THE SYSTEM
TELEVISION: TCL 65C845K £950
BLU-RAY PLAYER: PANASONIC DP-UB150EB £139
SOUNDBAR: SONOS ARC £799
TOTAL PRICE £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