NEW D-BOX Theater Chair for Blu-Ray/DVD - Blu-ray Forum

jcurban · 05-29-2008, 02:07 PM

I was at my local Hi-Fi store this past week and they were demo-ing this D-Box movie theater chair which connects to a controller that connects to your home theater system. The unit recognizes over 700 titles and moves the chair according to the actions on the screen. I was fortunate to demo the plane crash scene in Cast Away. During the normal flight the seat had a slight vibration just like a real aircraft, then boom! The chair started to shake and twist as the plane spiralled down towards the ocean. After impact and me almost being tossed out of the seat the chair went in to a watery wave motion to simulate treading water. I was totally blown away. For 15 minutes it was OK, I think watching a 2 hour movie would get annoying especially while trying to consume your favorite alcoholic beverage. You can adjust the amount of violence the chair puts out for those who may have cervical spine injuries...ha. Anyway its $1000 for the chair and $8000 for the controller, check one out if you can, the website is www.d-box.com

JonnyB · 05-31-2008, 04:55 AM

Just to add to your comment, for Cast away you have watched the entire action of the movie, which means that the D-BOX is only making you part of the movie when needed. If I remember correctly, on average they do 20 minutes of motion on a 1:30 hour movie.

jeo393 · 05-31-2008, 05:36 AM

Their website doesn't have video footage yet. That controller seems real pricey! I didnt think that system was so expensive. Anyone own it.... have comments...? I eye-balled the Butt-kicker system. Curious about that one too.

Jock Blu · 05-31-2008, 01:07 PM

The chair is more expensive than the controller. There are 2 controllers, a stand-alone which has a HDD to store the codes, or a PC controller which interfaces with your PC which stores the codes.

I have butt-kickers and the D-Box goes way beyond what butt-kickers do.

Lucy Diamond · 05-31-2008, 02:05 PM

Sombody is going to throw their back out.

Damn.

SBrooks1 · 05-31-2008, 02:09 PM

I would love to see a video of this in action!

yellowblanket · 05-31-2008, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SBrooks1

I would love to see a video of this in action!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7DYFX6VALXo here you go

Heart&Soul · 05-31-2008, 05:00 PM

I wonder what it does during porn.

yellowblanket · 05-31-2008, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Heart&Soul

I wonder what it does during porn.

...just for precaution, i won't be sitting in it if it does something when i watch porn...creepy...imaging something would pop up in during lol

05-29-2008, 02:07 PM	#1
jcurban Member Member since:Jul 2007	NEW D-BOX Theater Chair for Blu-Ray/DVD I was at my local Hi-Fi store this past week and they were demo-ing this D-Box movie theater chair which connects to a controller that connects to your home theater system. The unit recognizes over 700 titles and moves the chair according to the actions on the screen. I was fortunate to demo the plane crash scene in Cast Away. During the normal flight the seat had a slight vibration just like a real aircraft, then boom! The chair started to shake and twist as the plane spiralled down towards the ocean. After impact and me almost being tossed out of the seat the chair went in to a watery wave motion to simulate treading water. I was totally blown away. For 15 minutes it was OK, I think watching a 2 hour movie would get annoying especially while trying to consume your favorite alcoholic beverage. You can adjust the amount of violence the chair puts out for those who may have cervical spine injuries...ha. Anyway its $1000 for the chair and $8000 for the controller, check one out if you can, the website is www.d-box.com

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05-31-2008, 04:55 AM	#2
JonnyB Junior Member Member since:Feb 2008	Just to add to your comment, for Cast away you have watched the entire action of the movie, which means that the D-BOX is only making you part of the movie when needed. If I remember correctly, on average they do 20 minutes of motion on a 1:30 hour movie.

05-31-2008, 05:36 AM	#3
jeo393 Active Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Plant City, FL Blu-ray collection:77 Blu-ray reviews:1	Their website doesn't have video footage yet. That controller seems real pricey! I didnt think that system was so expensive. Anyone own it.... have comments...? I eye-balled the Butt-kicker system. Curious about that one too.

05-31-2008, 01:07 PM	#4
Jock Blu Active Member Member since:Dec 2007 Trading Score:7	The chair is more expensive than the controller. There are 2 controllers, a stand-alone which has a HDD to store the codes, or a PC controller which interfaces with your PC which stores the codes. I have butt-kickers and the D-Box goes way beyond what butt-kickers do.

05-31-2008, 02:05 PM	#5
Lucy Diamond Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Apr 2008 Location:The Tomb of Annihilation 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:3	Sombody is going to throw their back out. Damn.

05-31-2008, 02:09 PM	#6
SBrooks1 Special Member Member since:Sep 2007	I would love to see a video of this in action!

05-31-2008, 05:00 PM	#8
Heart&Soul Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Oregon 4K collection:167 Blu-ray collection:725 Blu-ray reviews:50	I wonder what it does during porn.

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