Spec me a test movie

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Hi guys,

I've just been given a sweet pioneer set-up by my brother, it's about 4 or 5 years old, but can keep up with the best of what today can offer.

now i've been rooting through my collection trying to find the perfect film to test them out on, as i've never had surround sound, but can't seem to find anything that's going to prove how great they are.

So i'm after a film that is full of surround sound effects, preferably something sci-fi ish, though i'm easy. Something to push the sub and basically just get the most out of the speakers.

go on then, off you scurrey!

Ta.
 
the beach scene in Saving Private Ryan, you will be :eek: when you hear it

edit heres a list from another forum, most recommended demo dvds:

Dolby Digital

2 Fast 2 Furious
Aero - Jean-Michel Jarre's
Air Force One
Aliens
Alien 3
Almost Famous
Any Given Sunday
Apocalypse Now: Redux
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Bad Boys
Bad Boys II
Blade
Blade II(EX)
Blow
Braveheart( Battle Scenes)
Chicken Run
Criterion Beastie Boys Anthology
Conair
Constanine
Contact
Das Boot
Deep Blue Sea
Die Hard
Dog Soilders
Exoricist, The (The version you've never seen)
Evil Dead 2, The
Face Off
Finding Nemo
Final Fantasy
Fight Club (EX)
Forrest Gump
Game, The
Ghostbusters
Hard Target
Heat
Hellboy
Hollow Man
Incredibles, The
Independance Day
Indiana Jones: Raiders of The Lost Ark (Opening 20 mins)
Indiana Jones: The Temple of Doom (Mine Cart Chase)
Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade ( Last 40 mins)
Iron Maiden: Rock in Rio
K19: The Widow Maker
Kill Bill
L.A. Confidential
Lawrence of Arabia
Lord of The Rings: The Fellow Ship Of The Ring(EX)
Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King(EX)
Matrix, The (Lobby Scene)
Matrix Reloaded, The
Metallica S:M
Mission Impossible 2
Mortal Kombat
Mouse Hunt
Nightmare on Elm Street
One, The
Outbreak
Parole Officer, The
Pearl Harbor
Predator 2
Queen concert dvds
Quick and The Dead, The
Raging Bull
Rock, The
Roger Waters - In The Flesh
Romero Must Die
Ronin
Scream 3
Snatch
Spy Game
Spiderman
Spiderman II (When Doc Oc powers up his machine)
Spirited Away
Star Warss: A New Hope
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Was: Return Of The Jedi
Star Wars: Episode One The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode Two Attack Of The Clones
Strange Days
SwordFish - The explosion scene outside the bank!
Taxi 2
Termiantor
Texas Live in Paris
Three Kings
Thing, The
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
Transporter, The
Troy
Underworld
Van Helsing
Vertical Limit
Wilard
Willow
Wrong Turn
XXX( Avalance)



dts

Air Force One(Superbit)
Akira
Alien
Alien vs. Predator
Aliens
Amelie
An American WereWolf in London (Scene on The Moors)
Amageddon
Atlantis: The Lost Empire(ES)
Bad Boys II
Battle Royal (R3 Full Bitrate)
Band Of Brothers
Behind Enemy Lines (F19 vs Missile)
Blade
Blade II (ES)
Bourne Identity, The ( Scene at the famhouse with the asassin)
Brotherhood Of The Wolf
Casper
Cast Away (ES)
Chicken Run (Pie Making Machine)
Chronicles Of Riddick, The (R3 Fullbitrate)
Dances With Wolves
Das Boot (Superbit)
Day After Tomorow, The
Desperado (Superbit)
Die Hard
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
Die Hard With A Vengance
Enemy At The Gates
ESPN'S Ultimate X: The Movie
Eye, The
Faithless: Live at Alexandre Palace
Fast and The Furious, The
Fight Club
Final Destination 2 (ES)
Finding Nemo
Fitfh Element, The (ES + FullButrate)
Freddy vs. Jason
From Hell
Galaxy Quest
Gimme Shelters
Gladiator (R1 ES Discrete, While R2 ES Matrix)
Ghostbusters (Superbit, Hotel Scene)
Haunting, The (ES)
Hallow Man
Hannibal
Hell Freezes Over - The Eagles
Heallraiser
Hellraiser II
Hellraiser III
Hero
House of Flying Daggers (Drum Dance Scene)
Hulk
Independence Day
Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday
Jason X
Jaws
Jurassic Park (Superbit + R1)
Jurassic Park: The Lost World (Superbit + R1)
Jurassic Park 3 ( Superbit + Other Regions)
Kill Bill
Lord of The Rings: The Fellow Ship Of The Ring (ES)
Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers (ES)
Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (ES)
Master and Comander
Metropolise
Minority Report(ES)
Monsters Inc (ES)
Moulan Rouge - Chapter 23
Mummy, The
Mummy Returns, The
Pearl Harbor
Pitch Black
Planet Of The Apes (2001)
Predator
Prince of Eygpt
Pulp Fiction
Punisher, The
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (ES, R3 Fullbitrate)
Resident Evil (ES)
Rock, The
Ronin
Sahara
Saving Private Ryan
Scorpion King, The
Se7en (ES)
Shoalin Soccer
Signs
Sleepy Hollow
Speed
Spiderman (Superbit)
StarGate (ES)
StarShip Troopers (Superbit)
Star Trek: Generations (Enterprise B and Saucer Crash)
Stealth
Taxi
Taxi 2
Taxi 3
Terminator 2 (ES)
Titan A.E
Tombstone
Top Gun (ES)
True Lies
Twin Effects, The
Twister
U-571
Underworld
War Of The Worlds
X-Men
X-Men 2
 
