Will.MA
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- Oct 23, 2004
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After finishing the newest title to my DVD collection (Poltergeist; it was SO MUCH FUN) I noticed myself constantly lowering and raising the volume. The quieter sections of the movie seemed too quiet and vise-versa for the louder sections. I recently upgraded to a newer receiver so I'm still experimenting with the many decoder settings, loudspeaker placement, etc.
Anyhoo, the experience reminded me of a setting I have on my budget DVD player that I've been curious about. Truly I don't know how to use nor do I have a firm understanding of its significance. In the Dolby Digital setup, there is the setting Dynamic Range Compression. It can be turned on or off, or set between in increments of 1/8.
After the movie, I checked the *DRC* and it was set to off. Might this setting impact my inability to find a comfortable volume level for viewing movies? If I had it set to say 1/2, would that compress the range between the highest and lowest points in the audio track by half?
Thanks, WMA
Anyhoo, the experience reminded me of a setting I have on my budget DVD player that I've been curious about. Truly I don't know how to use nor do I have a firm understanding of its significance. In the Dolby Digital setup, there is the setting Dynamic Range Compression. It can be turned on or off, or set between in increments of 1/8.
After the movie, I checked the *DRC* and it was set to off. Might this setting impact my inability to find a comfortable volume level for viewing movies? If I had it set to say 1/2, would that compress the range between the highest and lowest points in the audio track by half?
Thanks, WMA