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These days, kids identify them by the aspect ratio.

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[-] Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 55 points 1 year ago

I do by audio quality. We currently live in the age of badly understandable dialogues.

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

I noticed when watching Good Omens on Amazon Prime that they offer a language option "Original + Dialogue Boost".

It works wonders. Almost feels like back in the days again when TV shows wanted dialogue to be understood.

[-] BorgDrone@lemmy.one -5 points 1 year ago

Or you could just turn on dialog boost on your amplifier.

[-] BurnoutDV@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago
[-] Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 22 points 1 year ago

Sure, microphones got better but there is more too it. One huge factor is the mixing for cinemas and not for home theaters or worse for TV speaker.

[-] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

No, the video actually goes into that. Directors think it's "more real" to have mumbled dialogues. But they seem to misinterpret that as "more mumble = more good".

[-] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's a combination of both. Studios typically will mix the end result for the highest-end sound setups, which most people don't actually have. If you're lucky enough to have a full surround with the ability to properly dial in equalizer and other settings, you probably won't have a problem hearing the dialogue even when it's mumbled. But on conventional tv speakers, it can easily get lost in the mix.

[-] barnsbauer@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

This video was exactly what first came to mind when I read "badly understandable dialogues"! It bothers me that as we got better mics, the actors became more unintelligible instead of the other way as one would predict.

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[-] drz@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago

I think most people have given up and use subtitles on all the time.

[-] 1847953620@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

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[-] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's just as well. Where would you even put them all?

[-] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I hear this all the time, and maybe I just don’t watch THAT many shows/movies, but I haven’t come across anything where the actors sound like they’re mumbling. Do you have a few examples I could look up?

[-] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I've used subtitles for most of my adult life, ever since having kids. First it was so I could watch without waking the baby, and then it was so I could follow along over all the noise in the house. And I never went back. So as sound mixing changed and got muddier, I guess I didn't notice, because I was already used to not being able to hear half the dialogue anyway.

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