War Of The Worlds

[MACCA350]

Got mine for about $20 from the US and RF as well mate.......

Yeah I know I was going to order a bunch a few weeks ago in one of their sales........then decided I didn't really need 90% of them so checked out the trade thread but only a couple popped up around $25 so figured I'd just wait till it's on the shelves.........<slaps forehead> stupid JB, repeat after me "I'll never do that again"

Cheers

[betty boop]

Got mine for about $20 from the US and RF as well mate.......

Hoolie, doolie, mcgoolies :o

Thanks for dropping this one off !

WOW

No that's not the name of the movie I'm saying, but one big WOW hehe

Some tame stuff 15 min in with the lightening strikes.

The street cracking up at around 20 min is bloody amazing. And when they start zapping the streets it's god damn astounding

About 40 min in the movie and damn got to go to bed was afraid at some point was going to wake up the kids

And this is just watching it -20db vol level can imagine how crazy it would be at higher levels

Ok can't wait to get back to it tomorrow night

[Adelaideltpc]

Hoolie, doolie, mcgoolies :o

Thanks for dropping this one off !

WOW

No that's not the name of the movie I'm saying, but one big WOW hehe

Some tame stuff 15 min in with the lightening strikes.

The street cracking up at around 20 min is bloody amazing. And when they start zapping the streets it's god damn astounding

About 40 min in the movie and damn got to go to bed was afraid at some point was going to wake up the kids

And this is just watching it -20db vol level can imagine how crazy it would be at higher levels

Ok can't wait to get back to it tomorrow night

Agree! It is one of my fav audio demo discs.

[MACCA350]

What, you haven't seen it before Al

Now you know why it's one of my favorites Now I just have to wait till I have the 3808 back and have the BD version

cheers

[Ryan1503559697]

Dropped in to JB and couldn't see it so asked the assistant, she went out back and came back......... $38.99 looked at her and just laughed, she said yeah I know but it should be cheaper in a week or so.

Looks like they are trying to sting those who want it asap when they know they're overpriced

Cheers

LOL i thought the same thing when i saw it instore last week,Armageddon was a simliar price and then dropped to $19.98 so hopefully WOTW does the same as i would grab it for $20 for sure.........$15 would be better though

Edited August 9, 2010 by Ryan

[skin]

Hoolie, doolie, mcgoolies :o

Thanks for dropping this one off !

WOW

No that's not the name of the movie I'm saying, but one big WOW hehe

Some tame stuff 15 min in with the lightening strikes.

The street cracking up at around 20 min is bloody amazing. And when they start zapping the streets it's god damn astounding

About 40 min in the movie and damn got to go to bed was afraid at some point was going to wake up the kids

And this is just watching it -20db vol level can imagine how crazy it would be at higher levels

Ok can't wait to get back to it tomorrow night

You got that excited at -20db?

I watched Star Trek at 0db the other night and it was awesome. That was the first time I had gone to 0db for a whole film as I normally didn't go higher than -5db with my old AVR.

Edited August 9, 2010 by skinXBWAU

[SimonNo10]

Have to agree with you Al some really powerful bass in this movie. When I had the SVS B4+ and listened to the dvd it was incredible but just picked up the BD for the weekend gone and tried it with the Submersive and my god some of the best bass in any movie I've heard. The lighting strikes were very realistic but the bridge explosion...holy crap. As expected the tripod imerging and the slam of it's leg when it lands on the car was just amazing. It just gets better as the movie progresses and really surprises you if your not expecting it. One to demo for sure if someone has never heard HT before or just to show off your sub.

[betty boop]

What, you haven't seen it before Al

Now you know why it's one of my favorites Now I just have to wait till I have the 3808 back and have the BD version

cheers

hi macca, yeah wife refused to go to the movies to see it ! so only ever saw it on tv, which was pretty watered down I reckon in the audio department vs on the BD there. yorac did mention when leaving it behind that there was some good bass on it but a huge suprise this one for me.

