FWIW, talking with Jack here yesterday about dynamic range on music DVD video and it gave me reason to go home and try again with David Bowie's "Reality" tour DVD (great show, and all from the one concert in Dublin).
I'd been dissapointed with the audio pumping & sucking back at moments when the band was surely doing the opposite (a JVC domestic player). Knowing too well that this is typical of having the player's internal dynamic range set to "TV Mode" or similar, yet I'd left mine set to "Normal" mode, I switched it to "Wide" mode instead (meaning wide dynamic range, not stereo image).
Presto! "Wide" is actually full range, whereas "Normal" is simply a medium setting. Now, I'm sure this is all familiar to many but check yours, ensure it's actually on full range and not a misnomer of a "normal" setting, and enjoy dynamic range again - at least akin to the disc's mastering limits....