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I tried the one out at Widescreen Review's reference theater. Part of the time
it was an enhancement to the story being told on the screen. Most of the time
it was a distraction and pulled my mind out of the story. That was a couple of
years ago. Maybe it's gotten better since.

Anything that distracts the audience from what's happening on the screen will
disrupt the "willing suspension of disbelief" that we all want to achieve in
our home theaters. D-Box wants their device to make the action in the movie
more realistic. For me they failed in that goal most of the time and actually
diminished my enjoyment of the movie. Your mileage may vary.

I'll never forget the first time I saw 'The Empire Strikes Back.' It was a
70mm print, with 6 magnetic track surround, in a large theater that had a huge
constant height 2.35:1 screen. In the early part of the film, there was a
scene with fighter planes flying fast and low over the rolling, snow-covered
terrain, responding to the Imperial walker attack on the power station that
maintained the force field over the rebel base. A particular part of this
flying sequence used a forward camera view from inside one of plane's cockpit.
As the plane came over a small hill, it dove down into a valley, quite close to
the snowy surface, and my stomach felt like it lifted as it does on an
amusement park ride that drops suddenly. No D-Box was engaged.

Best regards,
Alan Brown, President
CinemaQuest, Inc.
www.cinemaquestinc.com

"Advancing the art and science of electronic imaging"

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> I saw something quite interesting today at Sound
> Advice which is high end chain in the state of FL now
> owned by Tweeter. It is called a D-Box home theater.
> It is comprised of a home theater seat that has a
> motion simulator built into it. It can be controlled
> by a p.c. or with the manufacturers control system.
> The demo I saw was not up to snuff as the Ruby they
> were using had a burnt out lamp. Subsequently I was
> just tossed about with nothing to reference on the
> screen. The company has engineers that develop custom
> motion cues for current films. It has potential but
> is far from cheap. The controller sells for 3k and
> each seat is in the 6 to 7k range. The software if
> you choose to control it by that method is 800.00
> Each CD which contains motion cues for a 100 films
> sells for 250.00 Definitely for the high end of home
> theater. Here are a couple of links. One is to a
> review of the system and the other to the
> manufacturers web site. Enjoy
>
> Anthony R.
> Orlando, FL
>
> www.avrev.com/equip/dbox
>
> www.d-box.com
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Doug,

My initial impression was the same as yours, a
distraction. Having said that I attributed it to the
fact that there was nothing on the screen. I mean it
was completey blank. I will give them a week to get
the Ruby up and running and try it again. I will get
back to the list once I've had an opportunity to
properly evaluate it.

Anthony R.
Orlando, FL

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>
> I tried the one out at Widescreen Review's reference
> theater. Part of the time
> it was an enhancement to the story being told on the
> screen. Most of the time
> it was a distraction and pulled my mind out of the
> story. That was a couple of
> years ago. Maybe it's gotten better since.
>
> Anything that distracts the audience from what's
> happening on the screen will
> disrupt the "willing suspension of disbelief" that
> we all want to achieve in
> our home theaters. D-Box wants their device to make
> the action in the movie
> more realistic. For me they failed in that goal
> most of the time and actually
> diminished my enjoyment of the movie. Your mileage
> may vary.
>
> I'll never forget the first time I saw 'The Empire
> Strikes Back.' It was a
> 70mm print, with 6 magnetic track surround, in a
> large theater that had a huge
> constant height 2.35:1 screen. In the early part of
> the film, there was a
> scene with fighter planes flying fast and low over
> the rolling, snow-covered
> terrain, responding to the Imperial walker attack on
> the power station that
> maintained the force field over the rebel base. A
> particular part of this
> flying sequence used a forward camera view from
> inside one of plane's cockpit.
> As the plane came over a small hill, it dove down
> into a valley, quite close to
> the snowy surface, and my stomach felt like it
> lifted as it does on an
> amusement park ride that drops suddenly. No D-Box
> was engaged.
>
> Best regards,
> Alan Brown, President
> CinemaQuest, Inc.
> www.cinemaquestinc.com
>
> "Advancing the art and science of electronic
> imaging"
>
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> >
> >
> > I saw something quite interesting today at Sound
> > Advice which is high end chain in the state of FL
> now
> > owned by Tweeter. It is called a D-Box home
> theater.
> > It is comprised of a home theater seat that has a
> > motion simulator built into it. It can be
> controlled
> > by a p.c. or with the manufacturers control
> system.
> > The demo I saw was not up to snuff as the Ruby
> they
> > were using had a burnt out lamp. Subsequently I
> was
> > just tossed about with nothing to reference on the
> > screen. The company has engineers that develop
> custom
> > motion cues for current films. It has potential
> but
> > is far from cheap. The controller sells for 3k
> and
> > each seat is in the 6 to 7k range. The software
> if
> > you choose to control it by that method is 800.00
> > Each CD which contains motion cues for a 100 films
> > sells for 250.00 Definitely for the high end of
> home
> > theater. Here are a couple of links. One is to a
> > review of the system and the other to the
> > manufacturers web site. Enjoy
> >
> > Anthony R.
> > Orlando, FL
> >
> > www.avrev.com/equip/dbox
> >
> > www.d-box.com
> >
> >
> >
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