The first film i watched when i got my surround system was The Matrix, the first one. Well i say watched, i flicked to the cool parts, like when he dodges bullets, always sounds great in surround :p
 
wow, funilly enough fast and the furious and the matrix were the first 2 dvd's i tried.

Not sure if you guys will know but the system i have is a pioneer xv-dv55, i don't know all the specifications of it all, has anyone else got this system, if so what are the best settings to use on it?

What's the difference between DTS and Dolby???

Thanks
 
From EAD Home...

"Dolby Digital and DTS are similar in that they are both digital lossy audio coding technologies, which means they use “perceptual” data reduction techniques that are based on the characteristics of human hearing to mask the process, thereby preserving high fidelity sound. This is necessary in order to fit the typical 5.1-channel bitstream into a given storage space or transmission bandwidth. Beyond those basic similarities, the two formats are very different.

The main difference is that Dolby Digital is designed to handle anything from mono to full 5.1-channel sound formats, and typically runs at data rates of 192 to 448 kbps depending on the number of audio channels and the application. DTS was originally designed for a data rate of 1411 kbps, and typically runs at data rates of 754 or 1509 kbps depending on the data capacity available. In order to achieve lower data rates than DTS with no sacrifice in sound quality, Dolby Digital uses many sophisticated data reduction technologies that DTS lacks.

The most commonly used data rate for Dolby Digital on DVDs has increased to 448 kbps, thus assuring optimal sound quality. Meanwhile, DTS data rates have been cut in half for most new DVDs, down to 754 kbps, potentially decreasing sound quality."
 
lmfy2k said:
the beach scene in Saving Private Ryan, you will be :eek: when you hear it

edit heres a list from another forum, most recommended demo dvds:

Dolby Digital

2 Fast 2 Furious
Aero - Jean-Michel Jarre's
Air Force One
Aliens
Alien 3
Almost Famous
Any Given Sunday
Apocalypse Now: Redux
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Bad Boys
Bad Boys II
Blade
Blade II(EX)
Blow
Braveheart( Battle Scenes)
Chicken Run
Criterion Beastie Boys Anthology
Conair
Constanine
Contact
Das Boot
Deep Blue Sea
Die Hard
Dog Soilders
Exoricist, The (The version you've never seen)
Evil Dead 2, The
Face Off
Finding Nemo
Final Fantasy
Fight Club (EX)
Forrest Gump
Game, The
Ghostbusters
Hard Target
Heat
Hellboy
Hollow Man
Incredibles, The
Independance Day
Indiana Jones: Raiders of The Lost Ark (Opening 20 mins)
Indiana Jones: The Temple of Doom (Mine Cart Chase)
Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade ( Last 40 mins)
Iron Maiden: Rock in Rio
K19: The Widow Maker
Kill Bill
L.A. Confidential
Lawrence of Arabia
Lord of The Rings: The Fellow Ship Of The Ring(EX)
Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King(EX)
Matrix, The (Lobby Scene)
Matrix Reloaded, The
Metallica S:M
Mission Impossible 2
Mortal Kombat
Mouse Hunt
Nightmare on Elm Street
One, The
Outbreak
Parole Officer, The
Pearl Harbor
Predator 2
Queen concert dvds
Quick and The Dead, The
Raging Bull
Rock, The
Roger Waters - In The Flesh
Romero Must Die
Ronin
Scream 3
Snatch
Spy Game
Spiderman
Spiderman II (When Doc Oc powers up his machine)
Spirited Away
Star Warss: A New Hope
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Was: Return Of The Jedi
Star Wars: Episode One The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode Two Attack Of The Clones
Strange Days
SwordFish - The explosion scene outside the bank!
Taxi 2
Termiantor
Texas Live in Paris
Three Kings
Thing, The
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
Transporter, The
Troy
Underworld
Van Helsing
Vertical Limit
Wilard
Willow
Wrong Turn
XXX( Avalance)



