although the dvd player & speaker be nice , the sound be still really loud when the volume be turn down to `` 1 '' . the volume be completely off at `` 0 '' and be loud at `` 1 '' , very loud at `` 2 '' , and continue up until it be ridiculously loud . I try fiddle with all of the setting , but I could not reduce the volume to a moderate or soft level . since I live in a apartment , I want to watch dvd at a moderate volume with theater-quality sound . I could only get the sound moderate-to-soft by turn off most of the speaker , which defeat the purpose of a home-theater system .