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A SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE SYSTEM

TELEVISION Samsung QE49Q70R £1099

SOUNDBAR Sonos Beam £399

SYSTEM TOTAL £1498

You can’t really get a more simple home cinema system than this – it comprises just a TV and a soundbar. But this system is also remarkably effective at drawing you in to the home cinema experience – especially for those with a room that errs towards the diminutive.

The trend for television screen sizes over the past few years has been rising ever larger – to the extent that we at What Hi-Fi? sometimes struggle to find any ‘smaller’ sets to review. The very fact that we’re entertaining a 49in TV as a relatively

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