dts

Air Force One(Superbit)
Akira
Alien
Alien vs. Predator
Aliens
Amelie
An American WereWolf in London (Scene on The Moors)
Amageddon
Atlantis: The Lost Empire(ES)
Bad Boys II
Battle Royal (R3 Full Bitrate)
Band Of Brothers
Behind Enemy Lines (F19 vs Missile)
Blade
Blade II (ES)
Bourne Identity, The ( Scene at the famhouse with the asassin)
Brotherhood Of The Wolf
Casper
Cast Away (ES)
Chicken Run (Pie Making Machine)
Chronicles Of Riddick, The (R3 Fullbitrate)
Dances With Wolves
Das Boot (Superbit)
Day After Tomorow, The
Desperado (Superbit)
Die Hard
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
Die Hard With A Vengance
Enemy At The Gates
ESPN'S Ultimate X: The Movie
Eye, The
Faithless: Live at Alexandre Palace
Fast and The Furious, The
Fight Club
Final Destination 2 (ES)
Finding Nemo
Fitfh Element, The (ES + FullButrate)
Freddy vs. Jason
From Hell
Galaxy Quest
Gimme Shelters
Gladiator (R1 ES Discrete, While R2 ES Matrix)
Ghostbusters (Superbit, Hotel Scene)
Haunting, The (ES)
Hallow Man
Hannibal
Hell Freezes Over - The Eagles
Heallraiser
Hellraiser II
Hellraiser III
Hero
House of Flying Daggers (Drum Dance Scene)
Hulk
Independence Day
Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday
Jason X
Jaws
Jurassic Park (Superbit + R1)
Jurassic Park: The Lost World (Superbit + R1)
Jurassic Park 3 ( Superbit + Other Regions)
Kill Bill
Lord of The Rings: The Fellow Ship Of The Ring (ES)
Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers (ES)
Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (ES)
Master and Comander
Metropolise
Minority Report(ES)
Monsters Inc (ES)
Moulan Rouge - Chapter 23
Mummy, The
Mummy Returns, The
Pearl Harbor
Pitch Black
Planet Of The Apes (2001)
Predator
Prince of Eygpt
Pulp Fiction
Punisher, The
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (ES, R3 Fullbitrate)
Resident Evil (ES)
Rock, The
Ronin
Sahara
Saving Private Ryan
Scorpion King, The
Se7en (ES)
Shoalin Soccer
Signs
Sleepy Hollow
Speed
Spiderman (Superbit)
StarGate (ES)
StarShip Troopers (Superbit)
Star Trek: Generations (Enterprise B and Saucer Crash)
Stealth
Taxi
Taxi 2
Taxi 3
Terminator 2 (ES)
Titan A.E
Tombstone
Top Gun (ES)
True Lies
Twin Effects, The
Twister
U-571
Underworld
War Of The Worlds
X-Men
X-Men 2
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The one would have done ;)
 
Its a brainless film but Chronicles of Riddick has some impressive scenes. I also agree with the gunfight in Heat, and the Matrix.

Gotta say though I love surround. Most of the time you dont notice it but suddenly you get a helicopter go past right next to your ear, or someones footsteps behind you... Its great.

(from games and films there)
 
the Abyss - classy film with great visuals and a fabulous all round soundtrack even before the sub sinks you get a decent work out for all your speakers

Top Gun also

best individual scene............... Empire's Star destroyer coming over your head at the beginning of Star Wars (A New Hope)....if you insist :D
 
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