$5,000 / £5,000 Hi-Fi System CHALLENGE

This week we look at home cinema, media rooms and living spaces in 2024 and ask what are the best positions for the use of surround sound and Dolby Atmos speakers? Plus, do you actually need all those speakers and has home theater gone mad with the number of audio channels now available?

This week we interview Marek Maciejewski, TCL Product Development Director for Europe about the 2024 QD-Mini LED TV Line-up and the massive screens available in each range, including the monster 115-inch X955.

This week our subject is inspired by a popular forum thread, the team looks at how you might spend a notional five thousand pounds/dollars on a Hi-Fi system... and discover the choice is enormous. Plus Ed tells us about his experience at the High End Show in Munich.

On the new 4K & Blu-ray Disc Podcast, the team looks at whether the rise in lesser known and niche titles on 4K disc is indicative of overall increased numbers of releases... and is it contributing towards fewer 'name' movies becoming available on the format? Plus the guys select their rundown of the best 4K discs for May to help you spend your cash wisely.

This week the team asks whether the increase in annual film production is a boon or bane to film fans. Does the ever growing number of movies make for a better range of entertainment or simply make the good projects harder to find and, more importantly, can the industry sustain the spiralling output? Plus the guys select their top ten TV shows and movies for May so you know what to keep an eye out for.

This week we are joined by Dirac's Mathias Johansson to talk about bass response and the best ways to deal with multiple subwoofers in your cinema room and using room EQ.

This week we interview Gavin McCarron from Sony and cover the entire BRAVIA TV and AV range for 2024. There are three new initial TV lines with the BRAVIA 7, BRAVIA 8 and BRAVIA 9 and new soundbars and Home Cinema Systems.

This week we cover everything you need to know about bookshelf and stand-mount speaker designs. How to work out which will suit your room best, and how to power and position them within your listening space.

Do we really want to be spending £70 and upwards on the latest releases along with DLC, microtransactions and more - or are our game-buying habits changing as well? We ask the question are video games too expensive? Plus we talk about the state of video gaming generally in our first gaming podcast for quite a while.

For our April 4K and Blu-ray podcast we're offering up a Top 10 list of recommended discs for April and then we deep dive into our topic of the month: what makes a 10/10 4K disc release?