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SYSTEM 2 BEST BUDGET BIG-SCREEN SET-UP

THE SYSTEM

TELEVISION: TCL 65C845K £950

BLU-RAY PLAYER: PANASONIC DP-UB150EB £139

SOUNDBAR: SONOS ARC £799

TOTAL PRICE £1888

TOTAL: £1888

This can’t be right, surely? A complete, high-quality AV system built around a 65in television that comes in comfortably under £2000? Well, it is right. And not only does this combo represent uncommonly good value for money, in performance terms it also betters many similar but much more expensive trios of premium equipment from the big names in AV.

Most of the credit for this mini economic miracle must go to the television here, TCL’s 65C845K, which is now widely available in the UK for less than £950. This would be good value for a modestly specced TV of this size, but TCL

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