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SURROUND YOURSELF WITH LIGHTING Watching TV in a completely dark room can be incredibly immersive, but also not all that comfortable on the eyes – which is why we’ve seen the arrival of smart lighting products designed to sit behind your TV and provide a soft backlight to make viewing more comfortable. With app connectivity, these lights can switch colour to match the content on the screen, making for a more immersive experience – known as “surround lighting” - while also solving that age-old problem of trying to find the remote in the dark!

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Point the lights towards the wall behind the TV to create a truly immersive backlighting experience. PICK UP: A Philips Hue Bridge to enable full control of that brand’s smart lights.

Philips Hue Colour Bluetooth Lightstrip Craft your home lighting the way you want it. $129

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BRING THE NOISE While TVs just keep looking better and better, their slim designs mean there’s not a lot of room for speakers – so you get typically thin-sounding audio that’s adequate, but far from immersive. That’s why one of the biggest upgrades you can do for any TV is a quality soundbar. While they may have started out as an easy way to enhance TV audio, soundbars are serious business these days. You can set up a simple one to give your TV’s audio a lot more bite – or you can go all-out on a soundbar that supports Dolby Atmos surround sound, complete with wireless surround speakers and subwoofer. Getting that true cinematic audio experience in your living room is quick and easy – which is why soundbars have become one of the must-haves for your TV.

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Surrounded by Sound The audio tech from movie theatres is now easily available for your home – but you don’t need to set up multiple speakers to enjoy it. Sound bars that support Dolby Atmos use clever techniques to bounce sound off the walls and ceiling to put you in the middle of it all.

Short Throw, Big Picture

With a short-throw projector, all you need is some wall space and a surface next to the wall to put the projector on. Look at the specs for each model to see how far from the wall it needs to be to work properly.

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Wireless surround speakers still need to be plugged in to power – make sure you have nearby sockets. The subwoofer is best placed in a corner for maximum bass. PICK UP: Speaker stands to mount the surround speakers in the best position.

What to Buy:

Samsung A Series 2.1 Channel Soundbar 300 Watts of compact surround sound. $349

Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max Alexa-connected streaming power with voice remote. $99

Google Chromecast Easy and affordable streaming for any TV, controlled from your phone. $59

Sonos Beam 2 Smart Soundbar With Dolby Atmos for true audio immersion. $699

JBL Bar 5.1 Soundbar with Wireless Sub Built in Chromecast and Apple AirPlay. $799

Fetch TV Mini 4K Stream all your favourites in 4K, plus access exclusive Fetch channels. $199

Bose TV Speaker Improve TV sound with dialogue mode to enhance voices. $399

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