Kinyo

As most people I use Saving Private Ryan also.

d2cheer

Same here ONLY the women are in action if you know what I mean...

wordtoyamotha

Yoda, is that you?

Bagheera

Ok, if you have 6.1 you have to use the LORT FOTR "Black Speach" from the Council section of the movie. You will hear every speaker you have work and work well its like doing the shound test.

To show off your subwoofer use Blue Crush.

dgc

atari2600

how do i impress my friends? i show them that i can lick my elbow.

garolo

The girls must go wild for you!

pro-bassoonist

I have a HUGE........collection!

Johnny Zhivago

I don't have many friends over that need to be impressed, most have their own HT setup. But, if they want to "hear" my HT, I'll most likely toss in a DVD-A or three... For a movie audio demo, the DTS tracks on FOTR EE, X-Men 1.5 and Das Boot Superbit are pretty nice.

dvd2001

By tying it in a knot.

pro-bassoonist

DVDho78DTS

I just tried. Not even close.

atari2600

of course!






(women dig huge elbows)

spartanstew

Since none of my friends or family members have a home theater system and they all live out of state, whenever someone visits for the first time, they always want to check out my system. I always show two scenes:

1. Pod Race
2. Depth Charges from U-571

Those two scenes show off just about everything.



Stew

Rypro 525

by showing them 2 scene's from irreversible

harpo787

Now THAT'S just WRONG.

I've not got much of a tv, so there's no visual to show off (I think it's either a 19 or 21 inch screen...thing must be more than 10 years old now), but it works fine for me.

In regards to audio show off of use of surround sound etc., I love using Daredevil. The whole movie uses the surround well, specifically chapter 4 "The Accident"() and chapter 8 "Blind Justice" ().

I'm afraid of watching any other flicks having them not compare to this use of surround, but I've written down a few of these suggestions and plan on checking them out.

Oh yeah...gotta show my newb-ness to HT, what is LFE? Also, what's 6.1 involve? Six speakers?

lizard

6.1 is six speakers plus the subwoofer. The extra speaker is a rear center. I believe "LFE" refers to the "low frequency effects" channel that is usually routed to the subwoofer.

To demonstrate my system for visitors I have been known to use the pod race from Star Wars Episode I, and the opening to The Fellowship of the Ring. For sound, DTS and THX trailers are fun (especially that cow one on Monsters, Inc.).

I have found that an entertaining way to play a movie for friends is to put together a program of trailers and shorts (like For the Birds, from Monsters, Inc.) before the main feature. That was a big hit the last time I tried it. (I do wish that more movies had quality trailers though, many are scratchy things and not anamorphic. Trailers to older movies tend to just be bad.) My next such program will include the cartoon Carrotblanca from the SE of Casablanca.

My DVD player has a postition memory feature that allows me to record a starting point on five DVDs so I can often (but not always, some DVDs have this feature disabled) go directly to the trailer or short feature.

SteveL

I don't go out of my way to show off our modest HT setup, but if someone asks "so does good sound really add that much to watching a movie?", I like to play the turbulence scene in Castaway (when the airplane's bathroom door blows off while Tom Hanks is quietly examining a sore finger). Most people visibly jump when that happens.

Rypro 525

might want to put spr, the first 20 min, non stop sub and surround action. (be sure to get the dts version.)

Rypro 525

another great scene to put in is the big car crah in final destination 2.

dgc

I burn a stack of unopened Salo Criterions.

kedalto1

my friends already think im lame enough for blowing so much money on them

New Friends. Now.

Roy Batty

Generally, I rely on my superior wit and intelligence. When those fail me, I break out Jurrasic Park and cranck up the DTS.

DemonDan

I try not to impress my friends with any HT or dvds, because then they'd want to be over here all the time.