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Innaugural DVD

I am in the process of setting up my home theater and will be ready for the 'unveilng' soon. What should be my first DVD? I'd like it to be impressive with respect to the surround effects, however my wife isn't really into the supernatural or Star Trek-like genre. Suggestions?

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sugarbrie
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Harrison Ford, in "The Fugitive". Does she like horror films? They are usually have good sound effects.
kthomas
911 posts
 
Harrison Ford in "Air Force One" or Sean Connery / Nicholas Cage in "The Rock". Terminator 2 is great to show off a system as well, but that would be sci-fi. "Black Hawk Down" is a real work-out for a HT, but is probably a bit too depressing for such a gala event. Or for the truly mindless (but fun!), a John Woo flick - "Face Off" or "Mission Impossible 2". -Kirk
slipknot1
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How about a film entitled: Baraca. It was shot in 27 different countries around the world on 70mm film. It's a show piece rather than a movie in that it is scenes from around the world set to music and sound effects. Baraca translated roughly means "essence of life"

The DVD transfer is gorgeous and it has a very good, if not excellent 5.1 soundtrack.

I have a home theater myself, but my passion is 2 channel audio. When I put this film on though, it provides the glue that makes me realize that properly executed, HT can produce the same emotions (at times) that a high quality vinyl playback system is capable of.
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