Playing tonight Unforgiven (1992) Dolby Stereo Lucasfilm Ltd THX Sound System.

Unforgiven (1992) [12531]



Picture was fine for Laserdisc not super best but just fine on the LCD video projector.

Oscar nominated Dolby mix is also just fine with clear dialouge track. Matrix mono surround has rain or crickets in the background sometimes and nice atmosphere all-around with the thunder storm effects as well as sub bass extension





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Just watched STAR WARS (1977 - 1997) special edition THX Laserdisc Six-Track Dolby Stereo Digital AC-3, split-surrounds with Dolby surround EX, JBL sound system, with Lucasfilm Ltd THX Sound System.



Didn't bother with LCD video projector tonight as I've seen STAR WARS too many times at the cinema to know what large means. So just Dolby THX listening while watching on the Sony CRT 22".






Just finished watching THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK its a son of b**ch of an awesome film that gets a galactic star rating of 100 million light-years out of 100 million light-years.















I have altered the special edition pray I don't alter it any further.













I must have watched listened to the end credits 10 times so far, and it keeps getting awesome every time.

"FLIGHT" (2012) has just landed in and doing pre-sound-flight dts Dolby SDDS JBL THX check list.










Chapter 3 crash scene monitored on THX sound system with Spectrum Lab LCR only (LFE.1 and surrounds may come later on). LFE.1 is hardly used most of the LF is carried on the LCR and split-surrounds are rarely used for as and when in the film mix but are used effectively.





















"BRACE FOR IMPACT"!!


As its a combo box I'm putting the region 1 DVD though its flight-sound tests while the bluray plays in the Sony BDP-S550 and the DVD R1 in the Pioneer DV-515 multi-region (at least 20 times) on chapters 2 and 3 and it handles just as good as the bluray dtsHDMA.













If I had wanted to watch my two favorite scenes chapter 2 and 3 I would have spent at least £600.00 at the cinema. I like how natural the Skywalker Sound mix is. plenty of rumble track that's more than enough to satisfy, me. rumbles the rocker seats.

I'm going to give FLIGHT 5 stars as chapters 2 and 3 was awesome for playing over and over for 2 hours.

Now playing RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983) Dolby Stereo Lucasfilm Ltd THX Sound System.







human dialouge pan half-left stage channel.

"Inform the Commander that, Lord Vader shuttle has arrived".

A few short vidoes

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RETURN OF THE JEDI Ewok log sandwich
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DOLBY CP500 level display "Jedi Fury"
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Side 3 CAV "Jedi fury"
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Watched Primal Fear (reminded how much I used to like Edward Norton) and Deep Rising (reminded how much I still like Famke Jansen) last night.

Deep Rising is trash, but I just love it. Excellent soundtrack too.

"THE THING" (2011) now playing in dtshdma Lucasfilm Ltd THX Sound System for the second time in row tonight and the 6th time now I've seen it and the sound gets better all the time with strange creepy things panning everywhere.





2nd showing of THE THING tonight made a few trims on the LF LCR with HP filter and lowered the HF level down a bit to boast the low end bass-mid up for that chesty THING feeling.

The stereo surrounds have a good airy feeling with hollowing wind blowing around and some vehicles panning off the LCR to surrounds or someone banging on the door on stage right that feels and sounds alarmingly realistic.

Good usage of flame-throwers kinder like THE THING (1982) and ALIEN ALIENS and ALIEN RESUSCITATION. ALIEN 3, all they had to use was s**t, no rubbers and no ice-cream. LOL

The little THINGS at 1:16:15 clicking and crawling around the surrounds as to give the sense they're clawing on wood is creepy. Makes me want to arm myself with a flame-thrower. lol

Nice again to hear some human dialouge panning on stage left at 1:20:48 "Kate". I think more films should use dialouge panning a it keeps it even more real like those 70mm Todd-AO mixes of the grand days of cinema.

I might give THE THING a 3rd showing and maybe a 4th later in the day at Fader 0.0db on the Sony D3000 as I've really gotten into THE THING (2011) since last year viewing it a few times.

