Home Theater

The TCL 5-Series delivers a great-looking 4K image, the latest gaming features, and your choice of Google TV or Roku TV—for an affordable price.

If you have no idea where to start, this guide will walk you through the process of choosing and buying a TV, step by step.

The Chromecast with Google TV has all the features we look for in a media streamer, and Google’s interface is the best at finding and organizing content.

We reviewed every type of projector to find the best projector to fit your needs, whether it’s for a home theater or a home office.

If you want to hang your flat-panel TV on the wall, we recommend the Sanus VMPL50A-B1 or Sanus VLF728-B2, depending on how much motion you need in your mount.

The Epson Home Cinema 3800’s combination of high brightness, great picture quality, and convenient setup tools make it our favorite living-room projector.

Your AV gear doesn’t need to be cleaned that often. But it’s an important task to ensure the best performance.

The JVC DLA-NX5 is the best projector for a dedicated home theater thanks to its great contrast ratio, rich color, excellent detail, and easy setup.

LG’s C1 OLED TV offers superb image quality, a good streaming-TV platform, future-proof connection options, and a thin, attractive design.

The BenQ HT2050A’s best-in-class contrast ratio, bright output, and impressive color accuracy make it our pick for the best budget home theater projector.

The Hisense U7G’s excellent performance, wealth of features, and approachable price make it our favorite LCD/LED TV.

The Samsung HW-Q900A is our favorite soundbar because of its excellent voice clarity, enveloping sound, and easy-to-accommodate design.

We’ve spent hundreds of hours researching and testing TVs to find the best choices for any budget and room size. See all our top picks here.

Sound quality is important when you’re picking an AV receiver, but it’s critical to find one with the features you need, so we have multiple recommendations.

Xgimi’s MoGo Pro is our favorite portable projector for movies thanks to its built-in Android TV, good-looking image, and small size.

If you want the best AV presentation of your favorite films, we recommend 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs, and the Panasonic DP-UB420 is the best player we’ve tested.

After 90 hours building, testing, and comparing video projector screens, we think the Silver Ticket 100″ offers the best balance of quality and value.

For powerful, precise bass in stereo and home theater systems, the best subwoofer is the affordable and compact Rogersound Labs Speedwoofer 10S.

We’ve found the best cables and adapters for connecting USB-C to HDMI, DisplayPort, DVI, and VGA so you can use your computer with the video display you prefer.

Choosing the right projector for your needs can be daunting. Here are some questions to ask before you begin your search.

No, you don’t really own the digital movies you buy, or the Spotify tunes you download. Digital media rights can be complicated. Here’s what you need to know.

Wireless TV headphones let you watch TV or play games without disturbing others. We like Insignia’s NS-HAWHP2 for its comfort, ease of use, and minimal lag.

Skip the cinema this summer and enjoy a movie night in your backyard.

We recommend the best displays, sources, and accessories for watching 4K HDR movies and TV shows at home.

We researched and tested to find the best-looking and best-sounding home theater equipment that will take your personal setup from functional to enjoyable.

The SofaBaton U1 has a good physical design and lots of features for the price. Though it has flaws, it’s the best remote we’ve found in a dying category.

Stylish design and great sound make the Polk Signature Series S15, S10, and S35 combo our pick for the best surround-sound system.

These inexpensive HDMI cables will work with all your current gear, even 4K HDR TVs and sources.

If you want the best, brightest picture quality for your outdoor home cinema, you should use an outdoor movie screen. Here are three options we like.

As soundbar performance continues to improve, does anyone need to invest in an AV receiver and speakers to get great sound? We did blind tests to find out.

Roku’s new Wireless TV Speakers are impressively easy to set up, and they sound pretty good—but they’re not right for everyone.

Ultra-short-throw projectors can deliver a big, bright image in your living room, but for most people a big-screen TV is a better choice.

The Iogear GW3DHDKIT Wireless HDMI Digital Kit is the best choice for sending 1080p video and surround audio to your TV or projector without cables.

The Dayton Audio SUB-1200 is the best way we’ve found to add awesome (and affordable) bass to a stereo or home-theater system.

Through testing we found that speaker cable doesn't actually matter much. That said, the Monoprice 2747 has high value-per-foot per gauge and is the safest bet for most people.