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TV back ground "music"?
asop
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Is there an adjustment to lower this annoying aspect on newer TV's? Many times it's so loud you can hardly make out what the people are saying. Thanks 🤨
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That crap REALLY BURNS ME UP. I see absolutely no value whatsoever for all that d* ** racket in the background. If you turn the volume down, then you can't hear what they are saying.
I would love to kick the fool that decided that crap was necessary square in the butt until he stopped it, or I got too tired to get my leg up that high.
Joe
If it weren't for closed captioning, I would never understand what was being said.
On new TV's it's in the sound settings.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.beaconjournal.com/amp/984451007
It is deliberate. Nobody seems to know why, though.
We bought a sound bar that uses hearing aid technology to reduce music and enhance voices. It helps a LOT. they're made by the ZVOX company.
I got an even simpler solution. I read books rather than watch TV. Seriously. Life is so much nicer with that crap silenced!!!
We purchased a new 55" LG TV a few months ago, and that background crap drove me nuttier than normal. I just tried the above sequence to quiet it down, but that particular sequence was not available on this TV. What I did try was to go to the sound menu and select standard, and on the two worst channels that used that crap, it eliminated the noise. Thank you for the suggestion.
Maybe what little sanity I had will return. 😁
Joe
With the crappy little speakers on today's flat screen TVs, you're going to buy a sound bar anyway. Might as well get a ZVOX with ACCUVOICE circuitry to enhance the voices and diminish the background music. https://zvox.com/
We bought a ZVOX speaker about a year ago and it works. I can select different levels of filtering - six levels available - and the selection process is dead easy. As I recall the cost wasn't really out of line, somewhere around $100.00 for the model we purchased.
Get a sound bar that has settings to enhance voice and soften background music and noise. Be sure to turn off the tiny speakers in your TV set too.
Another question for you tv gurus. We run an antenna out here and get most of our signals out of Spokane. The NBC affiliate is on channel 7 as I understand it. Problem is that Pullman, a PBS station from WSU is the stronger signal, also channel 7. Is there any way to get around that other than move to Spokane?😉?
Most outdoor TV antennas are directional. Check the instructions for your antenna. I used to have one with a motor that would rotate the antenna with a remote I adjusted while watching the desired station.
Neal
Here's a website that will help you align your antenna for best reception - and optimize a given station.
https://www.antennasdirect.com/transmitter-locator.html
I used their alignment numbers (all but one of my stations' antennas are co-located, which made it easy) when I mounted an antenna in my attic. All I needed to get perfect reception was a compass.
I used to have DISH several years ago and still have the satellite dish mounted up on the roof. All cable wired into the house. I have often wondered if there was a way to make this work like an antenna for watching TV for free.
I have been using an indoor antenna that looks like a note book computer pad that needs to be plugged into an outlet for a boost. I only get about 8 channels but there are a few good ones that I enjoy.
You could probably use the coax cable to an outdoor antenna, but not the dish.