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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.

Recent articles by John Archer

The best Samsung TVs to buy for less
TVs

Upgrade your home entertainment experience with our pick of the best Samsung TVs available

Best Sony TV: The Sony televisions to buy
TVs

Upgrade your home entertainment experience with our pick of the best Sony TVs

The best Dolby Atmos soundbars to buy in 2023
Soundbars

Upgrade your home entertainment experience with our pick of the best Dolby Atmos soundbars money can buy

Best TV brands: Top tellies from the biggest manufacturers
TVs

Need a new TV but not sure where to start? Here are what we deem the best TV brands and their top models for every budget and need

Loewe Klang Bar3 mr review - teaser image
Loewe Klang Bar3 mr: Compact and classy but a tad too polite
Soundbars

Loewe makes an unusually concerted bid for mainstream living rooms with the well-connected and powerful Klang Bar3 mr, but it’s rather dear

£999 inc VAT
LG USC9S review - teaser image
LG USC9S review: The perfect partner for the LG C3?
Soundbars

The LG USC9S is designed for use with one of the company’s most popular OLED TVs, the LG C3, but is it any good?

£800 inc VAT
The best 8K TVs to buy in 2023
TVs

Ensure the most pixel-rich television experience possible with our pick of the best 8K TVs money can buy

Sony HT-A5000 review - main image
Sony HT-A5000: Good-looking, powerful and superbly detailed
Soundbars

The Sony HT-A5000 packs a punch and can be upgraded to a potent full surround-sound package but is up against some serious competition

£699 inc VAT
Harman Kardon Citation Multibeam 1100 review - main image
Harman Kardon Citation Multibeam 1100: A mid-price star
Soundbars

Combining power, elegance and musicality, the Harman Kardon Citation Multibeam 1100 is an excellent standalone soundbar

£799 inc VAT
The best Samsung soundbars to buy in 2023
Soundbars

Our pick of the best Samsung soundbars to buy regardless of whether or not you own one of the company's TVs