"The Haunting" DTS ES (WOW!) (Merged thread) (1 Viewer)

[Adam_R]

I HAVE IT!!!!

Great demo material, laughable movie.

 

[Andy Olivera]

I can't remember what chapter it is(eleven, I think), but it's called Creeking Pipes. Right after she says "Coming, mother" it begins. I've yet to hear deeper bass than the initial blast in that sequence. You can litterally feel the waves passing through you. I remember one time when I was demoing that scene for someone, when the bass hit my cat shot out of the room. It was hilarious.

 

[Mitch Stevens]

I have heard of NO DVD yet that even comes close to the amount of bass that this DVD has throughout the entire movie. I too own this DVD, and actually enjoy watching the movie. It's an "ok" movie and is certainly not as bad as the people here are making it out to be.

I totally agree with what Andy said. You can literally feel the bass waves passing through the room. Even the opening credits have extremely deep/extremely loud bass.

 

[RobertR]

actually enjoy watching the movie.

Question for those of you who say that: Would you bother watching it without all the bass sound effects?

 

[David Judah]

If you have DTS demo disc #4 then you have the best of both worlds. You have a clip for demo that showcases the prodigious bass that is contained in the movie without having to purchase the whole thing.

DJ

 

[Christopher Cheadle]

I have a question for you all. I just bought my first DTS ES Discrete receiver (Denon 1803) and was wondering about the DTS track on the Haunting. I know that it is supposed to be discrete, but when I play it with the rear surround engaged, my receiver reads it as ES Matrix. The other odd thing about that is that all of the rest of my ES Discrete DVDs decode properly.

Been a while since this was out, but was there any word of the digital "flag" for the ES track being mislabeled? I did a search and didn't find anything.

 

[Neil Joseph]

This title is supposed to have both dts-ES matrix and dts-ES discrete capabilities. I will try to check it tonight to see if it flags correctly.

 

[Peter Overduin]

Unfortunately...the Denon 1803 cannot be 'forced' to play the discrete track, and for some reason, does not pick up the flag for this movie.

I had the 1803 and recently moved up to the 2803. Love Denon, but the inability to force it play in the discrete mode is annoying.

 

[johnbr]

Me I like the movie Great sound and great picture.I would like to see a 2 disc dvd. :b

 

[Neil Joseph]

dts-ES discrete & matrix confirmed... Yammy RX-V2300

 

[Scott Simonian]

Unfortunately...the Denon 1803 cannot be 'forced' to play the discrete track, and for some reason, does not pick up the flag for this movie.

I have the same problem with my HK525. It sucks. My HK say "DTS:Neo6".

UGH!

 

[Justin Hargis]

There were rumors of a commentary and deleted scenes, but they never made it to the DVD

The "Dolby Digital only" version has a commentary from the Director, Jan de Bont.

 

[Craig LeBlanc]

I'll definitely agree that the movie was very subpar... the video was clean...but like everyone else has said, the DTS track packs a very large punch. So far it is the only movie that has bottomed out my 142litre EBS shiva sub...

 

[Colin Jacobson]

The "Dolby Digital only" version has a commentary from the Director, Jan de Bont.

No it doesn't...

 

[Christopher Cheadle]

Thanks for the info fellas. No biggie on the sound thing as the Haunting DTS will probably be the least watched of my ES-Discrete titles. However, it is definitely annoying that the 1803 can't be forced in to discrete mode.

 

[Justin Hargis]

No it doesn't...

My bad. Thanks for the correction.
However, there are many sites, like this one, that list it as having an audio commentary. I think I read a site like this about a year ago and that audio commentary thing has just stuck in my head. If I'd have researched the "dolby digital" version better, using more technical sites, I could have given a more correct answer. Sorry for the false information. Thanks again Colin.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

However, there are many sites, like this one, that list it as having an audio commentary. I think I read a site like this about a year ago and that audio commentary thing has just stuck in my head. If I'd have researched the "dolby digital" version better, using more technical sites, I could have given a more correct answer. Sorry for the false information. Thanks again Colin.

No problem! Rotten Tomatoes and many other sites just cut and pasted the original specs, and almost four years after the DVD's release, many of them STILL have the wrong specs. For example, DVD Planet continues to list the non-existent commentary and deleted scenes. Lame!

 

[rich_d]

I know this is a reference DVD for sound. How is it as a disk.. ie how is the video, movie and are there any supplements? The reviews of this are probably a few years old I would imagine.

And what is wrong with older reviews when the DVD has not changed?
Google. Learn it, live it, love it.
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...999+dvd+review

 

[Neil Joseph]

It is interesting reading old reviews considering the quality of dvd's has increased from then till now and you notice the bar being raised. But in essence, you are correct.

 

[Ryan Tsang]

I'm a little late to the party but I finally have a real sub (Paradigm Servo-15) and damn this movie has deep bass!

I don't run it hot and EQ'ed it fairly flat (+/- 3db) and still rattles my bookcase.

I think when I get a bigger dedicated HT I'm gonna buy

another one.