PRACTICAL MAGIC

SYSTEM PRICE: £1448

Here we have without doubt the most practical of our three home cinema systems. It can’t get much more simple than a TV, a soundbar and a dongle to access tons of content.

For all its simplicity, though, this is a terrific set-up, and almost completely takes away the problem that many people have: not having enough space to house all those speakers that you need for a surround-sound system – even a ‘simple’ 5.1 set-up.

Let’s start with the television. The Samsung UE55TU8000 is an absolutely stonking set, with a performance that far outmuscles anything else at this price. The only serious bugbear is the stand. The TU8000 sits on a