Watched my first movie using DTS on my home theater, Pearl Harbor, zing, ZinG, pow, BOOOM!!

[Slacker]

WOW, it was awesome, in the battle scene it was riveting, in the beginning of the movie I was distracted trying to pay attention to the sound, analyzing it, but I started to get in to the movie and the sound drew me in, I found myself so focused on the screen that I was lost in the movie, it wasnt just big booms and stuff, like when they were in the park, the birds chirping was cool, but the battle scene was INTENSE Boom ZING tinktinktinktink Zoooooom crash wow it was awesome!

What are some other good movies for DTS, I am hooked

 

[Aves]

Saving Private Ryan
Gladiator
T2: Ultimate Edition

 

[Slacker]

Damn, I didnt even think of that, I have "Saving Private Ryan" thanks!

I dont have Gladiator, never saw it, so it is worth checkin out?

 

[Aves]

<< Damn, I didnt even think of that, I have "Saving Private Ryan" thanks!

I dont have Gladiator, never saw it, so it is worth checkin out? >>


Gladiator is definitely worth checking out.

 

[arod]

Welcome to the World of Surround Sound.....

Star Wars is good but only in Dolby Digital
the toy story movies ar eawesome in DD too

 

[Viperoni]

Terminator 2 in DTS and Die Hard 1 DTS made me realize that there's no other speaker as important as your sub. Check my sig for more details
Hahaha, but seriously, those are awesome movies.....lots of bullet spray, explosions, everything to showcase a home theatre system

[edit] rogers is being stupid yet again [/edit]

 

[IndyJaws]

<< Damn, I didnt even think of that, I have "Saving Private Ryan" thanks! >>



They sell two different versions - DTS and Dolby Digital. Check your case.

Another vote for Die Hard series

 

[yellowperil]

U-571 and Titan A.E., in addition to the ones mentioned.

 

[UNCjigga]

Anyone try dolby headphones with this movie???? I tried using their Dolby Headphones soundtrack with no processing (decent), and then I used their DTS track with dolby headphone decoding via WinDVD (didn't work--plain vanilla stereo but HQ 48khz)...but THEN I used the native 5.1 Dolby Digital track with WinDVD Dolby Headphones decoding (H3 - Large Room) and HOLY SH*T!!!! This by far sounds better than 90% of all home theater systems out there!!! Those of you who have Dolby Headphones capable DVD software or player, please report in!!! This is like one of the best kept secrets out there!!!

 

[Presence]

Air Force One sounds cool also when all the jets are flying around...

 

[DanJ]

Ugh too bad Pearl Harbor sucks...

But seriously check out these movies...you won't be dissapointed.

Fifth Element (Superbit..has DTS track..unbelievable...)
Das Boot (new remaster of old sub movie coming out in a few days....maybe one of the best movies ever)
Saving Private Ryan DTS
Gladiator
Apocalypse Now Redux
The Eagles (Hell Freezes Over) - DTS

Probably more...but that's off the top of my head..

 

[DanJ]

<< Anyone try dolby headphones with this movie???? I tried using their Dolby Headphones soundtrack with no processing (decent), and then I used their DTS track with dolby headphone decoding via WinDVD (didn't work--plain vanilla stereo but HQ 48khz)...but THEN I used the native 5.1 Dolby Digital track with WinDVD Dolby Headphones decoding (H3 - Large Room) and HOLY SH*T!!!! This by far sounds better than 90% of all home theater systems out there!!! Those of you who have Dolby Headphones capable DVD software or player, please report in!!! This is like one of the best kept secrets out there!!! >>



Ugh...okay saying headphones sound better then 90% of the home theater systems out there is ludicrous...I've tried the Dolby Headphones track on Pearl Harbor and I must say I was unimpressed....rear sounds were not represented well and just overall surrounding was not there...plus who watched movies using headphones anyways...

Seriously...the Home Theaters you've been in...what did they consist of?

 

[Mungla]

We just watched Swordfish on our theater last night. I had never seen the movie before, but it totally rocked. It was a pretty short movie.

Gladiator totally kicks butt. Especially when DirectTV's channel #509 HDTV-HBO plays it.

The Fifth Element also has great surround.

When I purchase a DVD, I don't have to worry about mixing up DTS & Dolby Digital. Everyone should have a receiver that can handle both perfectly well.

