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Old 19-12-2007, 09:41 PM
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Every DVD I watch always necessitates having to turn the volume way up on the TV and also the brightness.

Is this peculiar to me or does anyone else experience it?

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Every DVD I watch always necessitates having to turn the volume way up on the TV and also the brightness.

Is this peculiar to me or does anyone else experience it?
I have no trouble with the picture on DVDs, but I have the same thing with the sound on many DVDs. Not with DVDRs though.

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The manual that came with my Panasonic VHS/DVD machine advises that turning up the volume is a requirement when watching a DVD but doesn't offer any explanation as to why this should be necessary.
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This may be helped by looking on the "Set-up" menu on your dvd player. It will probably have options to click on including "video" and "audio". Sometimes the output levels on sound, brightness and contrast can be changed - they are normally set by default to "neutral" but can be increased or decreased according to personal tatse. Worth looking anyway.

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I've always put it down to having tinnitus, being fairly deaf and having a cheap TV!

Perhaps I'm not as deaf as I thought I was?

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The volume is low because audio on dvd is only recorded at about 10% (as opposed to about 90% on vhs and cd). Why this is done, I'm not sure. Usually dvd players have a higher output level to compensate, but maybe your's doesn't.

The darkness is probably due to some setting in the dvd setup menu.
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