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What Hi-Fi?
What Hi-Fi?
Technology
Alastair Stevenson

10 years on, this underrated horror is still a masterclass in surround sound – and proves you don’t always need Dolby Atmos

Don't Breathe movie still.

We talk about test discs a lot at What Hi-Fi?. Mainly because they’re such a core part of reviewing home cinema hardware.

As staff writer Robyn Quick noted in her latest opinion piece on the topic, they encompass a constantly evolving library of films that we use to gauge everything from a projector’s ability to retain dark detail to a surround sound system's handling of dynamics.

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