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There is nothing better than relaxing with a good film in the comfort of your own home. It doesn’t matter if you’re an action fanatic or rom com lover, as long you have a good quality cinema setup that’s all that matters. Having a good setup can seriously transform your viewing experience. Below is some advice that will put you well on your way to home cinema heaven.

If someone was to ask you what is the most important part of a home cinema setup? The chances are you would probably say the TV, but you would be wrong. The most important part of the home cinema setup is the seating. You can have the best TV in the world but watching it sat on a cardboard box wouldn’t be very enjoyable. It is therefore important to get some comfy seating to keep you cozy on those stay at home film days. It doesn’t matter if it’s a lazy boy with a fridge built in or a leather sofa, as long as its comfy and its works for you that’s all that matters.

To be far it wouldn’t be much of a home cinema system without a TV. Selecting a TV these days can be a bit of a tricky task with so many different options available. Some people may argue that size doesn’t matter, but it does, especially when choosing your TV. You are creating a home cinema system therefore the bigger the better. With the major advances in technology, TV’s are way more advanced and allow you to do more with them. This means you could have a TV with features such as internet access, 3D capability and social media integration. To be honest your TV choice all comes down to your personal requirements. It would be recommended to shop around and read as many reviews as possible to make sure what you are buying is quality.

TV’s do come with great sound quality these days, but a home cinema system would be the same without a good quality sound system. Having good surround sound will make you feel like you are in a real cinema. It helps to heighten the viewing experience and it can even make you feel as though you are in the film itself. It is always best to place the speakers around the room in order to get the full benefit of their capability. One great tip that people often miss is by using an AV amplifier & receivers available at Superfi. This is like the brains of your sound system and is responsible for delivering surround sound to the speakers. This really is a must have to complete your home cinema sound system.

A home cinema set up wouldn’t be complete without additional extras. This can come in many different forms such as games consoles, headphones, and IPod docks available at Superfi. Also you are going to need a good quality stand to hold all this valuable equipment. Don’t just settle on a cheap stand, you want a good quality one that can house multiple pieces of equipment. Having a good home cinema set up can really transform your viewing experience. Why pay to go to the cinema when you have the world’s greatest one in your very own home.

Back in March, 10 companies descended upon the Nike+ Accelerator in Portland, Oregon, with the aim of building devices that would integrate with the athletic outfit’s line of fitness gadgetry. In a brand new issue of our weekly, we step inside said venue after three months for a glimpse at Nike’s formula for fueling the quantified self. Eyes-On takes a look at a quite dapper Ricoh point-and-shoot, Hands-On fondles Nokia’s latest Lumia and IRL offers up another pair of our daily items. So pull up a comfy chair and grab a cup of tea, because the latest issue is here for your end of the week perusal.

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I still remember the comments on my welcome letter when I took over the site on a sunny day in early 2011. It was beautiful outside and here I was sweating bullets in a tiny NYC hotel room, watching the reaction in comments and elsewhere. Needless to say there was more than a little hate, but there was so much warmth and optimism and welcome it really powered me through what ultimately became a very long, very good day. That support carried me past more than two incredibly challenging, hugely rewarding years.

And so it’s with heavy heart that I say that I’m stepping away. Those early days in 2011 were an incredible challenge, and if I’m frank it never really got any easier, with the dawn of new competition and an incredible evolution in the quality of tech journalism over the past few years. We’ve always had our work cut out for us at Engadget, and I’m hugely proud of how our team rose to the challenge, recently winning numerous awards for content, video and design and, most importantly, maintaining the respect of the Engadget brand.

It goes without saying that I had a great opportunity to shape Engadget and I always strove to turn it into a site that everyone, on both sides of the aisle, respected. Respect is the most important thing for me, and those who worked under me at Engadget have earned my eternal respect. I hope you’ll give them the same. In the end, I look forward to reading all the comments that this post elicits. I won’t be able to reply to them all, but do know that I am so incredibly thankful for your support over the years, even to the haters. Without your hard licks I, and the entire Engadget team, wouldn’t have been as driven to exceed as we have always been.

As for me? Well, I don’t have any specific plans for the moment, but let’s just say I’m looking forward to taking a little break before dealing the next hand. The sky’s the limit.

You can find me on Twitter as @Tim_Stevens.

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Ever since Google announced that it was joining forces with Samsung and HTC to push out a stock Android version of the two biggest flagships on the market, we knew that a giveaway of at least one of these devices would need to follow quickly. True to our intent, we’ve teamed up with dbrand, a company dedicated to making customized skins for the phone of your choice, to offer you the chance to win the Google Play edition of the HTC One! To enter, head to the widget below — remember, leaving comments doesn’t work anymore. While you’re at it, feel free to enjoy dbrand’s latest video showing off what it does best.

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We came. We handled Windows 8.1. We grabbed news about the latest and greatest from Microsoft. We picked up a few new Steve Ballmer catch phrases (“touch touch touch touch!”). Then, we left. In a nutshell, this was our experience covering Microsoft Build 2013 this week at the Moscone Center, though it obviously was much more involved. Fortunately, we were able to bring you, dear reader, along for the action — but in case you missed any of the excitement as it happened, you’ll find a list of all of the announcements, hands-ons and other posts we covered during the event below the break. Feel free to also visit our Build event page for an extra visual oomph.

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