Agree about Tron and the final battle of Star Trek the 2010 version.

Reconnected my surround sound ... And tested various DVDs ... Inception was good for sound effects ;-)

I love putting on Sky captain and the world of tomorrow, as well as League of extraordinary gentlemen, for the sound. I also love Tron Legacy both visually and because of Daft Punks soundtrack. Avatar is always good visually as well.

Musically I love the Jean Michel-Jarre DVD "Jarre in China", and the Eagles "Hell Freezes over" DVD. I have never heard such beautiful sound from a DVD as from these two.

All,

thought I'd update this thread after watching 'Rise of the Guardians' for the first time yesterday. There are some particularly good sequences that make great use of the surround sound & some of the voices really travel around the room!

Like all animation the colours are quite exceptional!

 

regards

Julian

 

You can't go far wrong with The Hobbit. A so-so film, but superb Blu-ray picture.

Strangely, one of the best Blu-ray's is the BBCs Sherlock. Absolutely flawless picture.

For sound quality:

Adele Live at The Albert Hall "someone like you" sounds truly fantastic and is very emotional, the far away cameras are SD though so not brilliant picture quality. 

Chris Botti: Live in Boston "shape of my heart" this is very good for demonstrating surround sound as the vocals are split very well over all the channels.

Josh Groban: Lucia Micarelli "Kashmir" this song doesnt actually feature josh groban and is just violin and orchestral but is one of the best songs I have ever heard for showing off the capability of BeoLab 5's. Play it loud, it is also very good for demonstrating black levels.

For Picture & Sound:

Red Bull: The Art of Flight. Chapter 1. I recently saw this on a £150,000 home cinema with a Runco projector and full Triad 7.2 setup and it absolutely blew me away, the picture quality is insane and the soundtrack of Deadmau5 just adds to the awesome imagery.

Enjoy!!