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Willow is up for pre-order in Amazon

Dick Tracy released this week. May be a good candidate for some MFX.

Also, MIB 3 codes are out.

There's probably a thread about this already but does anyone have any ideas about how to isolate the vibrations from the D-BOX from the rest of the room ?

Why do you want it isolated? It isn't just the movement, its the LFE as well. Even my seats that don't have it benefit from the reduced effect.

If you are talking about the walls, etc, then you would have the same issue with heavy bass that a D-BOX enabled theater deserves

Gotcha . It's very close to the av rack and was causing stuff to ratttle and movies were skipping . It would be easier to de-couple the rack and leave the D-BOX alone . I know what you mean Turls . The demo mode alone puts out serious vibrations

The forces that are produced by a D-Box system are very heavy. This energy has to go SOMEWHERE you indeed you are right that your house will rumble like hell when running your D-Box system. Not much you can do about it.

I think we have to give some credits to D-Box this year. They are releasing good codes and most of the time quite fast after the Blu-Ray release date. Only wish I have is that more horror/thriller movies will be coded.

I ve talked to D-Box last week about the motion code controllers. I foresee a problem with the current D-Box hardware for the future because we will likely lose digital spdif/coax more and more. Just look at the soon be released RedRay player, this does not even support spdif/coax anymore but only HDMI. D-Box has got to prepare for this new generation (4K / 48FPS) in order to keep up.

I made a new list of 3D titles that where released untill today that (in my opinion) are most worthfull to watch. Most of them are D-Box codes out for but there are a few which did not coded by D-Box and a few which there is a code for but it seems (in the D-Box list) no 3D compatible code was released for:

Titles that aready are D-Box coded:
Finding Nemo 3D
Up
Men In Black 3
Paranorman
Brave
The Amazing Spiderman
I Robot 3D
Avatar
Madagascar 3
Prometheus
The Avengers
Journey 2 The Mysterious Island
Underworld Awakenings
Happy Feet 2
The Adventures Of TinTin
Puss In Boots
Transformers Dark Of The Moon
Kung Fu Panda 2
Kung Fu Panda
The Smurfs
Bolt
Meet The Robinsons
Chickin Little
Cars 2
Toy Story 3
Toy Story 2
Toy Story
The Lion King 3D
Pirates Of The Caribbean On Stranger Tides
How To Train Your Dragon
Monsters vs Aliens
Ice Age 3
Rio
Final Destination 4
Tron Legacy
Tangled
Resident Evil Afterlife
Legend Of The Guardians
The Polar Express
A Christmass Carol
Shrek
Shrek 2
Shrek 3
Shrek 4
Alice In Wonderland 3D

Titles that are not coded yet:
Ice Age 4
Arthur Christmas
The Pirates Band Of Misfits
Wrath Of The Titans
StreetDance 2
The Darkest Hour
Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate
Beauty And The Beast 3D
Sammy's Adventures

Titles that has a 2D motion code but it seems no 3D code (could someone verify?):
Titanic 3D
Final Destination 5

I'm pretty sure Titanic 3D is coded. I'll check and get back to you.

ok, thanks

It is, I posted about it:

http://www.avsforum.com/t/793724/for-all-d-box-enthusiasts/5370#post_22398426

We recently started carrying the Dune HD Media Players and I finally had a chance to test the Dune HD Max out in the theater and D-Box over the weekend.
I had played with network media players in the past and have always been disappointed.

One of the challenges with the HTPC has always been that it will only output sound on one channel. I know some of you were using MPC and multiple sound cards to get around this issue...but I got tired of trying to make it work and wanted something that would just work right out of the box. The Dune HD Max outputs both sound and video on all available ports. This works out well for me where I'm feeding the Onkyo via HDMI and can get TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio sound, plus feed my D-Box motion platform via Coax or Toslink (which requires 5.1 to sync), plus feed my Russound Whole House Audio system via the stereo outputs. I also feed the whole house component matrix switcher via the Dune HD Max's component video outputs.

Add in it's IP (two-way) and IR control and it's really a power house. I was selecting movies from my iPad in about 5 minutes.

For anyone who is tired of dealing with the complexities and ongoing maintenance of an HTPC, the Dune HD Max is a great low price option. It's a great headacheless option to for trying to get both TrueHD / DTS-HD Master Audio and 5.1 for the D-Box.


