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Authored by: Alrescha on Aug 14, '03 09:25:26AM

Some compression is intended and invoked on just about every Dolby Digital amplifier that you might buy today. It's often an option that you can fiddle with.

One effect of turning it off that you may be familiar with is the tendancy of sound effects to tear pictures off the walls while dialog is nearly inaudible.

There are some situations where completely disabling compression works, but in general some compression was factored into the the creation of the DVD and turning it off can result in unnatural-sounding audio.

It is nice to have the option just the same.

A.



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Authored by: drhmoss on Aug 14, '03 10:00:50AM

I tried it with "Ice Age" last night and my wife and I found that the sound was much superior to what it had been.

We have a 17" iMac with the standard speakers.

Please try it - it can work well!



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