Posted by Kimba W. Lion on 01/25/06 15:01

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 01:26:01 -0800, Walter Traprock
<wetraprock@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I need a DVD player that plays DVDs and doesn't do it too quietly in a
>normal TV. Toshiba has a setting they call a "dialog" setting that
>makes DVDs loud enough to hear; but Toshibas are weaker at reading DVDs,
>some having too much freezing. Panasonic actually plays anything, but
>is TOO QUIET for most DVDS.

Sounds like you want dynamic range compression. The DVD players I've had
have all offered this function, under Audio in their Setup menus.

If that's not good enough, you could try a dbx audio compressor between
your DVD player and your sound system:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5855625471

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