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John Archer
John has been working as a freelance tech writer, specialising in soundbar, TV and projector reviews, for more than 25 years. During that time, he’s worked for countless esteemed publications, including Forbes and The Sunday Times, attended industry events worldwide and got hands-on with all manner of weird and wonderful products. With all that experience under his belt, John’s confident that he’s seen more AV technologies come and go and reviewed more home entertainment products than anyone working in AV journalism today.
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best buyTCL C8K (65C8K) review: Going the extra mile TCL’s new TV range kicks off with a revamped LCD panel design, cranked up processing power and even a Bang & Olufsen sound system. All at a defiantly mid-range price£1599John Archer
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recommendedSharp GM6 (43GM6245K) review: One of the year’s biggest TV bargains The TiVo smarts and quantum dot LCD panel of Sharp’s latest aggressively priced TVs combine to make it look like a steal£199John Archer
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recommendedSony Bravia 9 (K65XR90) review: Keeping the LCD TV faith Sony’s love of HDR brightness sees it turning to LCD rather than OLED technology for its current top-of-the-range TV - with results that rewrite the home cinema rulebook£2599John Archer
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The best soundbars for boosting your TV’s audio Upgrade your television’s sound with the best soundbars we've testedAndy White
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best buySamsung HW-Q990F review: Still bringing down the house Does Samsung’s first major soundbar design shake-up for years make the best even better, or should it have left a winning formula well alone?£1699John Archer
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best buySony Bravia Theatre System 6 review: Powerful, refined and affordable Sony answers fans’ prayers by adding a full surround system that doesn’t cost the earth to its soundbar range - and we’re very much here for it£549John Archer
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Hisense Canvas review: Great for digital artwork, sub-par for watching TV Hisense’s Canvas TV can look like a painting when you want it to, but the brand seems to have forgotten the importance of picture quality£899John Archer
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best buySony Bravia Theatre Quad review: The ultimate wall flowers Sony’s bold redesign of its four-speaker home cinema sound system concept is physics-defyingly good£2499John Archer
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recommendedSamsung S90F: Samsung’s mid-range OLED TVs come of age If your budget can’t stretch to one of Samsung’s spectacular S95F flagship OLED TVs, the S90F models are a fantastic step-down alternative£2699John Archer
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recommendedLG C5 (OLED48C5): Once a classic, always a classic? LG’s mid-range C series OLEDs have long been regarded as classic TVs - and the C5 mostly continues this theme£1499John Archer
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best buySamsung S95F review: It’s OLED, but not as we know it The Samsung S95F range rewrites the OLED rule book - and we couldn’t be more here for it£3399John Archer
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best buySamsung QN90F review: Bye-bye reflections, hello home cinema The Samsung QN90F Mini LED TV ditches its predecessor’s premium design and One Connect Box but delivers big picture and sound improvements£2599John Archer
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Amazon Fire TV Omni Mini LED: A turn to the bright side The Amazon Fire TV Omni Mini LED proves that effective Mini LED technology doesn’t have to cost the earth£750John Archer
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best buyLG G5 OLED review: Oh what a lovely TV war LG has turned to its second round of new panel technology in three years and the LG G5 OLED delivers truly spectacular results£3299John Archer
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best buySony Bravia Theatre Bar 9 review: A long time coming Sony finally updates its flagship soundbar with spectacular results, proving that you don’t need mountains of speakers to bring cinema home£1399John Archer