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LG CineBeam (HU80KSW)

Give us a couple of grand to spend and we could build a pretty decent entrylevel home cinema system. Even on a budget, you have a number of options when it comes to projectors, amplifiers, speakers and sources.

Ask us to set it all up every time you want to watch a film, then pack it away in the broom cupboard afterwards, however, and we’d be likely to change our minds.

Your own portable cinema

Though obviously there are sacrifices to be made on performance when compared with a system of separates, the LG CineBeam offers the components of just such a system: a 4K HDR picture, stereo sound, an array of smart sources, all in a unit you can carry like a holdall and set up wherever and whenever you might choose. Even the power cable is wound up

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