24-08-2021, 10:10 AM
The sound volume on the new GB News channel was very low when it started. With all the link-ups using Zoom or whatever it was really hard work. I don’t know if it has improved any since.
Generally, I notice volume varies a lot more than it used to between stations and programmes. I did wonder, when I was cranking the sound up to 48 when I was used to having it on 20-something, if I was going deaf. It used to be only the ads that were noticeably noisier.
I watched a gardening programme last Sunday morning and the sound quality varied from item to item but as some of the presenters are still off-site in their own gardens it’s glorified camcorder stuff and probably as good as it gets. A few weeks ago, one of the experts credited his young daughter with operating the camera and she was listed in the rolling credits at the end.
I’m not a great consumer of TV. I watch far more DVDs/videos. The TV is a ten-year old fairly small screen (by modern standards) Samsung and the sound quality seemed fine for ordinary viewing when I first had it so I never considered any add-on equipment. Perhaps it's one of the better models but I’ve never been bothered with getting cinema, etc., type sound. (The last time I went to a cinema I felt I should have taken ear plugs so I know I’m not going deaf!) My now departed neighbours added some sort of sound system to their TV and all of a sudden I was getting a lot of sound through the wall to the point where I did pass a remark about it.
Generally, I notice volume varies a lot more than it used to between stations and programmes. I did wonder, when I was cranking the sound up to 48 when I was used to having it on 20-something, if I was going deaf. It used to be only the ads that were noticeably noisier.
I watched a gardening programme last Sunday morning and the sound quality varied from item to item but as some of the presenters are still off-site in their own gardens it’s glorified camcorder stuff and probably as good as it gets. A few weeks ago, one of the experts credited his young daughter with operating the camera and she was listed in the rolling credits at the end.
I’m not a great consumer of TV. I watch far more DVDs/videos. The TV is a ten-year old fairly small screen (by modern standards) Samsung and the sound quality seemed fine for ordinary viewing when I first had it so I never considered any add-on equipment. Perhaps it's one of the better models but I’ve never been bothered with getting cinema, etc., type sound. (The last time I went to a cinema I felt I should have taken ear plugs so I know I’m not going deaf!) My now departed neighbours added some sort of sound system to their TV and all of a sudden I was getting a lot of sound through the wall to the point where I did pass a remark about it.
Nick
