Why is Volume so low on Blu Ray?

[stephencurran]

Can anyone help me, why is the volume so low when i play a blu ray disc? I can hardly hear the movies, i need to listen via a set of headphones. Surely this can not be right

Any ideas or help would be great

[GPSG]

Hello,
Have you tried watching a movie in DVD format? Is the sound louder?
As far as I know the blu-ray movies have low sound because they are encoded so. If they are played through a home theatre the sound experience is much richer due to the surround sistem.

[stephencurran]

ah that may explain it then. The volume is louder when playing DVD or lsitening to music. Still not very loud but much better volume. Thank you