Re: interesting article on the understanding modern movie dialogue problem

On 24 Dec 2024, super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote in
rec.arts.tv:

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/story/why-movie-dialogue-is-so-hard
-to-understand-these-days-163708191.html
 
 
I didn't take the guy's Twitter poll but I would've been included
in that 83%.
 
I don't think he mentions anything about a setting that comes with
some Blu-Ray or DVD players -- in my old Panasonic Blue-Ray
there's a "Dialog Enhancer" setting that is supposed to pump up
the dialogue (in the center channel of a 4-speaker setup) and I
have it turned on but I still find myself using subtitles often.

I don't go to movie theaters very often, but I have noticed this effect
several times there. A few times there weren't many other people in the
theater, but the presentation seemed to be automated for a packed 
house, and the loud sound effects were dangerously deafening. I have
had to leave the theater in the middle to try to talk to a manager to
have him lower the sound. Sometimes there was nobody there who could or
would do it, so I demanded a refund and left.

At home I often have had to resort to closed captions to understand the  
indistinct, mumble dialog.

So, yes, this is a real thing.