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Is it just me, or is the sound better on Blu-Ray discs vs. regular DVD's?

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I've been watching my new blu-ray player which is not by any stretch a mega-bucks SOTA deck. But I swear the sound is better, especially dialogue level relative to background effects. On my old deck vocals were always down in level so that if the sound was turned up to hear dialogue better, when the special effects kicked in they were blasting way too loud. My blu-ray doesn't have that problem as the entire sound track is much more balanced.

Follow Ups:

is there a dialogue normalization function on your panasonic BD player? - jeromelang 02:23:56 01/14/10 (2)
- their license now forbids it - Joe Murphy Jr 09:22:57 01/14/10 (0)
- No, but there is a dynamic range control. Mine is "off". nt - The Real Dick Hertz 06:53:05 01/14/10 (0)
Make sure you're taking advantage of the lossless audio content, e.g., the DTS-HD MA track - Jazz Inmate 08:49:59 01/13/10 (5)
- DTS-HD MA, Dolby TrueHD or LPCM. - The Real Dick Hertz 14:48:57 01/13/10 (4)
  - Do you know if bitstream be passed via analog out? Or only thru HDMI connection? - Road Warrior 20:24:36 01/13/10 (3)
    - My player is the Panasonic DMP-BD60, not an Oppo. nt - The Real Dick Hertz 14:45:50 01/14/10 (0)
    - RE: Do you know if bitstream be passed via analog out? Or only thru HDMI connection? - Ben Van Dyk 14:33:59 01/14/10 (0)
    - RE: Do you know if bitstream be passed via analog out? Or only thru HDMI connection? - David Aiken 22:08:42 01/13/10 (0)
YES! - jake 08:38:06 01/13/10 (4)
- Make sure your using a glass Toslink, not plastic - Ned 19:08:11 01/13/10 (2)
  - RE: Make sure your using a glass Toslink, not plastic - default 10:18:21 02/03/10 (0)
  - RE: Make sure your using a glass Toslink, not plastic - Ben Van Dyk 15:45:51 01/14/10 (0)
- I'm using the HDMI connection only. nt - The Real Dick Hertz 08:43:40 01/13/10 (0)

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