best films to test your dolby digital surround sound.

worzel_gummidge · 17-10-2006 10:58am #1

Im curious,what films really test your dolby digital surround sound?

quazzy · 17-10-2006 11:07am

I suppose Lord of the Rings would be a good start.

dr.bollocko · 17-10-2006 11:12am

That led zeppelin concert movie, the one released just a few years back, of course. Its fantastic. in every way.

The Bollox · 17-10-2006 11:15am

Revenge Of The Sith, the space battle at the start was brilliant for the surround sound!

also LOTR

bucks73 · 17-10-2006 11:41am

master and Commander is very good too.

mossym · 17-10-2006 11:42am

best workout my rears have gotten was with underworld.

gladiator also has a good track for surround.

DaBreno · 17-10-2006 11:45am

Black Hawk Down is excellent for the surround sound.
The Street race scene from The Fast and the Furious is good too.

mossym · 17-10-2006 11:47am

actually i just thought of two more...saving private ryan, and band of brothers...both can strip plaster from the wall if i gave my system full volume

Maints · 17-10-2006 11:54am

RONIN is very good, especially the car chase scenes.

Paul.

slave1 · 17-10-2006 12:36pm

Toy Story 2 intro scene

Mountjoy Mugger · 17-10-2006 1:05pm

There's a certain scene in Dog Soldiers that will certainly be enhanced with digital surround sound...

worzel_gummidge · 17-10-2006 1:18pm

Is that the scene,where the wolf is on top of the car and and he`s trying to get through the roof,yea ive tried that with dts and its brilliant!

Mountjoy Mugger · 17-10-2006 2:49pm

Hehe, yeah, that's the one. I had my brother around a while ago, and stuck it on. He leapt out of the chair when that scene played. Laughed my head off, I did.

kc66 · 17-10-2006 2:53pm

mossym wrote:

actually i just thought of two more...saving private ryan, and band of brothers...both can strip plaster from the wall if i gave my system full volume

I watched all of Band of Brothers with surround sound... its excellent

Idleater · 17-10-2006 8:42pm

An excelent demonstration DTS film is The Fast and the Furious.

L.

Clank · 18-10-2006 4:22pm

I think Apocalypse Now Redux(DD), Ronin(DTS), Terminator 2(DTS) or Jurassic Park(DTS) to be pretty good for reference.

Ghost Train · 18-10-2006 8:56pm

as mentioned above saving private ryan
war of the worlds has some nice sounds

Sparky · 18-10-2006 9:13pm

The beach scene in Saving Private Ryan is good for a start.

The Fifth Element.

Moulin Rouge (seriously)

Pearl Habour.

branners69 · 18-10-2006 9:51pm

Sparky-s wrote:

The beach scene in Saving Private Ryan is good for a start.

This gets my vote, once its the DTS version, tested my Mordaunt Short Genies and my Pioneer Amp nicely:D

Otherwise get your hands on a copy of the DTS/DD test discs which has scenes which will test your system to its max!!

Ivan E · 18-10-2006 9:54pm

Surprised no one mentioned the Matrix. One of the first films to truely make the use of Digital and the likes I believe.

mossym · 19-10-2006 8:39am

Ivan E wrote:

Surprised no one mentioned the Matrix. One of the first films to truely make the use of Digital and the likes I believe.

digital what? digital sound? all dvd's store the soundtrack digitally...always have..

Rabies · 19-10-2006 8:44am

The Lord of the Rings gets my vote. First time I heard the clarity of the rain drops on the orc's helmets during the final battle of The Two Towers.
Ahhh. Proper sound quality, ya can't beat it.

Ivan E · 19-10-2006 2:20pm

mossym wrote:

digital what? digital sound? all dvd's store the soundtrack digitally...always have..

Could be wrong in this but I believe the Matrix was one of the first movies to truly make use of 5.1 on dvd's. Where all dvd's have it, this movie used the full benefits of it. Hence all the whoosh noise.

mossym · 19-10-2006 2:35pm

think you are wrong there..there are older movies than that which have surround sound..apollo 13 was released in 1995, and it has a reference dts track (if you can find the dts version). Saving private ryan is from 1998, and again it has a reference track. both of these predate the matrix. In fact gladiator, which only came a few months later, has a 6.1 soundtrack

Clank · 19-10-2006 3:49pm

Ivan E wrote:

Could be wrong in this but I believe the Matrix was one of the first movies to truly make use of 5.1 on dvd's. Where all dvd's have it, this movie used the full benefits of it. Hence all the whoosh noise.

Nope, not at all.
Define 'full use'.Full use for me would be a signal eminating from the 6 speakers.
The Matrix just made really, really obvious use of it.

Ivan E · 19-10-2006 10:25pm

Yeah that's exactly what I meant. I heard that they used the full benefits of it and as you put it, made really obvious use of it. Rather than it just being available and enhancing the sound, the Matrix designed it's sound around the format.

So a couple of years back, when people were first getting themselves sorted with home cinemas, the Matrix was the must have dvd to really display the true benefits of the home cinema.

mossym · 19-10-2006 11:15pm

Ivan E wrote:

Yeah that's exactly what I meant. I heard that they used the full benefits of it and as you put it, made really obvious use of it. Rather than it just being available and enhancing the sound, the Matrix designed it's sound around the format.

So a couple of years back, when people were first getting themselves sorted with home cinemas, the Matrix was the must have dvd to really display the true benefits of the home cinema.

and saving private ryan didn't? sorry, but rubbish..

Balfa · 20-10-2006 4:15am

Ivan E wrote:

So a couple of years back, when people were first getting themselves sorted with home cinemas, the Matrix was the must have dvd to really display the true benefits of the home cinema.

Ehh, no. Besides, people weren't first getting themselves sorted with home cinemas "a couple of years back". It's been steadily growing since the early '80s.

Ivan E · 20-10-2006 9:59am

I'm talking about dvd formats here and 5.1 digital sound in terms of home cinemas which is something that only happened in the 90's. And the topic is about which dvd is best to test this.

http://www.amazon.com/Best-DVDs-for-Surround-Sound-Collection-Essentials/lm/28OEBF7BP0YUA

mossym · 20-10-2006 10:05am

so laser discs never counted? dvd was NOT the start of home cinema...most people who have been into home cinema for a while will tell you about thier video, then their laser disc collections..dvd was just the next evolution, not the start..they switched over to dvd like everyone is now going o be switching to

and finding a list someone has put together on amazon isn't proof of anything..

surround sound predated the matrix by a long way..the only thing the matrix had first was that bullet time style of shooting, which has been so over done now it's painful to watch..csi must spend half theior programme on it..

Ivan E · 20-10-2006 10:06am

mossym wrote:

think you are wrong there..there are older movies than that which have surround sound..apollo 13 was released in 1995, and it has a reference dts track (if you can find the dts version). Saving private ryan is from 1998, and again it has a reference track. both of these predate the matrix. In fact gladiator, which only came a few months later, has a 6.1 soundtrack

Coincidentally mossym, was apollo 13 released as a special edition or some way differently than the normal pressed dvds and did it have 5.1? Or is the below information incorrect?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD

The first DVD players and discs were available in November 1996 in Japan, March 1997 in the United States, 1998 in Europe and in 1999 in Australia. The first pressed DVD release was the film Twister in 1996. The film had the first test for 2.1 surround sound.

best films to test your dolby digital surround sound.

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