Posted by Andrew Rossmann on 12/24/06 15:49

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In article <982dnf7Xe8aQ3hPYnZ2dnUVZ8qq3nZ2d@pipex.net>,
david@davsarg.wanadoo.co.uk says...
> I've noticed now on the last 2 DVD players that I've had that while any
> music on a DVD movie is perfectly audible, i'm quite often left straining to
> hear the remainder of the audio, especially the dialogue! I know for sure
> that it's not the TV cos its done it with 2 different sets and besides the
> sound is fine with live broadcasts. Does anyone know why this should be and
> how could I go about fixing the problem. Just so you know, both sound and
> vision are carried through the SCART cable.

Do you have any 'stereo enhancement' type settings enabled in the TV?
I'm asssuing the SCART is only passing on a downmixed stereo analog? If
a DVD offers both 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby audio, is there a difference?

Basically, I think some downmix or other issue is causing what would be
the center channel to be suppressed. Many stereo enhancement features
work by weakening center sounds (equal volume and phase in both
channels) and enhacing differences (unequal volume and/or phase between
channels.) If the DVD player is further downmixing 5.1 into stereo,
there could be other issues with how they are doing it.

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