AVForums Podcast

In this AVForums Podcast, we cover highlights from the 2025 Bristol Hi-Fi Show, explore subwoofers in home cinema and Hi-Fi, and chat with Ian Morrish from Together for Cinema about their amazing work. Tune in for expert insights, industry news, and AV enthusiasm!

Is Steven Seagal's actioner Belly of the Beast utterly without redemption or does it merit some attention for aiming high but shooting low? The ScreenTime With AVForums team looks at Seagal's 2003 'meisterwerk' with its obvious action doubles, slow floor slides, mysterious sponge messages and endless John Woo style slo-mo in the hope of extracting maximum entertainment value.

In this month's podcast, Ed Selley, Hi-Fi Editor, and Phil Hinton, AVForums Editor, delve into the topic of Auto EQ in two-channel systems. Plus, Phil and Ian take a deep dive into the 2025 TV line-up from Philips.

Celebrating 20 years of podcasts, the ScreenTime with AVForums team previews the top 20 must-see movies of 2025 - from James Gunn's Superman to Bong Joon-ho's Mickey 17 and more. Don’t miss our countdown!

Phil and the news team discuss the big TV stories from CES and which brands do the best job of telling us about their new TVs

In this podcast from the ScreenTime team, we look at the best movies, TV shows and 4K Blu-rays that feature in our 2024 Editor's Choice Awards. From blockbusters to streaming gems and from binge worthy surprises to moving documentaries - this is the content that stood out for us over the last 12 months.

We discusses the developments in the two-channel audio sector over the last 12 months and also take a peek at the Hi-Fi tea leaves to predict what might be happening in 2025. And we run through the best TVs and home cinema gear of the year and present the winners of our AVForums Editor's Choice Awards. We'll also wrap up with the best home AV products, trends and developments we've seen during 2024 and speculate on what the next 12 months will bring AV enthusiasts.

This month's Movies, TV Shows & 4K Blu-rays Podcast kicks off with the films and shows that Cas and the team recommends for November. There's also a look at the best 4K discs to add to your collection and our movie experts dive into the cinematic hits, misses and delays of 2024 as they round up the biggest blockbusters, the surprising disappointments and the movies we're still waiting for.

On this month's bumper podcast - Ed Selley gives us the rundown of the best Hi-Fi products we have reviewed this year in the Editor’s Choice Awards. Phil and Ian look at the latest TV deals for Black Friday and suggest that this is not the best time of year to be buying a mid-range or high-end TV. Plus, in the Home AV section, we are looking at the predictions we made at the end of 2023 to see where things are right now in terms of big-screen TVs vs. projectors, AV Receivers vs. two-channel and more.

Which movies have flopped hard so far this year? We look at 2024's disappointments including some surprise underperformers and ask why some films look great on paper but just don't capture the audience's interest... and others just plain suck! Plus the guys select their top ten cinema and streaming titles for the month along with the best discs to help you with your purchasing choices for this month.