# PS2 DVD volume question
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps2-dvd-volume-question/145714
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 30, 2002, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps2-dvd-volume-question/145714 "2002-12-30T18:20:34Z")
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### Author:  [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2002, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps2-dvd-volume-question/145714/1 "2002-12-30T18:20:34Z")
Why is the volume level with DVDs on a PS2 so much lower than the games? I have PS2s hooked up to two different stereos using red/white RCA input. When I want to watch a DVD movie, I have to turn the volume up almost twice as high to get the same levels. I turned the volume on the PS2 settings all the way up, and I made sure that digital out was “off” since I’m not using it.
Am I right in assuming all PS2s are like this? If yours isn’t, how did you get around it? This happened to me with both a launch PS2 and one purchased just this past August.
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### Author:  [@pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pretend_my_name_is_witty)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2002, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps2-dvd-volume-question/145714/2 "2002-12-30T18:30:11Z")
Mine’s like that too, and last night, I settled down to watch Goldmember with my family. I always have to turn the volume right up on my stereo and TV to get any kind of decent sound.
Trouble is, I forget to turn it down afterwards, and when I turn it off and watch TV it nearly deafens me…
Mine’s over a year old now…
Someone come up with a solution please…