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Saving Private Ryan
Special Limited Edition
DreamWorks
(Audio: DTS® & Dolby Digital® 5.1)
5 Academy Awards:
Best Picture
Best Director - Steven Spielberg
Golden Globe Awards:
Best Picture (Drama)
RM125
Tested once, but in New Condition.
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Reviews:
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"DTS versions of Saving Private Ryan are sonic spectaculars."
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"Surround sound gems." - Area 450
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"Reference grade DVD." - Home Theater & Sound
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Saving Private Ryan in DTS® a reference quality DVD.
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In the last great invasion, of the last great war, the greatest danger for eight men... was saving one.
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One of the greatest surround mixes ever, this boasts jaw-dropping complexity of effects:
the fury of the opening sequence is as visceral listening experience as any in cinema history. Power, steering effects and sheer scale blend to make the experience almost shattering in its impact. Another Gary Rydstrom surround mix, another Oscar-winner (1999), and boy, was it well earned.
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The Lord Of The RingsThe Fellowship Of The Ring
- Widescreen Edition -
2-Disc Set
(Audio: Dolby Digital® 5.1 Surround EX film)
Winner of 4 Academy Awards:
Best Cinematography
Original Score
Visual Effects
Makeup
RM115
Tested once, but in New Condition.
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Reviews:
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"Superb, reference quality disc." - Area 450
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"An extremely active Dolby Digital 5.1 EX sound field." - the digitalbits
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The best, films of 2001 - Nominated Best Picture: Academy Awards 2002
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"The disc contains the following WSR-Rated:
Superb Cinematography;
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality;
Superb Music Score Recording Quality;
Superb Special Visual Effects Quality."
- The Ultimate Widescreen DVD Movie Guide.
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Only the movie would be worth the money, but there's a second disc, full of special features that look great! Buy the widescreen edition, not the fullscreen one, because when the movie is formatted to fit in your TV screen, many images and details are lost. And it would be a crime to lose "The Lord of the Rings" details!!
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Rush Hour 2
Special Edition
Infini Film - New Line Home Entertainment
features:
Widescreen version of film with
5.1 Dolby Digital® surround EX & DTS®-ES Discreet 6.1 surround Sound.
RM118
Tested once, but in New Condition.
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Review:
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What a riot! This sequel to Jackie Chan's original adds more fun, more action and more laughs. Chris Tucker steals the show in a highly enjoyable romp following a gangster ring from Hong Kong to America.
The fight scenes are in true Jackie Chan fashion but keep you glued to the screen as the choreography is utterly superb! Viewed on the big screen the action sequences are amazing, whilst the sound is tremendous, with the explosions thumping through every bone in your body.
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Heartily reccomended!
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Billy Bob Thornton
Man Who Wasn't There
Widescreen Version
(Audio: Dolby Digital® 5.1)
RM115
New set, never played/tested before.
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Review:
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"'The man who wasn't there' is one of the best films yet from the Coen brothers." - Richard Roeper
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The Coen Brothers are back with a dark and twisted film noir unlike anything you've ever seen. Set in a small 1949 California town, this is the story of a seemingly simple barber, who turns to blackmail and revenge to escape his achingly dull life. But in the tradition of classic noir, nothing goes as planned and nothing is as it seems. And as the barber's plot unravels, the delicious surprises, stunning revelations and just plain strange occurrences will disturb and delight you long after the film has ended.
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Russell Crowe
A Beautiful Mind
The Two-Disc Awards Edition
(Audio: Dolby Digital® 5.1)
2-Discs Special Features Hosted By Academy Award Winners
Ron Howard and Brian Grazer
4 Academy Awards:
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Score
Best Supporting Actress
RM115
Tested once, but in New Condition.
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Review:
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"A beautiful mystery." - Newsweek
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Winner of 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture, A Beautiful Mind is directed by Academy Award winner Ron Howard and produced by his long-time partner, Academy Award winner Brian Grazer.
A Beautiful Mind stars Russell Crowe in an astonishing performance as brilliant mathematician John Nash, on the brink of international acclaim when he becomes entangled in mysterious conspiracy. Now, only his devoted wife (Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly) can help him in this powerful story of courage, passion and triumph.
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Russell Crowe
Gladiator
Signature Selection
(Audio: DTS® ES 6.1 Discrete Surround Sound)
2-Disc Set 4 hours of bonus features!
5 Academy Award Winners:
Best Picture
Best Actor (Russell Crowe)
Best Costume Design
Best Sound
Best Effects
RM125
Tested, but in New Condition.
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Reviews:
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"Reference-Grade DVDs." - Hometheatersound
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"The Ultimate test for home-theater sound, simply stunning musical score."
