Is it possible to somehow alter settings on the TV so that "people talking" can be heard louder than the music

Question

Many times I want to turn up the sound to hear what the actors are saying, but the background sound becomes more important than the speech. I know, and have the words comes up on the screen, but not every time. It doesn't matter what I use, just the TV, or VCR, and DVD< it still is the same >
>>>>>Another question: Can I always enable to words to b put up on the screen? Do movies, like from Netflix all come with the option? Just getting into this, so I may be difficult , since I don't know the jargon for each term.
Any help?

I REALIZE THAT MUSIC ADDS MUCH TO A PICTURE-BUT DON'T YOU WATCH SOMETHING TO SEE WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY? I LIVE IN AN APARTMENT AND FOREVER MAKING THE VOICE LOUDER AND SOFTER. CAN ANYONE OF YOU, PLEASE DO THAT FOR ME?

Answer 1

With a normal TV there isn't any easy (read "innexpensive") way I'm aware of. The problem is that the music and speech is all mixed together, and short of some type of sound processing you can't separate it out.

That said, If the sound is broadcast in 5.1 surround sound -- increasingly high definition TV signals are -- and is processed through a digital surround sound system (so called home theatre system), the centre channel will have most of the speech while the others will have most of the music and sound effects. Under these conditions speech may be more intelligible.

A less effective, but more universal approach, is to send the sound from the TV through a matrix surround decoder (like Dolby ProLogic, again on a home theatre receiver). Now the centre channel will somewhat emphasize speech.

While I'm not certain of the science, this approach seems to help my father ... who only has poor hearing in one ear and none in the other. He can make out much more speech with this approach than just listening to the TV alone.

It does help to have fairly good speakers too ... even alone they will help, and even more with the techniques described above.

On the last question you asked, I believe you are referring to "closed captions". Not all ... but many ... programs have them, and if your TV supports them it is one final way to be able to "hear" what is going on. You have to turn on closed captions through the appropriate setting in the setup menu (read the instruction manual after looking for that term)

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

I wish there was a way as well...I am hard of hearing and the loud music makes it very hard to understand what is being said.

I can say the same thing about music played in general the music drowns out the singer...sometime that isn't bad either because the singer or the song is so lousy.

Answer 3

usually the volume ratio is set by the people who produce the show or movie. Options around this include obtaining a transcript and acting out the show/movie with some friends or family.

And DVDs usually have a subtitle option (i like to watch them with french subtitles, so i can pretend im learning a new language. Or, switch the language and have english subtitles.)

Answer 4

stupid sons and daughters. do no longer do A through fact they are going to sense your attempting to compete with them and in that style of subject human beings like that would replace into aggressive and make issues worse for you in the event that they sense threatened. If I have been you i might wait and notice what occurs. they'd turn the music off quickly. in spite of the shown fact that in the event that they do no longer then have a well mannered yet organization word with their mum and dad. no longer too well mannered or you will seem pathetic, no longer too organization or they'd sense threatened and get extra aggressive. in the event that they do no longer stop for each week or so or issues worsen then knock on their door and BANG...punch the bastard in the face. That'll teach him.

Answer 5

some TV comes with a Equilizer option where you can put the equilizer to Music, Voice, Movie status. our TV has one.