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Hey Lux,
I found this list on the Internet so it must be true (Googled "must have blu-ray titles"). Site is a home theater forum. He had some Oppo banners which immediately gives him credibility. Food for thought at least.
Reference Quality 'Must-Have' Blu-ray Discs
Want to see how good home theater can look and sound? Use these discs! They represent the absolute best audio and video quality that 1080p Blu-ray has to offer. Every movie collection must have a handful of these films! To make the list the disc must have a combined audio/video score of at least 9/10.
Forrest Gump Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Monsters, Inc. Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
The Negotiator Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
North by Northwest Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure Video: 5/5 Audio: 4/5
Up Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Monsters vs. Aliens Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Drag me to Hell Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
The Wizard of Oz: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Dexter: The Complete Third Season Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Braveheart Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Crank 2: High Voltage Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Let the Right One In (Magnolia) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Lost Season 1 (Buena Vista) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Coraline (Universal) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (Sony) Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Fast & Furious (Universal) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Glory (Sony) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Watchmen: Director's Cut (Warner) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Knowing (Summit) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Generation Kill (HBO) Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Miracle (Walt Disney) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
The Greatest Game Ever Played (Walt Disney) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Air Force One Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
A Bug's Life Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Seabiscuit (Universal) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Dexter: The Complete Second Season (Paramount) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) (Fox) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Sin City (Buena Vista) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
X-Men: The Last Stand (Special Edition) (Fox) Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
X2: X-Men United (Fox) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Slumdog Millionare (Fox) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Quantum of Solace (MGM) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Transporter 3 (Lionsgate) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
The Fast and the Furious Trilogy (Universal) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Bolt (Walt Disney) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Punisher: War Zone (Lionsgate) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
The Chronicles of Riddick (Universal) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Australia (Fox) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Pinocchio (1940) (Walt Disney) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Body of Lies (Warner) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Live From Abbey Road: Best Of Season One Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Paramount) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (Sony) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Dexter: The Complete First Season (Paramount) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Zodiac: Director's Cut (Paramount) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4/5
King Kong (2005) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Band of Brothers (HBO) Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Eagle Eye (Paramount) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Universal) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Baraka Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Horton Hears a Who! (2008) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Wanted (Universal) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
The Dark Knight (Warner) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Tropic Thunder (DreamWorks) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Wall-E (Walt Disney) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Kung Fu Panda (DreamWorks) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Tinker Bell (Walt Disney) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Sleeping Beauty (Walt Disney) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
The Incredible Hulk (2008) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
The Strangers (2008) (Universal) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
The Ultimate Matrix Collection (Warner) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Eastern Promises (Universal) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4/5
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Shrek the Third Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Kill Bill Vol. 2 Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Kill Bill Vol. 1 Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Iron Man (2008) (Paramount) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Transformers (2007) (Paramount) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
U-571 (Universal) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Beowulf: Director's Cut (2007) (Paramount) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Doomsday (Universal) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4/5
Vantage Point (Sony) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
The Mummy Returns (Universal) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Batman Begins (Warner) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
John Mayer: Where the Light Is (Sony BMG) Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Persepolis (Sony) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Jumper (Fox) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Rambo (Lionsgate) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Cloverfield (Paramount) Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Bee Movie (DreamWorks) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Youth Without Youth (Sony) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Saawariya (Sony) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4/5
Alien vs. Predator: Requiem (Fox) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
The 6th Day (Sony) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Ice Age (Fox) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
I, Robot (Fox) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
I Am Legend (Warner) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Enchanted (Walt Disney) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
No Country for Old Men (Walt Disney) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Shoot 'Em Up Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Live Free or Die Hard Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Ratatouille Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Cars Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Planet Earth: Complete BBC Series Video: 5/5 Audio: 3/5 (Region free) (This 4-disc collection is phenomenal!)
Blade Runner: Complete Collector's Edition Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
The Fifth Element (Remastered) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Crank Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
300 Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Spider-Man 3 Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Warner) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds: Live at Radio City Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Meet the Robinsons Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Open Season Video: 5/5 Audio: 4/5
Surf's Up Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Pan's Labyrinth Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
The Patriot (Extended Cut) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Man on Fire Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
The Rock Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Cast Away Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
The Host (Magnolia) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Chris Botti Live with Orchestra and Special Guests (Sony BMG) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Hellboy (Sony) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Primeval (Buena Vista) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Ghost Rider (Sony) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Black Snake Moan (Paramount) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4/5
From Hell (Fox) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
The Day After Tomorrow (Fox) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Black Book (Sony) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Troy: Director's Cut (Warner) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
TMNT (Warner) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Sony) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Remember the Titans (Buena Vista) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
I found this list on the Internet so it must be true (Googled "must have blu-ray titles"). Site is a home theater forum. He had some Oppo banners which immediately gives him credibility. Food for thought at least.
