Best DVD

[Hanko]

Can any one suggest a great DVD that will really show off a good home theater system?  I have just installed a 6.1 Onkyo TX-DS797 receiver, DV-CP500 DVD player, and Sony 835EH speakers and am curious as to how good it is.

[Clint DeBoer]

Here are my picks:

Surrounds & Panning: Star Wars Episode 1 pod race scene, Saving Private Ryan DTS

Subwoofer: Jurassic Park 3, U-571

Mains: Sting's new DTS audio disc, The Negotiator, Gladiator DTS ES, Air Force One (SuperBit DTS)

That'll give 'em a good workout, and these discs are worth having.

[RLA]

Hi
Contact  "Lift Off chapter"  If you want big time dynamic swings  Loud/Soft/Loud

Dinosaur  Chapter #1 the Egg and the Monkeys
to show off your monitors ability to display detail

Phantom Menace has great sound effects but the edge
enhancement is terrible for high end displays

Cheers Ray

Terminator 2 - great SFX.
Agree with Star Wars for pod race scene.
LOTR for excellent music soundtrack

Boyz II Men: II - awesome vocals to test your full range system.

Behind Enemy Lines,pretty much the entire move.I put it on to listen to "the missile tracking the jet" scene to try out my new Rotel pre/pro & amps and ended watching the whole flic.

[jjadams]

"Vertical Limit" is a nice one shows climbing the butes as well as K2 in Packistan.

"Cutaway" For colorfully outfitted sky divers over Miami Beach, FL

"First Knight" with Sean Connery, Richard Gere, and Julia Ormond


Criterion " A Night to Remember" B & W about Titanic sinking, I didn't choose Camerons because it wouldn't be anamorphic.

Star Trek IV about the whales


A James Bond movie your choice except for "Her Majesties Service"


"Mission to Mars" a space movie without any real monsters to deal with.

[Rob Babcock]

The Red Violin is a great show off disc if your speakers are musical. The score features the playing of Joshua Bell and sounds great; lots of music, no booms & bangs.

[Dan]

I do like LOTR Two Towers for the scene at Helm's Deep where the wall is blown up. Excellent low frequency extension. The artillery barrage in Gettysburg prior to Pickett's charge is also stunning.

My current favorite is the Band of Brothers DVD. It's well worth the $90 or so for 6 DVDs. Episode 2 where they parachute into Normandy has rivetting scenes of airplanes flying through flak as well as great combat scenes. Episode 6 has a powerful artillery barrage as well. The plot is far better than Private Ryan which did little for me beyond the opening scene. Best of all it's historically very accurate which Private Ryan is not. The characters are fascinating. It's even better if you don't know much of the history of the 101st Airborne.

[Khellandros66]

Best DVDs to show off a system or test one are:

Se7en DTS:ES; for ambience and for Dark Colors and contrasts

Heat: Pacino and DeNiro make this movie very moving and the gun fights are some of the best I have heard in a movie yet

Open Range: Prolly best audio track I've heard yet believe it or not the guns sound very natural and the voices don't come across as being forced or too laid back.

~Bob

[zipper]

The "Lion King" DVD has some wonderful music & sounds to it. Some scenes will test your sub while others will have you swatting at flies.