Looking for Eye Candy DVDs to show off my new 60" HDTV

[Bunyip]

Basically, I'm looking for content that is mostly visual. In the past I've seen things like CGI animations, virtual aquariums and similar but I just went looking at my local video stores and couldn't find a THING. I've seen some pretty cool stuff on big screens at clubs too.. Where do these guys get this stuff? I'm stumped.

Anyone have any inspirations, or better yet, TITLES to suggest?

[57U]

http://www.hdtvoice.com/voice/showthread.php?t=10381

http://www.hdtvoice.com/voice/showthread.php?t=19205

http://www.hdtvoice.com/voice/showthread.php?t=9315

[Bunyip]

I'm definately not interested in theatrical movies. The DTS demo might be along that line, but I think the term I was looking for might be "Ambient Video" or something...

examples I found on Amazon.com:

Fractal Plasma Fishtank
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009OPPS4

Ambient Art
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002D1252/

Fun View TV
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006FM6GU/

The only problem is, reading the reviews of some of these things, HDTV owners were complaining about near-vhs quality. Hopefully some of you have some good suggestions.

[wifeB8]

How about the following:
http://store.galleryplayer.com/

Not sure if the Roku art pack can be played without their media player
http://www.rokulabs.com/buy/

As a side note………………You are going to need a Windows Media Player/setup if you want to display the images in true HD.

[badchad]

What about demo HD-DVD's?

I passed by the Dell TV's in the mall. The guy says: "You're watching 1080i from this High definition DVD!!!". I give him a puzzled look (obviously, HD-DVD is not yet available). He then quickly clarifies and says:

"Oh, well this is a demo encoded in 1080i; the reason it fits on a regular DVD is because it's only like 5 minutes long".

I'm definetly still a newb, but are these things available on ebay or something? I guess the question is if there is anyway possible I can get a 1080i and/or 720p signal on a conventional DVD, and play it on a conventional DVD player?

[57U]

Yes, there are several HD-DVDs available that can be played via a computer. There's also a Chinese DVD Player that'll play a few special titles.

There are some demos available for download too. You can probably record about 1 hour to a regular DVD.

[hammie]

Go to hdclips.net for true HD MPEG downloads.

-Lou

[Type_A]

These two sites have many hd+ images, makes a pretty cool screen saver as slide shows. And you can tell everyone they're real :)

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html

http://search.esa.int/queryIG.html?rf=3&se...se=Mars+Express

[kevinw]

What about demo HD-DVD's?

I passed by the Dell TV's in the mall. The guy says: "You're watching 1080i from this High definition DVD!!!". I give him a puzzled look (obviously, HD-DVD is not yet available). He then quickly clarifies and says:

"Oh, well this is a demo encoded in 1080i; the reason it fits on a regular DVD is because it's only like 5 minutes long".

I'm definetly still a newb, but are these things available on ebay or something? I guess the question is if there is anyway possible I can get a 1080i and/or 720p signal on a conventional DVD, and play it on a conventional DVD player?
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/content_provider/film/ContentShowcase.aspx

[Chris0009]

Aliens of the Deep by Disney

Verticle Limit was nice

Also at bestbuy they have a marine life CD about venemous sea life and sharks thats awsome

[jco]

Recent animated films like "The incredibles" look pretty awesome on DVD as demos. Also some of the IMAX DVDs look really good for film sourced DVDs. The digitally recorded & produced Star Wars III : ROTS is also stunning looking DVD. Good luck..