Thursday May 03, 2007 The Awards 2007: After...
So the winners knew who they were, as did the runners-up, but there was no time for moping, the bar was open. After a hard afternoon being entertained by Red Dwarf and The Brittas Empire's Chris Barrie there's nothing better than unwinding over a few ales...
The Awards 2007: During...
The award giving ceremony was held in one of the Soho-based Curzon Cinema's screens and this year it was full to the brim. So much so that a large number of attendees had to stand at the back while Chris Barrie joshed, japed and announced the winners and...
Wednesday May 02, 2007 The Awards 2007: Before...
Although it is impossible to invite each and every reader of HCC to the Awards ceremony, here's the entire event in pictures to give you an idea of what happened when the consumer electronics industry descended upon the Curzon cinema in London's trendy Soho....
A quick guide to Dolby audio
As Home Cinema Choice readers may know, Dolby sound technologies are present in a wide range of consumer electronics products, as well as in PCs, video games consoles, and even some in-car entertainment systems. They come in a variety of forms and flavours,...
Dolby - Why should your eyes have all the fun?
HD Ready displays are more affordable than ever. Today even more people can enjoy high-definition entertainment in their daily lives. Whether you experience high-definition via Sky’s HD channels or through next-generation HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs, the picture...
Reference Product of the year 2007
Very few products get the Home Cinema Choice Reference Status badge; it guarantees that they set a standard of performance or design against which other products can be measured. Therefore, this can be seen as the prize of all prizes: Nad, Naim and...
Hall of Fame 2007
The HCC Hall of Fame Award celebrates the work of an individual whose contribution to the home cinema arena has been outstanding in every respect. This year it goes to Laurie Fincham, who brings to THX a wealth of knowledge and expertise in consumer...
Disc of the year 2007
In previous years, this category was simply DVD of the year. However, the advent of Blu-ray and HD DVD has expanded its remit and, thus, has made it an even harder award to win. Nominees include Universal's excellent Extended Edition DVD of King...
Honorary Mention: International Install 2007
Although it's not, strictly, a Starman award, HCC 's Honorary Mention goes, each year, to a home cinema install abroad that goes above and beyond what is generally expected in both cost and theme. This year there could be only one winner of such an...
Tuesday May 01, 2007 Installer of the year 2007
While there's something rewarding in doing it yourself, the idea of dedicated install teams coming in and building your dream home cinema from the ground up is so appealing. Here's HCC 's run-down of the best in the business: DSE Digital, Musical Images,...
Innovation of the year 2007
To qualify as innovative, each product tested must either bring something new to a traditional sector of consumer electronics or wow with ideas and aspirations otherwise untouched. The three nominees here are of the former, but boy did Logitech, Sky and...
Accessory of the year 2007
As a category, Accessory of the year rewards the gadgets, gizmos and doohickies that are often overlooked but remain an essential part of a home entertainment set-up: Alphason's plasma and LCD stand, the APX50/4-B, PixelMagic's MB100 HD Mediabox, Microsoft's...
Best Receiver over £1k 2007
There's an unwritten rule that the more you invest on a receiver, the more power it will allow you to wield. The three nominees in this category, by that token, should bestow all the Grayskull has to offer. Yamaha's RX-V2700, Marantz's SR7001 and Arcam's...
Best Receiver under £1k 2007
No home cinema set-up is complete without an all-singing, all-dancing receiver, and a decent one can turn a flimsy soundtrack into one with more beef than a Desperate Dan cowpie. The three that impressed HCC the most in the last year were Onkyo's...
Best Digital recorder 2007
There was a time when DVD recorders were the next big thing, along with Pop Tarts, Magic The Gathering, Pilates and New Labour, but hard disk drives have put paid to recording straight onto DVDs and the humble Freeview PVR is just as important as the dual...
