![]() ![]() My immediate choices are arguably obvious. Being really big on audio, I tend to stick with sequences that have the best surround sound and bass. Personally, I use a large variety of scenes from many different movies. If there’s one thing HT hobbyists with projectors love to do, it’s show off their equipment to any willing participant. I’m a little hard-pressed deciding on only one demo disc, and have been mulling over the question for a while. ![]() Cutting back and forth between two simultaneously running video inputs on Blu-ray and DVD truly shows off vast difference between standard and high definition. Every HD pessimist has been silenced upon seeing that sequence in high definition. The score-induced silence draws a strong emotional response during a wildly intense action scene. It starts off loud and chaotic, but slowly fades out until all we hear is Michael Giacchino’s iconic score while intense images flash on screen. The perfectly mixed sound (and sometimes lack of sound) is well used. You can see light reflect off the tiniest, insignificant pieces of debris – and there are thousands of them, each uniquely textured and detailed. The extraordinary detail of the special effects in that sequence is exquisite in HD. Everything about it resonates the reason why we love high definition. Just be sure you get the remastered edition, which is an order of magnitude better than the disastrous first Blu-ray released as one the format’s earliest titles. And Milla Jovovich in a dress made out of Ace bandages isn’t too hard on the eyes either. The scene’s candy-colored photography, elaborate CGI cityscapes, and whizzing surround sound make for a fantastic Blu-ray demo every time. Of course, it’s the Leeloo-jumps-off-a-building scene in ‘ The Fifth Element‘. It’s a classic chestnut, but one that never fails to please. My favorite demo is perhaps a touch obvious. They’re all about eye and ear candy, and it stands to reason that big budget sci-fi flicks often make the best use of sparkly high-definition video and slamming multi-channel audio. Demo scenes aren’t about story, dialogue or performances. You’re going to see a lot of science fiction on this list. ![]() Enois Duarte (we call him “E.”) joins us for the Roundtable. In this week’s Roundtable, we offer up some of our suggestions. As Blu-ray reviewers (most of us), and more importantly as home theater junkies like most of you, we have a battery of favorite demo scenes we like to bring out to show off our Blu-ray and home theater gear to family and friends. The random tangents we tend to stray down here in the blog aside, High-Def Digest is primarily a Blu-ray focused site. ![]()
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