You can tell it affects you if you’re constantly reaching for the remote to raise or lower the volume within the same show or movie (not counting the always-blaring commercials). And its effects aren’t limited to people who are hearing-impaired or whose hearing has degraded due to age. It turns out this combination of small speakers and dialogue-unfriendly mixing is a well-known problem, much written about. But, with the new LG, we soon began resorting to closed captions on many shows, especially British ones, because the dialogue sounded muddy. This wasn’t much of a problem with my old TV, a decade-old Pioneer Elite Plasma with huge front-facing speakers running top to bottom on each side of the tall screen. On top of that, modern TV shows and films are increasingly mixed in a way that demotes the clarity of dialogue in favor of cinematic sound effects and wild swings in volume between scenes. Like most new HDTVs in recent years, my LG is too thin (even with its bulge in the lower back) to support more than small speakers. But, over the ensuing months, another feature of the TV has become more and more noticeable and annoying: The audio. I talked about the brilliant picture, the tiny bezels, the ultra-thin display and the overly complex UI. Last year, I bought a new, high-end, LG OLED 4K TV, and wrote about the experience. Welcome to Mossberg, a weekly commentary and reviews column on The Verge and Recode by veteran tech journalist Walt Mossberg, executive editor at The Verge and editor at large of Recode.
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