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Favorite HT demo scene from a movie?

What do others think the best scene from a movie is to demo an HT setup? I don't yet have a DVD player but my current VHS demos are both from Die Hard 3. The first is the store explosion in the first scene for sound staging and detail and the second is the dump trucks driving up to the other explosion site for deep bass. leo.
leoturetsky
wcvb
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The car chase scenes from Ronin!
dfd9
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Anything from Goodfellas, A Clockwork Orange, Vacation or the love scene from Deliverance.
dbw1
173 posts
 
gotta add my votes for the shoot 'em up scene in the matrix, pod race, and the diva in the 5th element.
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glen
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SdCambell was right on the money with Super Speedway(IMAX) Amazon has it for $20.00. I just recieved my copy last night. Cranked it up in DTS. The newer MACH II version (Just released) has the 16:9 transfer. Except no substitutes :~)
abstract7
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There seems to be some confusion on Super Speedway (IMAX). I own this. It is about Formula 1 racing, but is not about Paul Newman's team, rather Mario Andretti and his son Michael. It's also not DTS. I checked the DTS site to see if there has been a DTS release (I would definitely want it if it existed), but it wasn't listed there. The DD 5.1 soundtrack does rival some DTS soundtracks--I can only imagine how good it would sound with the DTS encoding.

Can someone clear up, what is the name of the Paul Newman racing movie? And is there really a DTS version of Super Speedway? This is a great demo piece--I'm surprised I don't see it playing continuously in showrooms.
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