 

[UNCjigga]

DanJ,

The Dolby Headphones track mastered on the Pearl Harbour DVD does suck, I said so meself!!! However, the WinDVD realtime encoded track sounds a hell of a lot better, especially in H3 when you've got some German headphones (cough..Sennheiser..cough!) plugged into an Audigy.

Seriously though, unless you're living in million dollar home with a custom designed home theater room, most home theaters suck. The walls/windows and openings distort all the sound, most don't have the speakers placed optimally etc. Headphones are much easier to get right, plus the sound quality is better. LFE even has more realism on a good pair of headphones.

 

[Slacker]

Damn, my Saving Private Ryan and Fifth Element are not DTS, I do have Titan A.E. , and American Beauty is DTS but I wasnt to impressed with it.

How about audio cd's with DTS, does my cd changer need to have DTS capability or just the receiver?

 

[DanJ]

<< Seriously though, unless you're living in million dollar home with a custom designed home theater room, most home theaters suck. The walls/windows and openings distort all the sound, most don't have the speakers placed optimally etc. Headphones are much easier to get right, plus the sound quality is better. LFE even has more realism on a good pair of headphones. >>



I stand corrected on your last comment...I didn't quite get what you were saying about the DH track I guess.

BUT...I still have to go with an HT on this. Headphones cannot possibly render an entire surround experience, especially good imaging of rear movement from side to side and even the rumble of the LFE (your body can feel the LFE in a good HT...headphones cannot possibly do the same...). Almost all of the time very solid headphones might be able to provide more detail and quality midrange over an HT in music listening, but this is stero sound; sound essentially perfect for headphones...actively moving sound found in 5.1 and 6.1 tracks on DVD cannot possibly render the best possible imaging for the viewer that a "properly" setup "quality" home theater can.

You're correct in that a lot of people improperly setup their home theaters...not calibrating or testing at all to bring their system to reference levels, setting their subwoofer correctly...setting the centers and fronts to blend correctly....but...if ones theater is setup correctly...headphones cannot compete.

 

[DanJ]

<< How about audio cd's with DTS, does my cd changer need to have DTS capability or just the receiver? >>



AudioCDs cannot have DTS...you'd need to go to DVD-Audio which normally has a DTS or DD track, a DD 2.0 track and a DVD-Audio track....the DVD-Audio track being the best fidelity wise...but needing its own player to listen to.

 

[Gunbuster]

Big trouble in little china

 

[DanJ]

Phantom Menace...even though the movie was less then fantastic...THX Surround EX is quite impressive...

 

[luv2chill]

<<

<< How about audio cd's with DTS, does my cd changer need to have DTS capability or just the receiver? >>



AudioCDs cannot have DTS...you'd need to go to DVD-Audio which normally has a DTS or DD track, a DD 2.0 track and a DVD-Audio track....the DVD-Audio track being the best fidelity wise...but needing its own player to listen to. >>




Actually, you're wrong Dan. There are indeed audio CDs mastered in dts sound. I know because I own about a dozen of them. They (obviously) cannot be played in most CD players. In order to decode them properly your CD player must have a digital output (optical or coax) and your receiver must have a dts decoder.

Most DVD players do have the ability to pass dts audio from dts-encoded CDs, but same scenario, you must provide a digital connection for the data to travel from the DVD player to the receiver for it to work.

Even CD players and DVD players without a specific dts logo on their bezels can usually pass the dts audio signal correctly.

Not many CDs were remastered in dts. It was too new and expensive a technology back a few years ago (when most of these CDs were produced) for most consumers, and now that dts is finally taking off, the audio market is looking to DVD-Audio and SVCD as the only formats for 5.1/6.1 encoded music.

I must say though that I am very impressed with the dts CDs I own.

Here's a list of all dts audio recordings available.

Admittedly, it's difficult to find much technical information about dts audio CDs, but here's a page--scroll down to the dts audio CD section.

l2c

 

[DanJ]

Hmph...did not know that; did not know that. Kinda confusing though...I mean DTS is either 1.54mbps (full rate) or 753mbps (half rate); so on a 74 minute (650MB) disc that'd be roughly...422 seconds of music..or 7 minutes at full-rate, and double that at half-rate...talk about short!

 

[mk52]

I d vote for the movie "HEAT"

that shooting scene on the street will blow your ears out!

 

[DanJ]

I don't believe I forgot about Heat....great DVD....masterful movie...