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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 Garr on 09/07/05. |
The Ring | Location: | Entire film |
| Features: | Dolby Digtital 5.1 | | Description: | Try getting any sleep after watching this with the 5.1 s/track best part when Samara gets Noah | |
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| Submitted by Dennis Barron on 04/21/01. |
The Rock (Criterion) | Location: | Car Chase |
| Features: | DTS,DTS,DTS!!! | | Description: | Dialogue,Image,Transfer,Surrounds,LFE. All Done Extremely well. Reference material. System/Marantz sr7000/Linn Keilidh's/Platinum 806 center/Custom ribbon monopole surrounds/Custom sub. | |
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| Submitted by STEAMROLLER on 11/07/00. |
The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Location: | All Of It |
| Features: | AUDIENCE REACTION | | Description: | THIS FEATURE(AMONG MANY MORE)MAKES THIS DVD AWESOME. WHEN YOU TURN ON THE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION FEATURE, YOU CAN HEAR ALL OF THE AUDIENCES REACTIONS TO THE MOVIE. THE MOST AMAZING PART OF IT IS THE FACT THAT THE REACTIONS COME OUT OF YOUR REAR SPEAKERS MAKING IT SOUND LIKE THE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY BEHIND YOU. ADD THE FEATURE OF SWITCHING BETWEEN THE MOVIE AND SCENES FROM THE ACTUAL SHOW BEING PREFORMED IN FRONT OF THE SCREEN AND YOU HAVE ONE OF THE BEST DVD'S I'VE SEEN FOR THE MONEY. IF YOUR FEEL LIKE PUTTING ON SOME FISH NETS AND DOIN THE TIME WARP, THIS DVD IS FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
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| Submitted by Matt Smitty on 03/05/03. |
The Shadow | Location: | (DTS) Opening Bridge Scene |
| Features: | Great Surround Use!!! | | Description: | When the Shadow comes to the the rescue his voice is all around the room! One of the best scenes for demo use!! | |
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| Submitted by peter on 05/19/04. |
The Thin Red Line | Location: | about an half hour from the beginning |
| Features: | DTS | | Description: | DTS is the best way to listen @ good quality sound especially with this film. It begins slowly but when the action begins there is no way back! Not only the action sequences are VERY GOOD/EXCELLENT, dialogues and soundtrack are very good mastered for the home-cinema freaks !! And Nick Nolte plays the best role ever in his career!! 6 stars for this movie! | |
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| Submitted by danny M on 08/29/00. |
The World Is Not Enough | Location: | Opening scene |
| Features: | audio & visual | | Description: | the beginning chase before the openning credits, also the credits themselves are pretty colourful | |
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| Submitted by jason on 06/05/03. |
Thirteen Ghosts | Location: | the whole movie |
| Features: | huge surround sounds!! | | Description: | this movie will freak you out if you have good rear speakers! all of the effects are in the rear.
it will keep you on the edge of your seat, in an otherwise so-so movie | |
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| Submitted by Chris Rapisarda on 06/07/01. |
Three Kings | Location: | Bunker Scene |
| Features: | Bullet Ricochet | | Description: | When they are trying to find the gold in the 1st bunker, Ice Cube's gun goes off and you hear the bullet hit behind you on the right speaker and wiz past your head to the left speaker..very cool. | |
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| Submitted by Warren Tsang on 08/16/01. |
Titan A.E. | Location: | Second to last chapter? |
| Features: | Deep deep bass, spacial effects, sound detail | | Description: | The scene in the ice field at the very end of the movie. There's not only tremendously low bass, but the detail in the sound of the ice compacting & cracking is great, and the ice & spaceships flying around have good spacial panning effects. | |
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| Submitted by AJ on 06/20/00. |
Titanic | Location: | I think 98:00 |
| Features: | Dolby Digital 5.1 | | Description: | This scene is when the ill faited ship crashes into the iceberg. Great bass and spacial effects. The video is also amazing on this THX approved DVD. | |
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