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AVForums Podcast: 11th December 2023
by AVForums
This week, we dedicate the podcast to the winners of our Editor’s Choice Awards for the 2023-24 period. We celebrate the TVs, Hi-Fi and Home AV products we’ve reviewed over the last 12 months across a variety of categories.
Tobin Bell and Jigsaw return after a couple of recent misfires, taking us almost back to the very beginning. And while offering up one of the best entries in the twenty-year-old franchise, the disc from Lionsgate also offers up a most welcome surprise all of its own…
Philips managed to get a great deal right with its first gen true wireless buds and the company is here to make good on the outstanding areas with the T2. Does it deliver?
Sergio Corbucci and Franco Nero created one of the Spaghetti Western’s most indelible characters with this 1966 seminal and ultra-violent entry into the genre. And Cult Films bring it to 4K in the UK with this special limited numbered edition that includes a feature length appreciation of the Italian cowboy film by one Quentin Tarantino…
TVs and Projectors of 2023/24 - Editor's Choice Awards
by Phil Hinton
We once again round-up our favourite TVs and projectors from the year and present our winners to you. Will you agree or disagree with our choices? It has certainly been the toughest year yet to name the absolute best...
Home AV Products of 2023/24 - Editor's Choice Awards
by AVForums
We’ve looked back and picked our favourite Home AV products which we’ve reviewed and recommended for the 2023-24 period, so check out our Editor’s Choice Award winners for your next AV or home cinema project.
The clue is very much in the name, with this 1,200W Class D stereo power amplifier coming with the company’s Wireless Digital Audiolink for home cinema and music around the house.
Faller OSKAR SV-100 Portable TV Voice Enhancer Review
by Martin Dew
With TV audio dialogue clarifying technology devices gaining traction, we look at the new Faller OSKAR SV-100. With its neat docking station and convenient carrying handle, the OSKAR represents a novel approach to this growing category. Let’s see whether the sound matches up to the design…
As the end of the year approaches, we save the biggest blu-ray round up til last, with an even larger spread of glorious titles that run the gamut from important cultural international titles to documentaries that somehow make a cancerous testicle not just hilarious but oddly touching. Yes, it can only be another monthly blu-ray round up, where the biggest, best, worst and simply oddest titles are peeked and poked at for your purchasing consideration…
Final launches upgraded ZE8000 MK2 earphones and UX2000 headphones
by Ian Collen
The wireless buds take on flagship status with improved 8K Sound and active noise cancellation technology, while the equally wireless headphones offer a low-cost solution for gaming, music, and more.
Intricately layered and audaciously framed, Todd Haynes' Natalie Portman / Julianne Moore psychodrama may be a little too ambitiously avant garde for its own good.
You can pay the earth for a subwoofer. But the reality is that most of us will settle for something that suits the wallet and can fit through the front door. The JBL A120P satisfies both criteria, but does the sound match up to the price?
What began as a light-hearted take on getting the kids interested has evolved into an interesting thread on the changing attitudes and technologies in the Hi-Fi market, twinned with a little nostalgia into what got some members hooked in the first place.
What all-in-one audio players really can cater for all of your needs?
by Ian Collen
If you’re on the lookout for a system that can handle the likes of CDs, Internet and FM radio, streaming, and general TV viewing, then this thread offers up some solutions that tick a good number of boxes without breaking the bank.
The Ultra version is set to offer the company’s largest and most capable AI model to date, with smaller Pro and Nano variants getting things rolling with integration into Bard and its Pixel 8 Pro smartphone.
Having released the best all round streamer under £1,000 in the DMP-A6, Eversolo has set its sights on higher echelons with the DMP-A8. Does it hit the same heights as its little sibling?
Jane Fonda’s ultra-kitsch space heroine returns to save the universe with nothing but love and an array of ever decreasing clothing in Arrow’s stunning new 4K limited edition set, released over the pond in the US but readily importable for fans… and well worth doing so it is too…
The new service launches in a partnership with Apple TV 4K to offer 70 Freeview channels, along with its own set-top box options providing wider access to a host of Sky, TNT, and on-demand content.
Rockstar Games drops first official GTA VI trailer
by Ian Collen
After yet more leaks forced an early release, our first ‘official’ look at the new Grand Theft Auto is a 90-second teaser that will likely pose more questions than it answers ahead of the game's 2025 launch.
AVForums Podcast: Movies Edition - 4th December 2023
by AVForums
Cas and the movies team close out the year with a look at what to look forward to in 2024, the films that were pushed back from 2023, the films that likely won't be seen until 2025 and what their most anticipated films of next year will be.
The TCL C745 is an incredibly affordable QLED TV with support for all HDR formats, Dolby Atmos and DTS sound, as well as two HDMI 2.1 ports, a games menu, fast input lag and eARC on an HDMI 2.0 port. So, is it any good and does it manage to offer excellent value for money?