What Is Your "Demo Disc?"

[Neomic]

I haven't seen any "official" thread for this (surprisingly), but thought it was an interesting topic.

What are your guys' and gals' go-to movies/discs to show off your home theater setups?

I currently use The Dark Knight Rises and TRON: Legacy, since both of those movies tend to have a lot of presence and good surround activity, outside of their amazing picture quality. I used The Wizard of Oz to sell my parents on upgrading to an HDTV a few years ago.

[DJ KNIGHT XIII]

Great topic, now I know this might be an unusual choice, but for me it would be Basic Instinct for the club scene. I derive more joy from Blu-Rays re the audio output rather than the visual. When this tune kicks in (link provided below ) it is absolutely awesome.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjqAH...ature=youtu.be

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[onyxbfly]

For a complete surround sound and visual demonstration I love Tron Legacy the Enter the Grid scene all the way to Disc Wars.....

Disclaimer : I take no responsibility for damaged equipment if played at excessive volumes.....

You can thank me later for the Sh!t eating grin on your face!!

The clips below are just to give you a point of reference. Rent the movie if you want to hear it in its DTS glory!!!

Enter the Grid....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiRPWfz3HZw

Disc Wars.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twEiQxxEyog

[callas01]

theres been a few of these threads over the years, but theyre always interesting to see what eveyone uses.

for 2-ch music The Empire Strikes back: The Imperial March from this following CD, the tympani strikes are awesome, if your system can reproduce them. otherwise turn your subwoofer on.
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Tracks-Ku.../dp/B000FTHBPI

for movies theres a lot of scenes that are very active, but a few that i like are as follows:

casino royale, when bond is at the miami airport and the plane increases power to avoid landing on the cop cars, the whole house shakes, i work next to an air force base, and it sounds pretty damn real to when C5s and F16s fly 100 ft above our building.

hulk, the sonic cannons at the university.

tron scenes mentioned above.

saving private ryan, beach assault. also, band of brothers or the pacific, nothing like bullets and bombs all around you.

[Mr.Twinks]

For ultimate bass demo I throw on War of the Worlds pod emergence scene or the movie Pulse server room scene. For picture and sound, I throw on Oblivion, it has gorgeous picture and sound you can crank all the way up and it sounds fantastic.

[Packerfan75]

Terminator Salvation may be the loudest soundtrack I've ever heard.
There's a scene half way through that begins at a gas station with a giant robot and a huge explosion that leads to a chase with motorcycles and ends up on a bridge with jets. Audibly devastating!
That's my scene of choice to demo my system.

[Mr.Twinks]

Originally Posted by Packerfan75

Terminator Salvation may be the loudest soundtrack I've ever heard.
There's a scene half way through that begins at a gas station with a giant robot and a huge explosion that leads to a chase with motorcycles and ends up on a bridge with jets. Audibly devastating!
That's my scene of choice to demo my system.

That is a wonderful scene too!

[Neomic]

Originally Posted by Packerfan75

Terminator Salvation may be the loudest soundtrack I've ever heard.
There's a scene half way through that begins at a gas station with a giant robot and a huge explosion that leads to a chase with motorcycles and ends up on a bridge with jets. Audibly devastating!
That's my scene of choice to demo my system.

I really need to pop that into my player tomorrow and check it out. I actually haven't watched that movie since I got my surround sound.

[CantonMan]

The Highway battle in Transformers Dark of the Moon is awesome along with the rest of the movies battle sequences

Transformers 3 Dark Of The Moon Highway Chase Battle Special Intro HD - YouTube

[CantonMan]

I also tend to use Mission impossible Ghost Protocol to show off my system

[besi]

Oblivion-drone scenes
The Island-highway chase
Tron L.-light cycle game
Blade-blood rave party
Star Wars.ep II-asteroid chase
And i also using my dts and dolby demo discs(get them every year)

......Just a couple of my favorites.

[thebard]

For audio: the first 14 minutes of Master and Commander.
The creaking wood and lapping waves put you right on the ship...
and then the cannon fire and splintering decks make you wish you hadn't been put there!

[videohead]

Prometheus

[steve1971]

I use Baraka and Batman The Dark Knight.

[Cholkavich]

Oblivion

[DJ KNIGHT XIII]

Have to agree, Oblivion is a great movie to show off your setup.

[Mr.Twinks]

Originally Posted by videohead

Prometheus

This is one, Avatar, Pacific Rim, Tron:Legacy and Titanic are ones I show off for 3D.

[Flatnate]

Originally Posted by videohead

Prometheus

Prometheus the ship landing on the planets surface... but also the "dust storm" scene. It uses the full surround whipping the debris around you, also you can hear like a metallic tinkle to the dust flying around as well. Really cool.

[Matthew9559]

Currently it's The Hulk and Dark Knight but I think Oblivion could work its way in there now. I still need to see Master and Commander though.

[tonylopez]

Thats funny, you guys picked everything I would....
Tron Legacy: light cycles
Prometheus: landing on the planet
Star Wars Episode 2: asteroid chase

and I would also choose....
Terminator 2: opening scene
Saving Private Ryan : storming the beach
Fight Club: opening credits
Raiders of the Lost Ark: opening scene
District 9: mech suit ending
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (fincher): opening credits
Jurassic Park: t-rex attack
The Dark Knight: opening heist