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We started putting captions on when our first kid was born, so we could still watch TV but have the volume down nice and low and not disturb her sleep. It made
by Twirrim 4y ago
We started putting captions on when our first kid was born, so we could still watch TV but have the volume down nice and low and not disturb her sleep.
It made a radical difference. We now tend to just have them on all the time. It's really mostly more modern movies and TV that we get value from it on, the audio mix is becoming such a mess with dialogue sinking in to the mix, that it's taking so much more effort to watch & listen. Put something on from 20ish years ago and the mix is totally different. That's despite having a sound system with a multiple speakers.
- julianlam 4y agoOne wonders what the judging criteria are for sound mixing at the Academy Awards, since it certainly seems like "legible speech" isn't one of them.
- nick__m 4y agoMost production are not made with the passable quality of reproduction that a sound bar provides in mind. Mix are made for a THX compliant setup where the center speaker is responsible for over 50% of the dialog delivery. If you skimp on the center speaker quality and placement, the dialog mix gets muddy quite quickly.
- toast0 4y agoI go to the local movie house a fair bit, and while it may not be THX certified or compliant, it's certainly not too bad. Some movies include speech that's easy to understand and others are kind of hard to hear. Certainly, modern very thin TVs have a very uphill battle to fight, but a good center doesn't fix everything.
- Jolter 4y agoNot to mention that they are mixed for reference volume. If people weren’t concerned about neighbors, sleeping babies or protecting their hearing, I’m sure they would just crank it up and not miss any dialog. Of course, that’s just not possible (or enjoyable on most equipment).