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Don't many people have just a stereo setup still (myself included)? Why would a newer standard be backwards-hostile like that?
by mysterydip 5y ago
Don't many people have just a stereo setup still (myself included)? Why would a newer standard be backwards-hostile like that?
- willcipriano 5y agoAs a counterpoint, I have both 5.1 via ARC and Dolby Atmos system hooked up via eARC and dialogue is still quiet in some modern releases. Older movies sound great though.
- cvuls 5y agothis will be because more recent movies will be utilising high dynamic ranges for audio, worked around by compressing/limiting but in doing so, you lose quality. trade-offs for everything. there was a time when stereo was seen as unnecessary faff, too. edit: movies are mixed for theatres and no longer are the home releases adjusted to suit.
- RobertMiller 5y agoIn many cases, people ostensibly using stereo sound may as well be using mono sound. Stereo speakers built into a TV that's 20 feet away, or watching a video on their smartphone without headphones; technically these people are using stereo sound but with the speakers so close to each other relative to the listener, it might as well be mono. I think if you want to make widely accessible audio content, you should be taking this into account. Make it intelligible in mono first, then worry about the rest.