‘The best looking discs I’ve ever seen’: I’ve picked the top 10 4K Blu-rays I’ve tested in the last two years — including reference-quality discs I use as part of reviewing TVs

After nearly two years of the Blu-ray Bounty, I’ve picked my top 10 4K Blu-rays I’ve tested for my monthly roundups.
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‘We’ve seen an increase in Blu-ray orders of 10,000%’: I spoke to a Blu-ray and vinyl agency about their Blu-ray sales and it’s given me even more hope for physical media’s survival

While home physical media was on the decline, a talk with a vinyl and Blu-ray agency gave me hope for the future.

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HDMI 2.2 is set to arrive in TVs and monitors next year, bringing uncompressed 4K at ridiculous frame rates — here’s what to expect from the next-gen connector, and who it’s actually most useful for

HDMI 2.2 doubles the bandwidth of HDMI 2.1 and the first products should arrive in late 2026 or into 2027

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Avatar, Interstellar, The Rolling Stones and Breakfast at Tiffany’s: I took a look at the Blu-ray reference library used by the world’s biggest AVR maker to develop its home theater gear

From Avatar to The Creator to Bon Jovi to… uh, Pixels. Twice. These are the 130 movies and concert films on the shelves of a 9.4.6-channel Dolby Atmos test room.
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I heard a 9.4.6-channel Dolby Atmos system in Denon and Marantz’s elite reference listening room in their Japan factory — here’s what a best-in-class system with tech from Bowers & Wilkins, Oppo, and Sony can do

Find out which movie provides the ultimate ‘AVR stress test’, and what a quarter-mill of home theater gear can do

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‘A total gamechanger for big bass in a small space’: I heard a groundbreaking new subwoofer driver that fits in a tiny box 6x smaller than a regular sub, but can punch you in the gut like it’s a home theater beast with its ‘powerful but tight’ sound

GSS Audio’s innovative transducer can put the power of a 10-inch sub in a box the size of a microwave dinner — and it’s designed to work in soundbars or wall-mounted speakers too.
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Sony didn’t learn from Bose’s good example: it’s ending streaming support for lots of services on tons of its speakers, soundbars and Blu-ray players — they’ll still work, but you’ll lose the likes of Netflix, Spotify, Prime Video and even Google Cast

Nothing online lasts forever, but Sony’s shutdown of services is especially severe, and affects over 70 products

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11 winning projectors to scale up your World Cup viewing

A first XI of projectors to kick off your watch parties in style — all tried and tested by AV experts.

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How does ‘virtual’ spatial audio from a soundbar compare to an actual surround setup? Someone built a mind-blowing scanner that lets you ‘see’ sound waves to demonstrate it, with the help of a stuffed guinea pig and a custom-built 8-channel amp

YouTuber PlasmatronX has created a simulator to test how different surround sound setups move audio around your room, and what can affect the sound you hear
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A guide to Sony’s 2026 TVs and home theater lineup

Sony’s 2026 home theater lineup includes the new BRAVIA 9 II, BRAVIA 7 II, BRAVIA 8 II, and Theater Trio. Here’s what True RGB brings to the table and which products stand out in the company’s latest lineup.

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