Which one would you chose?

I would pick among:

Fifth Element, The (1997) [82406] (AC3, the car chase)
Face/Off (1997) [LV330553-WS] (AC3, the plane/car chase)
Eagles: Hell Freezes Over (1994) [ID4065GF] (DTS, Hotel California)
Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke) (1997) [TKLA-50300] (AC3, opening scene)
Etc...

What are your favorites?

Phantom Menace-Pod Race (Obvious choice I know but I've had a couple of drinks- Ill give it more, thorough thought tomorrow)
Fight Club -Whole Film (sounds awesome)
True Lies DTS- Bridge exploding scene

Hands down, the Wings of Honneamise AC-3 remaster. The sound design is marvellous, & the soundtrack from a technical perspective is excellent.

Ronin, the car Chase in Paris

dts laserdisc “Apollo 13” chapter 13, the launch!

Chapter 12 the fuel pumps carrying the fuel up the manifolds while it creaks though Saturn V over centre front then has me, looking upwards to the left surround arrays then quietens with softer like breathing sound as if the Saturn V is alive!

The gantry arms pulling away one at time as the camera moves down alongside the Saturn V again as me looking from side to side while taking in all the sound information of this memorable 1995 Oscar® winning film mix.

Right!
Very hard to top that "Ronin" car chase and no argument regarding "Fight Club"......
However I will go out on a limb and mention "Starship Troopers".....
Too many scenes to mention in both the U.S. and Japanese Releases.
One scene that really sticks out though is the countdown during the lashing sequence when Johnny receives his punishment.
The countdown fades into the background as the noise of the warship Ticonderoga (sic?) fills the room, just epic !

Another with numerous scenes of epic sound is "Aliens"...
Pick your battle sequence as they all are out of sight! and SOUND !
Better stop before I name some more ........

what about THE MATRIX... or BLADE, i must admit i love these movies on LD

"Saving Private Ryan", especially just after the opening credit until the grand landing scenes.

My two cents!

Jurassic Park DTS

The first t-rex scene up through the jeep crashing down from the tree. Very aggressive with awesome bass.

Well, I don't know about the "best" demo, but the first time I blew folks away - and myself - was I first put in the "Phantom Menace" DVD, and we listened through the first battle scene with the droids - then did the same with the LD AC-3 soundtrack. The difference was so obvious that even the non-audio/videophiles were shocked and impressed.

- Mark

perhaps a bit off-topic, but has anyone compared the phantom menace on bluray with the laserdisc ?
just curious if the LD is still a winner.

i have them both, but currently don't have the good equipment at hand to do a descent comparison

out of everything I have probably Nightmare Before Christmas DTS but I haven't watched them in awhile.

I also always pop in my copy of Phantom Menace to play the Pod Race scene. Blows my friends away.

The Haunting with Catherine Zeta jones and Liam Neeson. The banging doors and creaking pipes shudders your whole room (using a REL Stadium 3). DTS DVD
Also U571 at the beginning with the Depth charges. DTS DVD

We're talking about LDs here

Julien

Apologies for already posting....
Just have to second the "Saving Private Ryan" Beach landing sequence....
And the climax scene with the guy in the bell tower....
Your in the war with a good sound system ....
Good Call !!!

Perhaps it is because it was one of the first LDs I got, but I always go back to Cop Land - the intro and opening music over the titles. I was just blown away with the clarity and depth.

I’m not sure if I’m right but wasn’t that the last major Paramount Pictures title to be THX DOLBY AC-3? Then it all came to a bitter end sigh. Just when I was getting into it and slowly into DVD hoping DVD would die LOL I was tempted to buying it, I laid off on the PAL laserdisc as I never quite liked the picture quality on PAL.

Does the mix on the film do you think or have anyway to testing it to see if it goes lower than DVD which is about the same as Bluray it kinder stops around 30Hz for LCRS/LFE.1.

I'm gunna have to say any of my Disney animated feature AC-3 soundtracks. They may not have thunderous bass, but the ones I have utilize incredible sound design and are very immersive. Just listen to the Wildebeest stampede scene from the Lion King or Savages from Pocahontas. Hell, check out the crowd scenes in the Hunchback of Notre Dame, there's some very impressive sound design. If not those, I'm going to have to say Star Wars Episode 1, or the Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition. I've watched the action scenes from Phantom Menace on both the Blu Ray and the Laserdisc in surround, and I'm going to have to say they were comparable to each other.

Good grief I have come to this thread a bit late! Time for some catch up....

Die Hard II: Die Harder. Great on AC3, but lethal on DTS!!! From the opening traffic horns, on to the planes swooping about, to the gun-fire in practically every other scene...not to mention the sub-kicking explosions, DH2 is a sonic thrill ride.

Die Hard With A Vengeance. And speaking of explosions, the film begins with the classics "Summer In The City" to establish how life is in this city is as it should be and... KABOOM!! John McTiernan sets that trap that you fall into so easily, then catches you off guard by assaulting your ears. Combined with weapons fire of all descriptions and from all directions, the DTS mix of this is equally dangerous.

OUTBREAK! Whilst this was not the very first film that I owned on LD in AC3 (That was 'Dead Presidents' a mean AC3 mix, all in its own right.) it was the very first one that I watched. Don't forget, I was someone who missed out on LD the first time around so I was well used to (not to mention very impressed with) how DD5.1 sounded on DVDs. I though that they were fantastic! Then I put on OUTBREAK! and the difference was obvious even to me, a self confessed DVD+DD5.1 fan. This film had no space battles, practically non-existent gunfire/explosions etc to compete with the major action titles as such, but the representation of the sound-field was just so open and broad. I could tell it was different straight away. It was better, more alive.

More to come.