I have often wondered about the different settings in PowerDVD (and other software players) for the Dolby Digital Dynamic Range. The names chosen for the settings, I don’t quite get.
“Quiet Environment” – Experience the full dynamic range of Dolby Digital
“Normal Environment” – Experience the compressed dynamic range of Dolby Digital
So if it’s quiet and I could hear everything any way, the sound is full. But it’s “normal” then the sound’s going to get compressed? Does that make sense to any one? The only thing I can explain to myself is that maybe it means that if it’s quiet, then the whispers are whispers and the booms are booms, and if it’s “normal” with a little noise going on then the sound is more “normalized”. But then this doesn’t really make sense to me either because if the sound is compressed how could the whispers be boosted?
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