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"Dazzling! Spectacular!" - Newsweek
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"A Colossus of rousing action!" - Rolling Stone
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"A true epic, in a truly epic pakage. The commentary is the best around."
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The General who became a Slave.
The Slave who became a Gladiator.
The Gladiator who defied an Empire.
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The biggest-selling DVD in Britain, its says here, and it's not hard to see why: Gladiator oozes quality, from the beauty of the camerawork to the lavish attention to detail on the disc itself. The glorious cinemascope picture, with anamorphic enhancement, boasts some truly wonderful colours, while the 2001 Oscar-winning audio is plain exhilarating.
Choose from Dolby Digital® Surround EX or DTS®-ES 6.1 Discrete Surround Sound.
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Best Worldwide DVD release:
No.1 - Gladiator
No.2 - Ultimate Toy Story Box Set
No.3 - Fight Club
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Matthew McConaughey
U-571
Collector's Edition
Universal Picture
(Audio: DTS® 5.1 & Dolby Digital® 5.1)
Reference-Grade DVD
Academy Awards:
Best Sound Editing
RM98
Tested, but in New Condition.
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Reviews:
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"Reference-Grade DVD." - Home Theater & Sound
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"U-571 - earthshaking bass, great subwoofer demo."
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"Its explosive effects are some of the very best."
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"Gripping from the beginning to end!" - Larry King, USA Today.
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"(5-Star) Edge of your seat suspense!" - NBC TV
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"Thrilling! Excitingly taut and kinetic!" - Entertainment Weekly
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Hometheatersound by Jeff Van Dyne
U-571 - In particular, I use chapters 15 through 17. On the audio side, this is a great test for creating a three-dimensional soundfield with pinpoint placement of creaks, groans and other background noises from the submarine. All the depth-charge explosions make for a good test of dynamics and bass definition too.
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By Jeff Fritz
U-571 - The DTS® version of U-571 provides reference quality audio in several areas. The combination of subtle sounds, such as the water dripping from the exposed pipes in the submarine, will test the ability of your system to communicate details, while dialogue and other primary sounds are in the forefront of the surround mix.
The use of split surrounds will test your setup with respect to your surround speakers. Can you hear the soundtrack as a 360-degree soundfield?
Dynamics are also on display in great measure. The depth-charge blasts throughout the movie will test your system's ability to reproduce both the low-frequency shock waves and the high-frequency water/shrapnel combinations. These scenes in particular are difficult for a subwoofer that is not capable of keeping up with the start-on-a-dime bomb blasts. This type of scene is much more difficult for subwoofers than a simple rumble here or there.
It needs to punch through the air and into your chest to sound realistic. U-571 is a hard-hitting soundtrack that will test even the best systems. It does not have a great music but its explosive effects are some of the very best.
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U-571 - Collector's Edition
The movie is thrilling, and it gets better with the surround sound provided by the DVD (you can choose between DTS® and Dolby®, but hey are all the same!). The extras have many infos about the production, about the real Second World War and about the Enigma. Really fascinating!
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Tom Cruise
M:I-2
Widescreen Collection
(Audio: Dolby Digital® 5.1)
Recommended Movie by Dolby Digital® for Dolby 5.1 sound quality
Reference-Grade DVD
RM98
Tested, but in New Condition.
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Review:
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"Reference-Grade DVD." - Home Theater & Sound
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Recommended Dolby Digital® 5.1 Titles
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"Mission: Impossible 2 - This is an extraordinary sonic delight, and one of the best Dolby Digital soundtracks. The surround effects take this movie over the top."
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"Sounds that simply stun the senses. M:I-2 is a the top of the heap all around."
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Home Theater & Sound
Mission: Impossible 2 - This is an extraordinary sonic delight, and one of the best Dolby Digital® soundtracks I've heard. The musical score by Hans Zimmer is expertly mixed with 5.1 effects to create a virtual cornucopia of sounds that simply stun the senses. As much as I like the Gladiator music track, which is even better than the M:I-2 composition, the surround effects take this movie over the top.
To get a truly winning combination, you must have excellent use of the surrounds, clear, rich dialog, and amusical score that balances evenly with dynamic surround effects. It is precisely this balance of musical score and effects that creats the magic. The movie is truly enhanced and the mood is set with the soundtrack. I did not find myself focusing on the sound, but enjoying the ride director John Woo offers.
Only after reflecting and watching the movie again did I realize how remarkable the audio really is.
The sound of this disc is never harsh, which allows you to use a volume level that lets the dynamic sequences come to life, but not at the expense of your ears. Even though U-571 is a reference in some specific areas, M:I-2 is at the top of the heap all around.
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