Chris Demaree
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LOTR (region 1, widescreen) played perfectly on my well-used Toshiba sd-2200 player.
How old is your Lexicon MC-1? Some of the _very_ early THX 5.1 products might behave differently, but all the recent THX 5.1 products made during the last 3-4 years should behave as described in the table below:Espen --
Bjoern's MC-1, like mine, cannot be older than about 3 years, because the MC-1 was released in the spring/summer of 1999. It is THX Ultra certified and does not behave as you describe. Nor is it a "_very_ early" THX 5.1 product. Lexicon's first THX 5.1 product, the DD verion of the DC-1, was released in December 1996. I know, because I had one of the first units.
I have not checked the current model MC-12, but I would be very surprised if it behaved in the manner in which you describe.
Did your survey of THX products include any Lexicon processors? If not, then with all due respect, I doubt its comprehensiveness. If you can direct me to a source where THX specifies this sort of adjustment to dialnorm, please do. But the more likely explanation is that certain receiver manufacturers have decided to include an extra feature to compensate for dialnorm.
M.