[betty boop]

Have to agree with you Al some really powerful bass in this movie. When I had the SVS B4+ and listened to the dvd it was incredible but just picked up the BD for the weekend gone and tried it with the Submersive and my god some of the best bass in any movie I've heard. The lighting strikes were very realistic but the bridge explosion...holy crap. As expected the tripod imerging and the slam of it's leg when it lands on the car was just amazing. It just gets better as the movie progresses and really surprises you if your not expecting it. One to demo for sure if someone has never heard HT before or just to show off your sub.

hi simon, yeah this one definitely takes the cake ! and your right definitely does a godo job suprising you if dont expect it, looking forward to watching the rest of it tonight hehe

[ekkieTHUMP]

You got that excited at -20db?

I watched Star Trek at 0db the other night and it was awesome. That was the first time I had gone to 0db for a whole film as I normally didn't go higher than -5db with my old AVR.

I'm in trouble from next door if i go above -20db.At 0db i would expect the police to knock on the door about 10 min in

[SimonNo10]

hi simon, yeah this one definitely takes the cake ! and your right definitely does a godo job suprising you if dont expect it, looking forward to watching the rest of it tonight hehe

One of the best scenes for me was when the 3 are approaching the Hill where the army is engaging the enemy and you can hear the low bass hits as the missles strike their target then out of nowhere, 3 fighter planes fly over and if you not expecting that then it really does make you reel back in your chair. Love that scene.

[jutta]

Any difference between the USA and UK releases of WotW??

I'll have a squiz around the net tonight when I get home but a heads up would be great.

[Nevyn72]

Any difference between the USA and UK releases of WotW??

I'll have a squiz around the net tonight when I get home but a heads up would be great.

There doesn't appear to be any significant differences on spec between US and EU versions...

http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=16353

[MACCA350]

Hey guys check this out.

Comparison of the LFE channel at 00:24:38 of the DTS-DHMA(Top) from the Blu-ray, DTS(Middle) and Dolby Digital(Bottom) from the DVD

Pic

That DTS-HDMA one almost looks like a square wave anyone pop a sub yet

cheers

[betty boop]

Hey guys check this out.

Comparison of the LFE channel at 00:24:38 of the DTS-DHMA(Top) from the Blu-ray, DTS(Middle) and Dolby Digital(Bottom) from the DVD

Pic

That DTS-HDMA one almost looks like a square wave anyone pop a sub yet

cheers

definitely some awesome bass on wotw !

hehe though it more looks like artifically clipped ?

[MACCA350]

definitely some awesome bass on wotw !

hehe though it more looks like artifically clipped ?

Certainly does Al, luckily the whole track isn't that bad. In some LFE areas the HDMA waveform is improved over the DTS, ie less clipping and more fluid waveform. It seems they ran it through some processing to fix the clipping but it certainly didn't work on that particular scene it made it far worse. Even though the clip detector shows little clipping in that scene of the HDMA track, it would be by far the most dangerous on subwoofers. Subs just aren't built to replicate square waves at high volume.

It really surprised me seeing that in the track, I was skimming through and near chocked when I saw it, felt like yelling out "NOOOOOOOOO!"

Cheers

[MACCA350]

Btw the HDMA track never reaches 0dBFS, which is where digital clipping occurs, they seem to have dropped levels by 0.1dBFS. Problem is clipping is still there it's just at -0.1dBFS.

I've seen similar, TRON DTS-HDMA main channels are clipping heavily at -2.0dBFS yet the LFE channel never clips and uses the full scale(maxes out at -0.275dBFS).

Cheers

[betty boop]

Certainly does Al, luckily the whole track isn't that bad. In some LFE areas the HDMA waveform is improved over the DTS, ie less clipping and more fluid waveform. It seems they ran it through some processing to fix the clipping but it certainly didn't work on that particular scene it made it far worse. Even though the clip detector shows little clipping in that scene of the HDMA track, it would be by far the most dangerous on subwoofers. Subs just aren't built to replicate square waves at high volume.

It really surprised me seeing that in the track, I was skimming through and near chocked when I saw it, felt like yelling out "NOOOOOOOOO!"

Cheers

hi macca, yes looking at it as waveform vs the dts definitely apparent. it does look A typical clipping which is horendous for killing speakers. just usually its when amps run out of puff ! you dont expect it to come from source material

yeah good pick up. have to be carefull with that one. War of the worlds does have some awesome bass though so very tempting as demo material

[groovem]

Currently $11.49 at Amazon US.

[Eth Nick]

Recently watched this again. One of my all-time faves now. That lightning/audio as a whole!