Comment by szszrk
7 hours ago
> Maybe you're using the internal speakers?
Which is just another drama that should not be on consumers shoulders.
Every time I visit friends with newer TV than mine I am floored by how bad their speakers are. Even the same brand and price-range. Plus the "AI sound" settings (often on by default) are really bad.
I'd love to swap my old tv as it shows it's age, but spending a lot of money on a new one that can't play a show correctly is ridiculous.
Just buy a decent external surround sound system, has nothing to do with the TV and will last a long long time.
There are a couple of models with good sound. I got a Philips OLED910 a short while ago and that sound system surprised me.
I turned it off though and use an external Atmos receiver and speakers.
I am floored that people really expect integrated TV speakers to be good.
Couldn't they be miles better if we allowed screens to be thicker than a few millimeters?
I believe one could do some fun stuff with waveguides and beam steering behind the screen if we had 2 inch thick screens. Unfortunately decent audio is harder to market and showcase in a bestbuy than a "vivid" screen.
Anyone who cares about audio will have dedicated speakers, so it barely even makes sense to make TV speakers good.
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I don’t expect them to be “good” but I expect to be able to make out the basics.
Your expectations are too high, a 30mm thick screen will never produce good audio.
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