Contest: Win The Ultimate Dolby Surround Sound Gaming Package!
Warning: Exotic life forms are surrounding you! James Cameron’s Avatar delivers next generation special effects, resulting in a fully immersing cinematic experience of a new kind with Dolby 3D and Dolby Digital Surround Sound.
Ubisoft’s recent release of James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game expands upon the story line of the movie and delivers stunning surround sound with the help of Dolby. Great surround sound makes the moment. It can energize, amaze and totally immerse you whether you’re watching the latest blockbuster or engaging in combat on Pandora.
Now we’re giving you a chance to experience total immersion yourself by winning the Ultimate Dolby Surround Sound Gaming Package, including a Sony PS3 120g (a $299 value), a Tritton AX720 Dolby Surround Sound Gaming Headset (a $199 value) and a copy of James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game for PS3 (a $49 value), adding up to $550 worth of gaming greatness!
For your chance to win, just hit up the comments section in this post and answer the following question: What is your most memorable experience where great sound brought out the realism, excitement and emotion of a movie or a video game?
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The last Lord of the Rings movie during the battle, I was kind of young, but the experience has lasted in my memory. It was very powerful and realistic with the sounds of war surrounding me.
my most memorable sound related moment was beauty and the beast…even as a little girl, the swelling of the music during the ballroom scene made me sigh! ah, love :)
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When I first saw star wars episode 4. You heard the huge ship roar behind you as it came into the scene. It was amazing. I got shivers down my back from that experience.
Playing Uncharted 2 on Playstation 3 with surround sound maxed and fighting the helicopter. Simply amazing.
The first time I realized how much of a difference sound quality could make to the experience was my dad demoing T2: Judgement day on his shiny new laserdisc player for all the neighbors. I was 8 years old and Avatar was just a glimmer in Jim Cameron’s eye. I’ve seen T2 probably a dozen times, but the motorcycle/dirt bike/truck chase at least twice as many. From the sounds of the 3 different engines, the bikes whizzing through puddles, the juggernaut truck banging through concrete barriers, Arnie c*cking and firing the shotgun with 1 hand, and the ultimate explosion of the truck, it’s an intense action scene heightened by a barrage of Dolby 5.1 audio.
Watching my friend play Heavenly Sword on his PS3, on his 65-inch TV with his 5.1 dolby surround system. I hadn’t gotten that sucked into a game since then, because I’ve been playing Wii on a 22-inch TV without any sound system.
Need to see avatar again…..
The Call of Duty Modern Warfare was the game that touched my heart its ending was so emotional and felt that as if i was inside that game. Its visual and sound effect was awesome and incredible.
The Start of Star Wars Episode 3, After the title Scroll….feeling John Williams drums, Vibrate the whole Cinema, Feeling the Jedi Starfighters fly right over the top of my head, and diving into one of the most amazing CGI scenes ever, with the most amazing sound ever. EPIC!! (John Williams Music brings anything to life)
during the more quiet scenes of Avatar… the little forest noises made me turn my head cuz I thought there was something next to me.
I’d have to say it was the Lord of the Rings trilogy, especially the battle of Helm’s Deep.
One of so many favorites of John Williams, the “Theme from Jurassic Park” is one of the greatest themes ever created. It is the reason this soundtrack warrants a look by anyone. The rest is great at times, mostly serene, great music for the awe and childlike wonder that dinosaurs inspire, with moments where the intensity picks up when to movie moves from adventure to horror. Id say that this is perhaps some the finest work John has managed to do, it captures the mood and the feeling of the movie so well, a great score to one of the greatest movies ever. When I think memorable sound from any movie, Jurassic Park always comes to mind.
the time when jason becomes the avatar was very memorable because it was showing how much he wanted hs legs to walk
Titanic sounds really added to the picture.
Watching Avatar. The whole experience was intense. The RealD 3D combined with the amazing sound was amazing. It brought the characters and story to life.
Avatar has changed my life, as such it is the perfect example of where sound blended perfectly with realistic CGI representation. I’ve seen the movie over ten times in 3D and will continue to see it as often as possible. My sadness comes from the inability to see it in 3D once it leaves theaters, and, experience the immersion of surround sound. Nothing has ever been so beautiful. I can only hope this is a testament of the future, and not a fluke of the past.
No matter how often I see Avatar, I always find tears springing to my eyes during Neytiri’s first flight on her ikran, the music sweeps you into the moment even as the creatures wings sweep into the sky. I’m very touchy and picky about my soundtracks. It’s easy to ruin an entire mood if the music is off. Horner did an amazing job, he always does, I appreciate his ability to create sweeping scores that fit the emotion of a moment. Another impressive scene that really drew you in with sound was when Hometree fell; you could hear the great tree branches splintering and cracking all around you in the theater. It made my heart race. 3D sound is meant to put you into the scene, move you emotionally. Avatar was able to draw me in like no movie has before.
pretty much anything is better with surround sound :)
Avatar for sure.
the scene where their home tree is being destroyed. It was so moving and tragic.
i had so many goosebumps!
Playing Resident Evil on the PS1 when the scary dogs burst through the windows got my hear pumping!
Across the Universe was something i’ve seen in the past that’s realism was illuminated with the dolby sound system. What it does, it dissolves the present and throws you into the reality – the decade that it is presenting to you. Suddenly, I felt like the events happening in the film, were happening around me. It’s an interesting experience and it’s one that the director in a film tries to reach out to you.
Playing Halo (the first one) and experiencing such an intense feeling of anxiety that I had to remind myself that it was just a video game.
I’ll try not to say Avatar, even though it was definitely one of the most amazing movie-going experiences with the surround sound, 3D, and IMAX. But, another big one would be Michael Jackson’s This Is It. Never being a big fan myself, the sounds and visuals incorporated into the movie really made the music sound wonderful. Fabulous movie! Thanks to the magic of Dolby.
avatar is the best ….the excitement while the battle going on in movie, emotional touch and amazing visuals, incredible action, cool 3D effects and best sound.
When i was watching Gran Tarino in the movie theatres the sound was amazing and not nearly as legit as it was when i saw it in my house, it was actually absolutley BORING without the sound. When he gets shot at the end you could hear the music and the gun shots getting louder and louder and it felt as if you were there actually listening to it, breathing the characters air. Honestly sound is the most important thing i mean sure the visual effect are too but its been the most epic in the movie theaters. You can hear every detailed sound from characters doing the most simple things such as eating,typing, walking or even getting shot like in Gran Tarino. It brings the action alive and makes you’re adrenaline rush and you’re heart pump. Oh lastly in Jennifer’s Body when she was eating the chicken from the fridge it brought raw emotion and was really disgusting but kind of cool at the same time because the sound was so clear almost as if you were there.
Jurassic Park 3 I believe it was. Were in in the theater and my grandpa was wearing his cowboy hat (He never takes it off). There was a scene where the T-Rex screamed and blew the actors hat off and at the very same time, my grandfathers hat went flying into the row behind us. It was epic.
well, I’d have to say when I first watched war of the worlds with surround sound it was great. I know it isn’t the best movie, lol, but it really did bring out more excitement in the movie with the surround sound being on. it was great and it scared the crap out of me and friends even more than it did when we watched it normally =P
Planet Earth is like Planet Pandorra very special. We have to feel one with it, to feel the need to protect it. I saw the Blu-ray Earth, at a friend’s home, about al the beautiful creatures this planet offers. It’s unique to hear, in surround, the part of the bird sounds in the woods. With the perfect sound around me, I felt one with nature, just like the character in Avatar. It’s worth fighting for!