Mike,

It's my understanding that Night Mode "compresses" the dynamic range of whatever you're listening to.

OK, that didn't help much, what the heck am I talking about? Let's say you're watching something like T2. There are soft dialog parts and big honkin' explosions.

Let's say the soft parts are around 60db (just picking numbers). The loud parts are 85db. If you watch the DVD at night, and make the dialog loud enough for you to hear well, the explosions are going to be incredibly loud and wake the neighbors. Cool during the day, bad at night.

Night Mode "compresses" the sound by bringing the lows up a bit and the highs down a bit. So your dialog might now be 65db and your explosions 80db. Now when you get the dialog to a comfortable listening level, the explosions will be less loud.

Make sense? I think I got it right. The other Outlaws will correct me if I didn't.

-Joe

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