Reference Quality 'Must-Have' Blu-ray Discs
Want to see how good home theater can look and sound? Use these discs! They represent the absolute best audio and video quality that 1080p Blu-ray has to offer. Every movie collection must have a handful of these films! To make the list the disc must have a combined audio/video score of at least 9/10.
Forrest Gump Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Monsters, Inc. Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
The Negotiator Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
North by Northwest Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure Video: 5/5 Audio: 4/5
Up Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Monsters vs. Aliens Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Drag me to Hell Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
The Wizard of Oz: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Dexter: The Complete Third Season Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Braveheart Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Crank 2: High Voltage Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Let the Right One In (Magnolia) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Lost Season 1 (Buena Vista) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Coraline (Universal) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (Sony) Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Fast & Furious (Universal) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Glory (Sony) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Watchmen: Director's Cut (Warner) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Knowing (Summit) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Generation Kill (HBO) Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Miracle (Walt Disney) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
The Greatest Game Ever Played (Walt Disney) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Air Force One Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
A Bug's Life Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Seabiscuit (Universal) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Dexter: The Complete Second Season (Paramount) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) (Fox) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Sin City (Buena Vista) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
X-Men: The Last Stand (Special Edition) (Fox) Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
X2: X-Men United (Fox) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Slumdog Millionare (Fox) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Quantum of Solace (MGM) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Transporter 3 (Lionsgate) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
The Fast and the Furious Trilogy (Universal) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Bolt (Walt Disney) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Punisher: War Zone (Lionsgate) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
The Chronicles of Riddick (Universal) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Australia (Fox) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Pinocchio (1940) (Walt Disney) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Body of Lies (Warner) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Live From Abbey Road: Best Of Season One Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Paramount) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (Sony) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Dexter: The Complete First Season (Paramount) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Zodiac: Director's Cut (Paramount) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4/5
King Kong (2005) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Band of Brothers (HBO) Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Eagle Eye (Paramount) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Universal) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Baraka Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Horton Hears a Who! (2008) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Wanted (Universal) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
The Dark Knight (Warner) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Tropic Thunder (DreamWorks) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Wall-E (Walt Disney) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Kung Fu Panda (DreamWorks) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Tinker Bell (Walt Disney) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Sleeping Beauty (Walt Disney) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
The Incredible Hulk (2008) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
The Strangers (2008) (Universal) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
The Ultimate Matrix Collection (Warner) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Eastern Promises (Universal) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4/5
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Shrek the Third Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Kill Bill Vol. 2 Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Kill Bill Vol. 1 Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Iron Man (2008) (Paramount) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Transformers (2007) (Paramount) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
U-571 (Universal) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Beowulf: Director's Cut (2007) (Paramount) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Doomsday (Universal) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4/5
Vantage Point (Sony) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
The Mummy Returns (Universal) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Batman Begins (Warner) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
John Mayer: Where the Light Is (Sony BMG) Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Persepolis (Sony) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Jumper (Fox) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Rambo (Lionsgate) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Cloverfield (Paramount) Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Bee Movie (DreamWorks) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Youth Without Youth (Sony) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Saawariya (Sony) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4/5
Alien vs. Predator: Requiem (Fox) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
The 6th Day (Sony) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Ice Age (Fox) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
I, Robot (Fox) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
I Am Legend (Warner) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Enchanted (Walt Disney) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
No Country for Old Men (Walt Disney) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Shoot 'Em Up Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Live Free or Die Hard Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Ratatouille Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Cars Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Planet Earth: Complete BBC Series Video: 5/5 Audio: 3/5 (Region free) (This 4-disc collection is phenomenal!)
Blade Runner: Complete Collector's Edition Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
The Fifth Element (Remastered) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Crank Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
300 Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Spider-Man 3 Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Warner) Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds: Live at Radio City Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
Meet the Robinsons Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Open Season Video: 5/5 Audio: 4/5
Surf's Up Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Pan's Labyrinth Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
The Patriot (Extended Cut) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Man on Fire Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
The Rock Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith Video: 4/5 Audio: 5/5
Cast Away Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5
The Host (Magnolia) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Chris Botti Live with Orchestra and Special Guests (Sony BMG) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Hellboy (Sony) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Primeval (Buena Vista) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Ghost Rider (Sony) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Black Snake Moan (Paramount) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4/5
From Hell (Fox) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
The Day After Tomorrow (Fox) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 5/5
Black Book (Sony) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Troy: Director's Cut (Warner) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
TMNT (Warner) Video: 4.5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Sony) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
Remember the Titans (Buena Vista) Video: 5/5 Audio: 4.5/5
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