High variable frame rate upto 120fps is coming with HDMI 2.1 at sometime in the future and while its relevance will be most prevalent for games, film directors have also been toying with it in recent years. The Hobbit was released in the cinema to mixed reviews at limited HFR screenings, but did you know you can experience HFR if you have a normal 18GBS rated 4K system?

If you buy the film "Billy Lynns Long Halftime Walk" on 4K UHD BD, this is currently the only film encoded at 60fps, 4K. This will work on a normal 4K 60hz 18GPS system and will give you a taste of the effect of this ultra smooth, high resolution image. Its effect has split viewers but there is no doubt with its 4K capture, 4K DI and HFR, this film offers the best picture available on a hard copy disk so far released, by a long distance. It is also the only film to offer full 18GPS down the HDMI cable making it a perfect torture test for systems and cable infrastructure with long runs.

This will win no awards for the film itself, and buying it is somewhat akin to audiophiles who only listen to really well produced music on their high end hifi, but as a technical achievement within the current HDMI 2.0 structure it is unique so is well worthy of a mention.

YOU CAN BUY THE DISK ON AMAZON BY CLICKING THIS LINK

Sensitively done with a great cast of young actors. Im only halfway through this at the moment but it is already very good.

In 1989 a jogger was assaulted and raped in New York's Central Park, and five young people were subsequently charged with the crime. The quintet, labeled the Central Park Five, maintained its innocence and spent years fighting the convictions, hoping to be exonerated. This limited series spans a quarter of a century, from when the teens are first questioned about the incident in the spring of 1989, going through their exoneration in 2002 and ultimately the settlement reached with the city of New York in 2014. The cast is full of Emmy nominees and winners, including Michael K. Williams, John Leguizamo, Felicity Huffman, and Blair Underwood. Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Ava DuVernay co-wrote and directed the four episodes.

WHEN THEY SEE US TRAILER

I have a small amount of SVS T-Shirts left over from our event. So, every SVS sale at RRP from now on will get a shirt until they are gone. If you order online drop me an email to advise on size.

Read the fantastic review by Kalman Rubinson HERE

Just a small note so everyone is aware. We will be closed from Saturday 29th June until Friday 5th July for my annual leave and I will not be checking my emails over this time. I will respond to all of the emails on my return.

If your enquiry is urgent and you need to speak to someone while im away, please contact my colleague Kenny at Hi-Fi Corner and he will be able to help in my absence.

Kenny can be contacted on the following email address - sales@hificorner.co.uk or on the telephone number - 0131 5567901

Dan

This year ARCAM celebrates 25 years of launching truly great, award winning home theater products. It all started back in autumn of 1994 with the launch of the world’s first audiophile AV amplifier the XETA One. In the spring of 1995 ARCAM went into full production with the XETA One and since then they have been at the cutting edge of AV performance and currently have many thousands of clients all over the world enjoying our incredible home theater products. To celebrate this 25 year milestone they are offering 25% off their DIRAC based AVR's.

The Silver Celebration trade-in offer

1. Trade-in any home theater receiver of processor and claim £500.00 against the purchase of an AVR390

2. Trade-in any home theater receiver of processor and claim £700.00 against the purchased of an AVR550

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Contact us at the shop for details on the promotion.

ARCAM AVR's AT THE MOVIE ROOMS

Sony Proffesional have been in touch to advise that they have a limited offer on some of their projectors. The VPL-VW570, VPL-VW760ES, VPL-VW870ES, VPL-VW5000, & VPL-VZ1000 all come with a free 5 Year warranty until the end of August this year. After that the extended warranty will be available as an optional charged extra.

SONY PROJECTORS AT THE MOVIE ROOMS

Whilst toiling for something to watch with Mrs Movie Rooms we gave this a try and boy im glad we did. One of the best series ive watched I think.

Brit Marling plays the role of Prairie Johnson, a young woman who returns home after a 7-year disappearance. Her sudden return is not the only miraculous occurrence: everyone is shocked to learn that Prairie is no longer blind. While the FBI and her parents are anxious to discuss Prairie's disappearance, she won't talk about what happened during the time that she was missing. Zal Batmanglij, the co-creator and an executive producer of the series, is the director of every episode.

THE OA TRAILER

A Quiet Place (2018)

A great Atmos soundtrack for those with strong nerves!

In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.

A QUIET PLACE TRAILER

There are a lot of pretenders to the throne, and many competitors recently seem to think that if they shout loud enough at customers they will believe what they say, even if they are wrong. The Trinnov is truly the most adaptable, up-gradable and future proof piece of equipment ive ever seen, and I dont use that word lightly. When its competitors are out dated, the Trinnov platform will still be pioneering the cutting edge of what is possible in home cinema.

I've not had the opportunity to try this app out yet, but it seems to be a sign of things to come this year what with the upgrade to DTS-X Pro later in the year. This new Mac OS App lets you discover all Trinnov machines currently on your network. From it you can execute basic essential functions from saving and loading presets to control volume or dim and mute. As well no more need of VNC you can now directly access the User Interface of your machine(s) to perform a new set-up or calibration.

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