Now this is Home Theatre!

I seem to remember that someone already pointed this out in another thread...! Still impressive though But I'm more into simple systems. I'm still enoying my movies in old-fashioned stereo

Do you think he has somebody walk around supplying Kia-Ora and FAB's from a tray ?

Can you imagine cleaning dust in this room?!?

Sorry if this is a dupe but I just saw it. Thing is, I'm really impressed with the size of his record collection (and that model of the Nautilus).

$6m spent and they end up watching a cartoon?

I guess the cartoon sounds pretty good

I'm guessing it looks even better. Ratatouille is a blisteringly well rendered cartoon. Now I need to see Bolt, preferably in one o' dem 3-dee theyaters...

The biggest joke is the software source quality is still pretty mediocre ie your average film soundtrack on DVD or Blue Ray.

regards,
mat

I concur with Frank on the visual quality of Ratatouille. I think it makes a legitimate claim to being the "best looking" film of all time. OK, admittedly it is a little difficult (impossible?) to compare CGI and live footage but it is almost certainly the best in its technical genre.

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Originally posted by winkyincanada:
I concur with Frank on the visual quality of Ratatouille.

i never could wrap my head around rats in a restaurant being a good thing.

Ahh. Yes, well there is that of course....

I was looking at his wife...looks like she hasn't had a tube rolling session since he got the rig. And 16 sub woofers?

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Originally posted by mjamrob:
The biggest joke is the software source quality is still pretty mediocre ie your average film soundtrack on DVD or Blue Ray.
mat

Mat, do you mean that movies soundtrack are usually crappy or that Blu-Ray sounds mediocre?

Certainly, early blu-ray releases weren't much better than the equivalent DVD releases from a sonic point of view. The streams going to our newfangled hires-capable AV receivers were just 48khz versions of the DVD streams so still compressed. But the newer BD releases are having serious work done on their audio components and definitely proving to be better.

You gotta love that model of the Nautilus though....want one!

Looooooooooove the Nautilus!

You need to see WallE, just builds on the qualities of the rat film.

Loved Wall-E, but I think the visuals in the Rat Flick are actually better. Both are really pixel-perfect, so I'm splitting hairs (or antennae) here.

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Mat, do you mean that movies soundtrack are usually crappy or that Blu-Ray sounds mediocre?

By 'film soundtrack' I mean that generally there is never the intention in the first place to produce anything that you need an ultra high resolution audio system to appreciate; instead comprising an impure concoction of music, sound effects, and dialogue recordings.

regards,
mat

Well, I watched Pitch Black on DVD-HD a few days ago and can definitely not agree with you on that! So much little details everywhere to be heard, great dynamic and so on... The same goes with Harry Potter (on DVD-HD too). Just my opinion of course

So how does all this kit work.
I cannot see a wire, cable or socket in site.
Let alone a remote control.

At least my Blu-Ray player is better than his!!

And I also think just the screen should be visible as attention goes away from the illusion!

Jon

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Originally posted by mjamrob:

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Mat, do you mean that movies soundtrack are usually crappy or that Blu-Ray sounds mediocre?

By 'film soundtrack' I mean that generally there is never the intention in the first place to produce anything that you need an ultra high resolution audio system to appreciate; instead comprising an impure concoction of music, sound effects, and dialogue recordings.

regards,
mat

Mat, with the advent of bluray and the higher importance of the DVD market that's changing. Apparently, the soundtrack to Casino Royale was revitalised and reworked significantly in between the film's release and its bluray release. The editor (?) was quoted as saying that in a movie it didn't really matter much since audiences would be wowed the one or two times they went to see the movie in the cinema, whereas DVDs and BDs get replayed many times and so the soundtrack has to be much better.

Hi Frank,

I certainly take your point, I suppose my comments were made in relation to the way I listen to music in my own system, and the way I'm sure most Naim owners listen to music on their systems having invested a lot of money for the sake of enjoying music - the same incentive is not there for me with film soundtrack. If I really liked a piece of film soundtrack music I would try and get it on vinyl or CD and listen to it that way to fully appreciate it. Koyaanisqatsi comes to mind.

I love film, but for me the visuals rule and I use a nice little projector with 2 channel audio going through my main system, and as long as the sound comes across I'm not that bothered about hearing ultra detail in the soundtrack. Having said that Isobariks can do an awesome job with explosions .
A lot of my favourite films have shite quality soundtracks but they convey the message perfectly well.

regards,
mat

If this is the 'poster-boy-and-his-weapon-of-choice', it's little wonder the hifi industry is in such a state, and people run to Bose and B&O...