Pajter Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 If you really want to test the clarity of the sound, music wise. You should really try "The Eagles - When hell freezes over" DVD. The sound is just awesome, the soundmixer did a really good job on that. But, when you don't like their music... end of story :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Video Essentials for configuration. Fight Club is another good showpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger.Girl Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Theres a list over at AVS I am going to borrow for the sake of this thread Each asterisk represents a negative vote against that title. All DVDs are region 1 unless otherwise stated. 2 Fast 2 Furious The 6th Day 21 Grams* Adaptation Adventures of Robin Hood* Air Force One (SB) All About the Benjamins DTS Alien (2003 release) Alien 3 (2003 release) Alien Resurrection (2003 release)** Animatrix Austin Powers: Goldmember Widescreen The Bad and the Beautiful Band of Brothers Below Black Hawk Down SB (Region 1) Black Hawk Down SB (Region 3 (also plays in Region 1 players)) Blade Blade 2* The Bourne Identity** Braham Stoker's Dracula SB* Bring it On Brotherhood Of The Wolf - Region 1 - Canada - 3-Disc DTS Collectors Edition A Bugs Life 2-disc Collector's Edition* Cape Fear (1991) Casablanca SE* Chicken Run The Chronicles of Riddick (Director's Cut) Collateral* The Cooler* The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) Cradle 2 the Grave Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon SB Dances With Wolves Ext. Ed.* Dare Devil Death to Smoochy Deep Blue Sea* Desperado SB Dinosaur: 2-disc Collector's Edition Driven Drumline Equilibrium* The Fast and the Furious The Fifth Element (Ulitimate Edition) Final Destination II Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (single disk) Freddy vs Jason*** From Hell Get Carter (Region 1) Gone With The Wind: Collector's Edition Ghost Ship Gothika Hannibal* The Haunting Hellboy House of 1000 Corpses Hollow Man (SB) Hulk** The Hunted - Widescreen (2003) I, Robot Ice Age IMAX: Super Speedway - The Mach II Special Edition Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom* The Insider Insomnia (2002) Jason X** Jurassic Park (SB) (Region 2) Jurassic Park III (SB) (Region 2) A Knight's Tale (SB) Lion King Lost In Space LOTR: Fellowship Of The Ring EE* LOTR: The Two Towers EE* LOTR: Return of the King: EE* Man On Fire Mask of Zorro (SB) Matrix Reloaded Matrix Revolutions Memento SE Mission Impossible 2 Monsters Inc.* Moulin Rouge (2001) Mummy Returns** North by Northwest* Now, Voyager The One (SB) Pearl Harbor SE (4 disc set) Pitch Black** Pleasantville The Pledge* Raiders of the Lost Ark Ready to Rumble Rebecca Resident Evil (SB) The Rock (Criterion)* The Rundown The Running Man: Special Edition Saving Private Ryan Seabiscuit Se7en SE Seven Years In Tibet (SB) Shrek** Singin in the Rain SE Solaris (2003 Clooney) Spartan Spider-Man (SB)** Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Star Ship Troopers (SB) Star Wars: Ep II: Attack of the Clones Star Wars: Ep IV: A New Hope* Star Wars: Ep V: The Empire Strikes Back Sunset Boulevard Swordfish Tears of the Sun* Terminator 2: Extreme Terminator III** Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003* Thirteen Ghosts Titan A.E. (SE) Tomb Raider: Cradle Of Life Torque Toy Story 1 Toy Story 2 Training Day U-571 Undercover Brother Underworld Underworld: DTS (Region 3) Underworld (SB) Vertical Limit S(B) Winged Migration X-Men X-Men 2** Removed from list with three or more negative votes Title........................................................................Reason(s) Aliens ------------------------ 3 negatives ------------ lacks detail Apollo 13 DTS ---------------- 3 negatives ------------ EE Bad Boys II ------------------- 3 negatives ------------ EE, framing problems Braveheart ------------------- 3 negatives ------------ white speck, noise Die Another Day (Region 1) ---- 3 negatives ------------ EE Fargo SE --------------------- 3 negatives ------------ EE and noisy The Fifth Element SB ---------- 3 negatives ------------ EE/ringing Finding Nemo ----------------- 4 negatives ------------ compression noise, macro blocking Freddy vs Jason --------------- 3 negatives ------------ EE Gattaca SB ------------------- 3 negatives ------------ EE Gladiator --------------------- 3 negatives ------------ EE The Last of the Mohicans DTS (Dir's Exp Ed) --------- 3 negatives ----- soft Mummy ----------------------- 3 negatives ------------ noise Once Upon a Time in Mexico --- 6 negatives ------------ Contrast, soft Open Range ------------------ 3 negatives ------------ EE, soft, heavily filtered in the high frequencies, noisy in dark scenes Pirates of the Caribbean ------- 5 negatives ------------ EE, compression noise Stargate: Ultimate Ed. -------- 4 negatives ------------ EE Unbreakable ------------------ 3 negatives ------------ EE, video noise EE = Excessive Edge Enhancement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorwing Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 LOTR Trilogy EE no doubt Saving Private Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echotheory Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 One I haven't seen yet.. the street fire fight in the movie Heat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuarterSwede Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Moulin Rouge is what most of the critics use. Personally I would also use The Phantom of the Opera when it is released on DVD. You won't find a film that challenges your sound system better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwBen Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Independence Day :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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