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Comment by szszrk

21 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.

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throw-12-16  21 hours ago

Just buy a decent external surround sound system, has nothing to do with the TV and will last a long long time.

  • epistasis  9 hours ago

    I really don't want to install multiple new devices. I don't care about the cost, the inconvenience and hassle is a PITA. Plus then you had to fiddle with multiple volume controls instead of one to make it work for your space.

    No thank you. We should make the default work well, and if people want a sound optimized experience that requires 6x the pieces of equipment let those who want to do the extra work do what they need to for the small change in audio quality.

    Without that change in defaults more and more people will switch to alternatives, like TikTok and YouTube, that bother to get understandability as the default rather than as something requiring hours of work and shopping choices.

    • throw-12-16  1 hour ago

      Ok sure.

      However getting a better sound system is a current solution to the problem that doesn't require some broad systemic change that may or may not ever happen.

    • Avamander  9 hours ago

      > Plus then you had to fiddle with multiple volume controls instead of one to make it work for your space.

      Most AVRs come with an automatic calibration option. Though there are cheap 5.1 options on the market that will get results multiple times better than your flatscreen can produce.

      > We should make the default work well

      Yep, movies should have properly mastered stereo mixes not just dumb downmixes from surround that will be muddy, muffled and with awful variations in loudness.

timc3  20 hours ago

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.

sfn42  21 hours ago

I am floored that people really expect integrated TV speakers to be good.

  • KeplerBoy  20 hours ago

    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.