I just bought i nice home entertainment sound system and i want to hear the full effect for DTS and THX sound, (As my new receiver also supports THX). What is a good movie to show it off too?

Pearl Harbour

Brokeback Mountain

do you understand what THX is?

the audience is now deaf

watch some pornos..

Donnie Darko, just cos its an awesome movie.

Isnt thx certification just a statement that if such and such equipment is set up in such and such a way then it complies with thx standards? IE if you have a THX compatible sound system unless its set up in a room with particular features blah blah blah it isnt the "THX experience" or more plainly again utterly worthless...

oh.. but for movies with sound master and commander has a highly detailed soundtrack.

Pirates of the Carribean / Star Wars

Umm, yea pete is right there....

THX isn't a format like DTS and DD - it's a set of specifications. The settings specified by THX don't necessarily mean "good sound" or "better sound than other settings".... in fact it usually means worse sound than a system can potentially produce with more 'ideal' settings. Particularly in respect to speaker crossover and LFE cutoff settings.

read stuff here, that explains the best settings depending on your setup.

The better the speakers, the further away from THX settings the 'optimum' settings are.

Batman Begins

The first matrix has awesome sound.

8 mile on DTS and the fifth element.

Yeah THX is all about the positioning of the speakers etc.., you need like a certified THX person to check it.

Saving Private Ryan :D

THX IS the same as saying thank you

Fast and the Furious

or 2fast2furious

Personally I would watch my favourite movie, or in this case yours.

Seriously, what better way to christen the home theatre system than by watching a personal favourite.

Dragonheart has one of the most prominent surround sound scenes I have yet to witness and/or appreciate

Siggraph electronic theatre :)

just the explosion scene of swordfish :P

Top Gun

Saving Private Ryan, first scene obviously.

Terminator 2

Jurassic Park

But really, Saving Private Ryan. Try and find the new version which supports DTS.

A number of years back my father got himself a kick arse system, and was told to try either Top Gun or Star Wars to test out the sound.

Gandhi

Anything starring Charlie Chaplin.

pokemon

I cranked up my surround setup the other night when we watched King Kong, and in the action scenes it was awesome, especially the last scenes where he is getting strafed by the biplanes etc..

bridget jones' diary

asifn't

A L I E N S !

:D

although recently when a mate got his high res digital projector we went through a heap of movies just showing the full-on action sequences to test the full awesomeness of the proj's quality.

5th element

pretty woman

put it on...NOW!

just the explosion halle berry topless scene of swordfish :P

fixed that typo for ya ;P

Listen to Henry Rollins's apartment being broken into with the shotgun in Heat.

Nearly fell flat on my ass listening to that on my Brothers home theatre.