Hey, movie studios!

While I do think it's great that it's possible to put a digital 5.1 surround soundtrack on DVD releases of movies, giving those with a surround setup at home a truly enveloping cinematic experience, how about making use of one of the additional tracks available on the disc to include a re-mastered stereo version optimised for "living room" for the benefit of the remaining 98.2%* of the population that don't have such a setup, and sometimes also have neighbours to consider. I don't want to sound pedantic, but when I watch cinema-style TV shows like Lost or 24, they look great, and sound fantastic coming out of my TV's standard stereo speakers at a moderate volume. When I watch a film with a surround soundtrack though, the sound is invariably unbalanced to the point it utterly spoils the experience. When the sound is up loud enough that it's possible to make out the dialogue in my native language, music and sound effects are so loud they can be heard halfway down the road. Headphones exacerbate this, as I found out before giving up on the latest Harry Potter film on a long haul flight due to a combination of the music causing my ears physical pain and it sucking. Most of my DVDs I can't watch without English subtitles, and even then I'm constantly having to adjust the volume to match the sound output. Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't you supposed to have done that for me?

* figure made up to emphasise point, and may be considerably higher than actual number.