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I've scheduled a demo of the QS8s on Saturday. The person that's coming is only interested in surround speakers for now. He also said that he's not interested in multi-channel music. I'm looking for DVD suggestions of movies that have good use of the surrounds. Here are some DVDs I'm planning to use:

Gladiator
Golden Eye
Lion King (using the new Home Theater soundtrack)
Matrix Reloaded
Star Wars: Episode I

Any other suggestions?

Horrible movie, but I really enjoyed the surround sound on it, is Lost in Space.

Let me repeat, its a HORRIBLE movie, but I really felt immersed in the sound =)

Jurassic Park III
Saving Private Ryan

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Horrible movie, but I really enjoyed the surround sound on it, is Lost in Space.

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I've seen the movie and agree that it was awful, which is why I don't own it...

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Jurassic Park III
Saving Private Ryan

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I'd considered Saving Private Ryan for the opening beach scene, so that may be a consideration.

Any particular scene in JPIII?

I thought the sound tracks on the Italian Job and the recent Dreamworks version of The Time Machine were great. If you want to be hammered by helicopter rotors, but depressed by the material, Black Hawk Down works.

Saving Ryan's Privates (yeah, I always call it that) has a scene later on in the movie when they're standing around talking in an alley. It's raining and there's water dripping from a roof behind and to your left. That scene isn't dramatic, but DAMN it sounds like you're right there with them.

I got it for free along with 4 other movies about 3 yrs ago when I bought a Sony DVD Player. I just took it out of the plastic last friday. I still have step-mom and lethal weapon 4 in the plastic too =)

The ever popular LOTR:FOTR Extended edition (DTS-ES track). The council of Elrond scene where Gandalf starts speaking in the language of Mordor is excellent. The room fills up with voices!

If you have Signs, the scene where Mel Gibson is running through the cornfields alone with a flashlight is a real showpiece for the QS8's. The sound of the cornfields rustling is really cool with the QS8's.