Knowledge

“Wow” your boss and your best friends and titillate potential partners with your superior selection of the best Blu-ray demo discs!

There’s nothing sexier, or more powerful than having THE KNOWLEDGE, but how do you avoid choosing a crappy video conversion or just a crappy film that doesn’t show up the wonders of full 1080p hi-definition? Why, you show ‘em following top 5, of course:

• Iron Man – Ultimate Edition (Paramount)
  Firehouse red never looked so bright, nor action scenes, and the movie quiz through BD-Live will get plenty of attention, too.
• Sleeping Beauty (Walt Disney)
  See the classic Disney film in all its splendour, and participate in an online community with a family bent (for a change).
• The Dark Knight (Warner)
  Lots of dark corners and crevices in this great movie, and only Blu-ray can let you SEE into those dark bits. Plus, you can make your own video to share with others online!
• Transformers – 2-Disc Special Edition (Paramount)
  There’s so much detail your eyes want to pop out of your head, an amazing colour palette, a oh, the sound! BD-Live can be used to stream videos, and much more.
• A Bug’s Life (Walt Disney)
  So it’s early digital animation, but Blu-ray really shows why Pixar has become such a power-house company, and the behind-the-scenes stuff is fascinating.

See Tone’s other 2 choices of the best Blu-ray discs to impress online now!

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Tips

Things to consider when setting up your surround speakers:

• Use your intuition. Speaker placement can be aided by the use of diagrams, but only YOU know what sounds good.
• Remember that the goal of speaker placement is smooth, consistent and unbroken soundstage across the front, coupled with a sense of envelopment in the ambient surround effects.
• You need to experiment, but thinking back to a great movie experience might help you visualise what you want: you know, that cinema you went to where you found the best seat in the centre of the room and you weren’t aware exactly where the sound was coming from. A sense of involvement is the main thing.
• If you have a 5.1 rig, if you are on the middle of your couch facing the TV, the centre-channel speaker should also be at 0 degrees. Your left and right main front speakers should be within a 22 to 30-degree angle to each side.

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