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I started using them for two reasons: at one place we were living, there was a lot of ambient noise which would sometimes periodically drown out the sound which
by captainbland 4y ago
I started using them for two reasons: at one place we were living, there was a lot of ambient noise which would sometimes periodically drown out the sound which can make you miss key pieces of dialogue. It's also the case that the large amount of dynamic range in many modern shows/films means that for the loud sounds to be at a reasonable volume, some speech gets almost inaudibly quiet so subtitles help with that.
- lloeki 4y agoSeconding that. Also some movies/shows have potent actors yet somehow they have terrible delivery^, but the subs are good. In that case I either lower volume (and mentally shut away voices) or outright turn sound off and use the power of imagination^^. ^ also applies to bad dubbing + original audio not available ^^ seems to be an increasingly rare skill these days