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You've got company coming over and want to make a lasting impression on them with your expensive new home theater system. Quick - what DVD can you play that will instantly blow their minds? Now if you're anything like me, you can sit there staring at hundreds of DVD titles and yet draw a blank when it comes to showcase pieces. Well, no more! Just use one of these fantastic demonstration scenes as submitted by our members.
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| Submitted by Andy Freeman on 10/17/03. |
Final Destination 2 | Location: | DTS-ES Chapter 2 |
| Features: | Awsome crash scene. | | Description: | This was the first DTS-ES disk that I played on my new 6.1 setup and I cannot find another scene on any DVD to rival the effects and sounds of the big crash scene. Lots of cars, trucks a motorbike and a bus with loads of fire, explosions, broken glass and crushing metal make this a scene to justify the money you spent on a 6.1 amp and speakers!!! | |
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| Submitted by Pedro on 03/05/04. |
Finding Nemo | Location: | Chapter 6 |
| Features: | Solid Bass Sound | | Description: | When the dentist's niece touch the fish bowl a few times. | |
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| Submitted by BlackJack on 02/20/05. |
Finding Nemo | Location: | chapter 25 |
| Features: | deep bass | | Description: | Check out the sequence with Darla banging on the outside of the fish tank – that bass will shake the pictures off your walls in seconds. | |
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| Submitted by Aaron on 05/18/05. |
Flight of the Phoenix | Location: | 2nd Chapter ? Plane Crash |
| Features: | Both DDEX and DTS | | Description: | This seen is actually better in DD then DTS great amounts of bass and seperation as parts of the plane are dispursed during the crash | |
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| Submitted by Dan the Man on 01/04/03. |
Forrest Gump | Location: | Walking through the Jungle |
| Features: | Spatial | | Description: | In the scene where Forrest and Bubba are walking through the jungle in Vietnam and all of a sudden the bullets start flying. It sounds like they are whipping around you everywhere. Duck!
This sounded good on VHS and when I checked it out on DVD I was exponentially impressed. | |
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| Submitted by Ed Jacobs on 05/17/00. |
Frighteners | Location: | Several chapters |
| Features: | Dolby Digital | | Description: | Great surround effects when Death flies across town. He literally bounces off your walls. | |
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| Submitted by Doc Hogan on 04/20/00. |
From Dusk 'til Dawn | Location: | Opening sequence |
| Features: | Semi crossing soundfield | | Description: | The opening scene is a desert road from back left to top right. You hear the semi over your left shoulder several seconds before it enters visuals. You hear it come up from behind/left and dissappear far away to your front right. Awesome use of soundstage that *anyone* could appreciate, without behing overwhelmed by too much action. A perfect intro to 5.1 | |
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| Submitted by Daniel Tonks on 03/19/00. |
George of the Jungle | Location: | Chapter 4, Chapter 5, 6 minutes into chapter 16. |
| Features: | Subwoofer & rear channel activity. | | Description: | OK, this whole film is excellent for subwoofer and rear channel action, but chapter 4 (lion fight) and chapter 5 (doggie elephant) are GREAT for bass. A bit into chapter 16 is one of the most memorable moments, when the characters (in front) start arguing with the narrator (in the rear). | |
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| Submitted by ChadT on 03/04/01. |
Gladiator | Location: | (DTS) Beginning Battle |
| Features: | The Sound is Amazing | | Description: | When the Battle begins, the arrows whistling through the air, the Fire Balls exploding against the trees, and the music playing in the background really puts your system work. One of the best movies to Demo your Home Theater System to your friends and family. | |
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| Submitted by Nitesh Patel on 05/09/01. |
Gladiator | Location: | (DTS) Fight scene of Rome v Hannibal in Colloseum |
| Features: | Top quality sound effects and panning | | Description: | Great roar as the Gladiators enter the Arena, with the sensational musical score, followed by trumpets and silence and announcements. Then come the chariots with their spindle wheels. A few bassy areas (nothing huge), but great effects throughout the battle. | |
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