SURROUND SOUND PREMIUM PROJECTOR

1. JVC DLA-N5 £6495

2. JBL SYNTHESIS SDR35 £6000

3. PANASONIC DP-UB9000 £899

4. DYNAUDIO EVOKE 50 5.1 £8249

SYSTEM PRICE: £21,643

If you’ve got new-car money to spend on your home cinema, we are both envious and excited for you. This premium system, while undeniably expensive, also offers, in a counterintuitive sort of way, really good value for the money you are investing. And, dare we say it, as far as ‘serious money’ systems go, we’re barely touching the sides here.

For example, JVC’s D-ILA projectors have long been some of the best premium performers around, and the current range-topper costs around £35,000. Keeping things at least a little bit more real world, here we suggest the baby