Avatar, Interstellar, The Rolling Stones and Breakfast at Tiffanys: I took a look at the Blu-ray reference library used by the worlds biggest AVR maker to develop its home theater gear

Date:
Wed, 17 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0000

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From Avatar to The Creator to Bon Jovi to uh, Pixels. Twice. These are the
130 movies and concert films on the shelves of a 9.4.6-channel Dolby Atmos test room.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter I recently visited the Japanese factory where Denon and Marantz make the hi-fi and home theater gear, and the best part of the seeing the facility was getting a demo of the reference home theater listening there, with its 9.4.6 channels of Dolby Atmos sound delivered via $250k of Bowers & Wilkins speaker .

While snooping around the room, the shelving in the corner that houses their disc library naturally caught my eye. Marantz's engineers had already told me that they consider Gravity to be one of the ultimate stress tests for AVRs (you can read why in the piece I linked above), but what else do they keep on hand for testing AV receivers and other gear? I wanted to make a list to
share with the many 4K Blu-ray and home theater enthusiasts out there,
looking for fresh demo disc ideas but given that we had limited time in the room and a major portion of the movies are in Japanese, I took a few photos
of the shelves, and came back home to analyze them. Latest Videos From Watch full video here:

The list is below, and it's in two sections: movies, and concert discs. I excluded anything that isn't a Blu-ray or 4K Blu-ray the shelves were obviously also full of CDs and SACDs (and a few DVDs).

It's not an exhaustive list: I used Google Gemini to help me translate Japanese titles that I couldn't discern myself anyway (I did not need help identifying which disc was Mad Max: Fury Road , naturally), and sometimes its translations were either vague or otherwise uncertain, so I didn't include those titles unless I could verify them another way. And also, I probably missed some because this whole exercise made me go a little stir-crazy. You may like I heard a reference 9.4.6-channel Dolby Atmos home theater system, and now I can't go back Here are the 4 new 4K Blu-rays I'm most excited to test in June 2026 The best 4K Blu-ray players: Ultra HD marvels chosen by our experts

So if you want to see the shelves and comb through yourself, here they are but my written-out list is just below. Image 1 of 4 Click the icon in the bottom-right corner if you want to see the image bigger (Image credit:
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image bigger (Image credit: Future) Click the icon in the bottom-right corner if you want to see the image bigger (Image credit: Future) Click the icon in the bottom-right corner if you want to see the image bigger (Image credit: Future) The list is inevitable in places Blade Runner 2049 and 1917 are obvious inclusions, and two versions of Interstellar is the normal number of versions of Interstellar to own, in my opinion but it was also really interesting and surprising in places. Get daily insight, inspiration and
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I loved seeing Bridge of Spies in there; I didn't expect Hairspray (2007),
but it makes a ton of sense; I'm very curious what makes Taxi 3 specifically
a good disc to have; it absolutely rocks that they have RRR , and I can't recommend it enough for your own library; and in contrast to Interstellar , I really don't think anyone needs two copies of Pixels

The music side includes a fun mix of jazz sets, classical music, movie music and huge stadium events and with a very healthy dose of metal. Movies 1917 2001: A Space Odyssey 28 Years Later 9 (Nine) A Clockwork Orange A Complete Unknown A Star is Born (2018) Akira Alien Romulus American Made American Sniper Apocalypse Now Apollo 13 Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Argo Avatar Back to the Future Trilogy Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Battleship Birdman Black Rain Blade Runner Blade Runner 2049 Blue Giant Bohemian Rhapsody Breakfast at Tiffany's Bridge of Spies Burlesque Casino Royale Chicago Civil War Crimson Peak Deadpool & Wolverine Donnie Brasco Dr Strange and the Multiverse of Madness Dune (2021) Dune: Part Two E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Ford v Ferrari Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Get On Up Ghost in the Shell Ghostbusters (2016) Gladiator II Godzilla vs. Kong Gran Turismo Gravity Green Book Hairspray (2007) Harry Potter and
the Deathly Hallows Part I Hidden Figures The Huntsman: Winter's War I, Frankenstein Inception Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures [Doesn't
include Dial of Destiny] Inside Llewyn Davis Interstellar It: Chapter One
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Jason Bourne John Wick Joker: Folie Deux
Jumanji: The Next Level Lucy Mad Max: Fury Road Man of Steel Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation Mission: Impossible III Moana 2 No Country for Old Men No Time to Die Nope Oblivion Oppenheimer Pacific Rim Pacific Rim: Uprising Paris, Texas Pixels Pokmon: The Movie Quantum of Solace Red Tails Rocketman Rogue One: A Star Wars Story RRR Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends Seven (Se7en) Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Sinners Sisu Skyfall Solo: A Star Wars Story
Spectre Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Spider-Man: Far From Home Spider-Man: Homecoming Star Trek Beyond Star Trek Into Darkness Star Wars:
The Force Awakens Superman (2025) The Legend of Tarzan Taxi 3 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tenet The Batman (2022) The Cell The Creator The Expendables 3 The First Slam Dunk The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Greatest Showman The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 The Phantom of the Opera The Shallows The
Sky Crawlers The Super Mario Bros. Movie Top Gun Top Gun: Maverick Transcendence Transformers: Age of Extinction Transformers: Rise of the
Beasts Twisters Unbroken Venom: The Last Dance West Side Story (2021) Wonder Woman X-Men: First Class Yowamushi Pedal Music and concerts Adele: Live at
the Royal Albert Hall Ado Special Live Babymetal: Live at Tokyo Dome
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7: Wiener Philharmoniker Berliner
Philhamoniker: The Asia Tour Billy Joel Live at Shea Statdium Black Sabbath: The End Bob James Trio: Feel Like Making Live Bob Marley and the Walers
Legend Bon Jovi Live at Madison Square Garden Chihiro Yamanaka: Somethin'
Blue Quintet Live at Blue Note Tokyo Chris Botti: Live in Boston David Gilmour: Live at Pompeii George Mccrae - Love Hans Zimmer: Live in Prague Harvie S Trio: Too Late Now Hit Man David Foster & Friends Joe Bonasmassa
Live at the Greek Theatre John Mayer: Any Given Thursday John Mayer: Where
the Light Is John Williams in Tokyo KISS Rocks Vegas Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same Megadeth: Countdown to Extinction Metallica: Quebec Magnetic Michael Jackson: This Is It Misia: Soul Quest World Tour MR. BIG The Big Finish Live MTV Unplugged ayaka Norah Jones: Live at Ronnie Scott's Pat Metheny Group: The Way Up - Live Pat Metheny: The Orchestrion Project Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii Prince Sign o' the Times Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid Quincy Jones: The 75th Birthday Celebration Roger Waters: The Wall Rolling Stones: Shine a Light Scorpions: Live in 3D Shogo Hamada: On The Road 2015-2016 Steve Vai: Live at the Astoria Sting: Live at the Olympia Paris Take Me to the River The Beatles: 1 The Beatles: Get Back The Great Jazz Trio Hank Jones The Legend of Jazz: Live at Blue Note Tokyo The Last Waltz The Rolling Stones: Hyde Park Live 1969 Tony Bennett: An American Classic Toto: Live in Poland Vienna Philharmonic: New Year's Concerts 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 Thinking of buying a new
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