through hundreds of hours of footage to present this superbly detailed and intricate look into three weeks that shook the world of popular music...  

Lin-Manuel Miranda continues his seemingly unstoppable reign with a fresh new Disney feature that hits all the right notes.  

Mission enters the all in one market with a sophisticated re-jig of their LX speakers. Do the excellent qualities of the passive versions make the jump to a powered speaker?  

With Stallone wisely jettisoning and reframing much of the glamour and pomp from his 80s cheesefest, Rocky IV is fashioned into a considerably more weighty Rumble in the Jungle.  

Getting raw and digging deep for her directorial debut, Halle Berry reshapes herself for a punishing bout of Rocky/Warrior-channelling MMA torture with character pleasantly kept at the forefront.  

Kristen Stewart is outstanding in Pablo Larraín's second First Lady biopic after Jackie, here taking a richly fish-eyed look at isolation and mental illness in the land of the blindly privileged, and paying fitting tribute to a lost soul.  

We explore one of cinema’s greatest artist/muse relationships between two of China’s most well-known faces thanks to Australian label Imprint and its new Collaborations boxset.  

This week Phil gives us his final thoughts on the Panasonic JZ2000. We also ask the question - Should you calibrate your TV? Plus, we round up the 2021 Editor's Choice Awards for Hi-fi with Ed. And Finally, we wrap up on the album of the week and what we have been watching.  

It's great to revisit the streets of Liberty City, Vice City and the multiple locations in San Andreas. Added to the great stories and acting are new combat and movement controls from GTA: V and some nice looking textures in 4K. Unfortunately, no amount of nostalgic, rose-tinted fuzziness can skirt the fact there are loads of bugs and some odd remastering choices.  

In Anders Thomas Jensen’s black comedy, Mads Mikkelsen takes on a biker gang in a movie about accidents, coincidences, computer hacking, large Danish barns and, perhaps most surprisingly, the psychological toll caused by a quest for revenge.  

Enjoying a perfectly-timed Christmas vibe, solid origin storytelling, charming wit and fun street-level action, Hailee Steinfeld's Hawkeye gets off to a promising start.  

Another varied year of intriguing, exciting and sophisticated equipment but who gets the gongs? Time to reveal the winners...  

UPDATED 01-Dec-2021: Sky has pulled a reindeer out of Santa’s hat for its Yuletide slate with some of the years’ biggest tentpole movies and just about everyone of its home grown panel shows spinning out a Christmas special.  

Lisa Joy's Box Office Bomb of a directorial debut may well be a flawed effort, but it gets points for commitment to the rarely financially successful tech noir genre, and it looks and sounds fabulous in native 4K DV with Atmos.  

Copland Audio’s entry level model still offers an impressively comprehensive specification; can it make good on that and reach the top of the pack?  

UPDATED 30-Nov-2021: With the final and most festive of months approaching, what delights has Netflix popped under the Christmas tree for subscribers? Let’s take a look...