Dynamics Compression in DVD 2-Ch Downmix?

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Hi,
Sometimes when I watch DVDs in my 2-ch system I found the dynamics of the audio to be compressed.
For example, when there is an explosion then I can hear the overall vol level decreases so that the explosion sound is not as lound as it should be. I found this to varies from movies to movies but in some movies it is really annoying (e.g., "A Sound of Thunder").
My question is: is this really part of the movie or is it due to the downmixing of Dolby-Digital to a 2-ch PCM output by the DVD player? If it is the latter will adding a real surround processor to do the downmix help alleviate this problem?
I have to stick with 2-ch for the time being so any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
Jack

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Topic - Dynamics Compression in DVD 2-Ch Downmix? - Jack 06:21:03 05/23/06 (4)

make sure the dynamic range control is off - Joe Murphy Jr 17:57:31 05/23/06 (3)

My DVD player (Panasonic) doesn't seem to have a night mode - Jack 19:33:47 05/23/06 (2)

it's there somewhere - Joe Murphy Jr 23:03:09 05/23/06 (1)

Yup, it's off .. - Jack 06:11:05 05/24/06 (0)

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