The new DAC and headphone amp looks to offer a more powerful sound without a hard-hitting price.  

The new and improved model replaces the original RS250 with a new DAC chip and reworked digital and output stages.  

The new partnership introduces three affordable models ranging from 32- to 55-inches with HD, FHD, and 4K UHD LED displays.  

Reviving everybody’s 5th favourite 1980s fantasy movie, Jonathan Kasdan makes a smart move by ditching all but the title character from the regular cast, eschewing nostalgia beats for a genuine attempt at a continuation of the story.  

Dino De Laurentiis’ ill-advised and deeply flawed remake of one of golden age cinema’s first blockbusters arrives on 4K from Studiocanal with an interesting new colour grade…  

With the long form format allowing for more time to develop the characters, AMC's new adaptation of the late Anne Rice's most famous novel is surprisingly good.  

German expressionism has never looked so good; The Cabinet of Dr Caligari comes to 4K UHD - you won't sleepwalk through this!  

AV receivers, processors, soundbars, speaker packages and subwoofers - there are often a lot of moving parts to a home AV setup. So, to help you make your gear decisions a little easier, here are the highlights of the year's Home AV products presented in our 2022 Editor's Choice Awards.  

It certainly wasn't just the name that led people to suspect that Nicolas Winding Refn's 2011 masterpiece, Drive, may have been inspired by Walter Hill's ultra-cool neo-noir, gifted a 4K restoration by Studiocanal.  

Peppered with fun - and funny - moments and one glimpse of heartfelt emotion, Gunn's Holiday Special is still a desperately lightweight TV movie romp packed with two too many time-filling live music performances.  

The 65-inch OLED807 sits just under the OLED+ models in the 2022 Philips TV line-up and promises an OLED.EX panel, two HDMI 2.1 inputs with full resolution 4K/120 and a decent line-up of gaming features, as well as the 6th Gen P5 processor, accurate Filmmaker Mode and of course, Ambilight.  

In the middle of REL’s new Serie HT line, the REL HT/1205 MKII offers a 12-inch driver, 500W and a gorgeous, understated aesthetic. But does it do enough to oust the competition at its hotly contested £849 price point?  

There are showier, more spectacular and also cheaper UST projectors rivals around as the market continues to expand but the HU715Q win hearts and minds with a natural image that edges ever closer to the TV. Add in a decent smart OS for flexible content sourcing and a mid-range asking price and you start to wander if there actually any down sides...  

The JVC NP5 is a new native 4K D-ILA projector for 2022, replacing the N5 and featuring a 265W lamp, 1,900 lumens brightness, 40:000 contrast ratio plus 48Gbps 4K120p compatible HDMI inputs. It now supports HDR10+ dynamic metadata HDR along with existing 'Frame Adapt HDR' and 'Theater Optimizer'; so, is this the ultimate bulb based native 4K projector on the market? Let's find out...  

Kevin Reynolds' 1991 Box Office hit is a rip-roaring old school action adventure with prime Costner, prime Rickman and prime Freeman tearing up the screen, and Arrow's lavish set doing them justice in 4K.  

2022 has seen the launch of a new display technology, brightness increases in OLED panels and general improvements across image processing, features and smart TV operating systems. Which manufacturers and models have made the best of all of this?  

Technics’ ‘Premium Class’ speaker system has a few technically interesting features but are they enough to tempt you away from more mainstream devices?  

UPDATED 23-NOV-2022: Hunker down this December for some of 2022’s biggest blockbusters, a handful of seasonal feel-good movies plus entertainment specials, comedies and dramas as Sky and Paramount+ aim for a festive jamboree to keep subscribers entertained over the Christmas period.  

One of the most accomplished affordable standmounts on the market gets the powered speaker makeover. Is this budget brilliance or a demonstration that power corrupts?  

The JVC NZ7 is a relatively new native 4K D-ILA projector featuring a BLU-Escent laser diode, a claimed 2,200 lumens brightness with 40,000:1 contrast ratio, plus 48Gbps 8K60p / 4K120p compatible HDMI inputs. There's HDR10+ HDR along with the existing 'Frame Adapt HDR' feature with claims to cover 93% of the DCI-P3 wide colour gamut.  

Many manufacturers have tried to crack the large-screen-entertainment-in-a-well-lit-family-room conundrum with an ultra short throw projector - all to varying degrees of success. We think Hisense might have managed to take it one step further now with its latest UST laser TV, the 100L9GTUK which comes with its own 100-inch ALR screen.