I think THE THING is bothering my Sooty with strange sounds everywhere?







Creepy visual CGI and puppet effects with two faces blending together. WTF!

Ending is chilling as if anyone knows of THE THING (1982) all doesn't end with happy ending. Not sure if Kate lives at the end as it doesn't show maybe she froze or managed to get out as it might take her a few days travel by snow mobile to the nearest base camp?

The film didn't do well at the box office and was a low budget production and I can't figure why it didn't take in an easy $80 million or more gross to cover the $38 million it took to make and only scrapped in $16.9 million?


I couldn't resist THE THING and now playing for 3rd time today at 07:12 hours. Turn the Sony SDDS fader up to -10.0db. Its a short running time at 1hour 43 mins.

Nice lading of the helicopter at 0:10:15 as it appears to come down across the surrounds with a sense of height as well across the LCR at the same time.

TRAINING DAY (2001) HD-DVD Dolby Stereo Digital TrueHD EX Lucasfilm Ltd THX Sound System.





The Dolby mix with Denzel Washington ice-cold chilling voice can almost be felt as corrupt narcotics office with his new rookie partner Ethan Hawke the film has action and chilling scenes.


This film is so edgy I'm giving it a second play.

I'll probably pick that up some time on HD DVD, I've been on an HD DVD kick. I watched Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines on HD DVD last night and Chicken Run on DVD. HD DVD must be your format of choice, as I know how partial you are to Dolby and their sound formats and HD DVD's use of Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby True HD. I've got 6 coming in the mail, and they all have Dolby sound mixes.

I have the DVD region 2 and only watched it once years ago but I'm into the HD-DVD twice in one afternoon is not bad going.

Its got a rocking effects track that kicks with the gunshots even car sound effects. If you liked "Tears of the Sun" (2003) with its heavy deep end machine-gun firing you'll like "TRAINING DAY" its got some good use of dialouge panning (now and then) that rarely happens on most films today.

I might get into a third showing as its nearly near the end.

i was watching look who's talking and my vhs copy of first blood. really good movies esp first blood

Currently checking out In Good Company on HD DVD. A decent romantic comedy mixed with a heavy plot driven by the despair of corporate downsizing and the bleakness of getting older. The film is well written, and full of what I'd like to assume is the awkwardness of dating your subordinate's daughter, and forcing him to dismantle his loyal staff. The transfer, visual wise is awful though. Characters tend of look out of place when not in the foreground, and colors look muted and bland for the most part. Grain seems intact, but I can't help but assume that this HD DVD was derived from an incredibly dated DVD master. Holy hell is it awful at times. Audio wise the film isn't that active, so it seems to fit pretty well with the included Dolby Digital Plus track that's included. It's not aggressive, but the film isn't overly aggressive to begin with.

On Deadly Ground - Another Steven Seagal Laserdisc.

Next up will be Cronos or The Quick and the Dead.

well, last night i watched who framed roger rabbit.

and this morning star trek generations, then the power went out briefly.

I just watched this before watching a Laserdisc as I draw a lot of power on my sound system.
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that's pretty funny laserbite

Watched Heat (1995) [14192] with the wife. She surprised me by saying this was one of her favorites as she typically does not like violent movies.

The movie is outstanding and it was nice to revisit again after seeing it in the theater. I found the disc to be ok. The audio was very uneven, and I had to crank it up to hear the dialog and then would get blown away by the gunshots and helicoptors. The image was a tad weak but decent enough.

I watched Back to the Future: Part III (Hi Vision) on Saturday night. I should say the image quality is outstanding with saturated color and correct contrast. Hope there would be Part IV if Spielberg still loved this franchise.

i don't know, i think the movies are pretty much over and done, the tv series picked up where part 3 left off.

Good to see another Aussie around these parts. I own Back To The Future Part III on Blu-Ray and I thought it was an average transfer at best. I wonder how the Hi-Vision version stacks up agienst the Blu-Ray version. Would be very interesting to see!

well, i just watched the running man and predator.