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Help finding good movie to break in surround sound system
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantAgrare
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I just purchased a 7.1 surround sound system and am preparing for its arrival so am looking for a good first movie to watch on it to take full advantage of the surround sound. So, of the movies in my collection, preferebly a blu-ray with a 7.1 track if possible, which would be the best movie to take advantage of the surround.

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would 6.1 sound give an equivalent great sound??  if so,, I believe the LOTR trilogy and Star  Wars saga is encoded with Dolby Digital EX and/or 6.1 Channel Surround (digital discrete: DTS-ES) for LOTRings ..
edit:  oops  not on blu ray.. yet .
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Some good suggestions here
and here.
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Have a look here, especially the reviews of the audio on disc.

A list of Blu-ray audio formats as used on various releases is here.
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Another very good recommendation can be found here
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I'm not sure you have any Blu-rays with 7.1 sound. Only a few actually use this.
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Yes there are some of those. Check out the second link in my earlier post and the link provided by goblins.
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I recommend The Incredible Hulk, one of the best sounding Blu-rays I've comes across...
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thanks for all the sites, I've skimmed the links but will need to go through them a bit more to decide what will be the first title i watch.

It looks like if I want to go 7.1 It'll have to be Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty or 3:10 to Yuma so I'll probably just go for something with 6.1 or 5.1.

I'd like to test it out\break it in with a movie that takes good advantage of the surround channels and the sub. I figure the audio quality will probably be better if I watch one of my Blu-rays (of which I unfortunatly don't really have all that many), but am considering going with a dvd if it would take better advantage of the surround and sub.

-Agrare
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thanks for all the sites, It looks like if I want to go 7.1 It'll have to be Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty or 3:10 to Yuma so I'll probably just go for something with 6.1 or 5.1.

I'd like to test it out\break it in with a movie that takes good advantage of the surround channels and the sub. but am considering going with a dvd if it would take better advantage of the surround and sub.
-Agrare

Didn't know that those old Disney flicks were recorded in 7.1 on Blu Ray?/..
Those audio tracks might be spruced up,, but to 7.1??

If you are going to go with 6.1 or 5.1  try those Digital EX titles I suggested earlier, you won't go wrong with 'action adventure' movies that have Academy Awards under their belt for Best Sound .
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