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SYSTEM 4 PROJECTOR PERFECTION

THE SYSTEM

PROJECTOR: EPSON EH-TW9400 £2299

STREAMER: GOOGLE CHROMECAST WITH GOOGLE TV £60

BLU-RAY PLAYER: PANASONIC DP-UB820EB £299

AV AMPLIFIER: SONY TA-AN1000 £999

SPEAKER PACKAGE: WHARFEDALE DIAMOND 12.3 HCP £1249

TOTAL PRICE £4906

TOTAL: £4906

Welcome to the top of the AV tree where, as anyone even vaguely in touch with the audio-visual arena will know, there is no substitute for a quality 4K projector.

Our watchword here is ‘premium’ and, without venturing into the rarefied atmosphere of kit for the super-rich (where 4K can easily cost you £25K), our choice of projector reflects that fact. We’ve gone for the £2500 Epson EH-TW9400, a product that, to quote our review, is “a projector on the edge of greatness”. So much on the edge, in fact, that it has just won our 2023 Award for Best

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