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Originally posted by phogandive:
Hi,
The main reason the DVD's are recorded at a 'lower' volume than CD's is to leave enough headroom for the louder special effects (gunshots, explosions, etc.). If the average volume were as loud as the CD, there would be very little extra left for these effects.

Peter
That's a not a reason; it is a shame.

DVD got Gigabyte space; they should do better on it. That is, make average volume louder than CD (music, dialog) and boost special effect 10 DB louder than original cinema soundtrack. So, we can push our equipments to the limit.

It is disgrace to see my signal light can't easily reaches even 5.5V(17 dbu) position every time I play the DVD. Don't want buy those sucker anymore. CD still sounds much better. I think even my play-station games sound better than those wimpy DVDs.