I've posted a more thorough review in my own build thread:
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1208912/the-cinemar-home-theater-construction-thread/2520#post_22714546
Edited by mcascio - 12/17/12 at 12:08pm

Thanks for posting, this is something I have kept an eye on.

Good info, but I think it was confirmed previously that Dune works. I am still waiting to hear if Popcorn works or not for sure.

You're welcome.

I must have missed it in this thread if it was. Which isn't hard to do given the size of this thread.

I don't think anyone brought it up though when I was asking dealing with the HTPC side of things.

So probably good for it to be brought to the forefront again.

Definitely doesn't hurt. It may have been somewhere else I saw that confirmed (Dune) but not sure since there is no other good forum for D-BOX. Frustrating thing is Popcorn is still an unknown after all this time.

Sanderdvd has the Dune. He just likes the HTPC better. I knew this when I made my comment, but I love getting other's views as well.

Great weekend with a number of $% eating grins all around as friends tried out the seat . Worth every damn penny .

Never fails. I need to demo to someone one day and not tell them about D-Box. Just have them come check out the "Home Theater." Not sure how, since I already told everyone I know about it. :/

a HTPC is superior in PQ compared to the Dunes when using the ultimate HTPC combination 'MPC-HC Dboite - LAV Filters Dboite - madVR renderer'. Throw in SVP Frame Interpolation and you ve got a system that cannot be beaten (no, also not by the Oppo BDP95 )

Not sure when/if the Total Recall reboot is getting coded or not, but this is the first disc I remember in a long time I've had issues with. Audio dropouts. Workaround is supposed to be to have the player do the decoding and send PCM to the AVR. Not sure since I put up with it while watching last night and didn't do any searches to find out any workarounds. This was a Netflix rental but I think it affects retail as well.

Might cause issues with D-BOX to have the decoding done a different way than normal, not sure.

But if D-BOX has the "bad" version and is coding from it and Sony does a recall, that would potentially set them back.

FWIW, I think the reviews were a little unfair. Not a bad flick, and should have plenty of good motion coding.

We will know soon, they just added it to the upcoming list.

And to make matters worse, the package includes the D-BOX Motion Code logo. Sat down to watch this tonight and forgot not to trust the logos.

Add in it's IP (two-way) and IR control and it's really a power house. I was selecting movies from my iPad in about 5 minutes.
For anyone who is tired of dealing with the complexities and ongoing maintenance of an HTPC, the Dune HD Max is a great low price option. It's a great headacheless option to for trying to get both TrueHD / DTS-HD Master Audio and 5.1 for the D-Box.


Yes but no 3D!!! which you need to have 4D with d-box.

also no 3D.

I believe the Zappiti version of the HDI Dune has 3D support! And it is cheaper than the Max.



I have almost stopped using my HTPC since I got the Dune, it works with everything. The HTPC does everything better except that it can not output 24p correct. Is there today, any known way to make it do that?

Hope everyone had a great Christmas.

These cups showed up under the tree for the theater's front row D-Box seats.

They work great for mixed drinks and soda and prevent spills while sitting in the motion seats. Highly recommended for everyone with a D-Box.

Hello everyone. I desperately need some help. I went I turn on my 340c controller nd I executed an error message that the motion controller is not responding. Has anyone ever ad this problem? I had this happen a few months ago, but when I got Dbox on the phone, it worked fine. It almost sounds like the hard drive isn't turning on at all. Normally I can hear it turn on, but it des nothing but she the initializing screen and then the error message pops up. I have it connected to a monitor, but it doesn't seem to tell me anything different that's going on. Any ideas? Is this fixable, or am I going to have to get a new controller?

Now I know how you guys were feeling....

Waiting for Looper, Total Recall and Ice age 4 to be released on DBox so I can watch them finally!

I was in Montreal, Laval Quebec a couple months ago and ordered a second round of Fitness Equipment from Atlantis, another great Canadian company. However, it seems like most Canadian companies shut down for 2 weeks (Xmas and NY week). So are we going to have to wait until next week for Looper Codes to get posted? I was hoping to watch it for the past 2 days, but now I'm thinking its going to be next Monday...