Why do all these 20-somethings have closed captions turned on?

Re:Why do all these 20-somethings have closed captions turne... by epistasis on Sunday September 18, 2022 @12:01AM (#32884313)

It's hard to believe that TVs are still so buggy that they would intentionally play 5.1 in an unusable way on regular TVs.

Of all the ways to deal with the situation, just adding up all the channels equally and dumping them out has to be the stupidest. It's ruined so many people's experiences over the years.

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Re:Why do all these 20-somethings have closed captions turne... by zaroth on Sunday September 18, 2022 @01:59AM (#32884822)

There’s been a bug for years in the Apple TV VLC app where it plays the audio channels on the wrong speakers.

Center channel ends up on back right or something totally ridiculous. There’s an open issue on the bug tracker. It’s wild.

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Re:Why do all these 20-somethings have closed captions turne... by ConceptJunkie on Sunday September 18, 2022 @10:00PM (#32893440)

I'm just fed up with modern sound. It never sounds right, and it's just too complicated. I use captions on a lot of shows where there is dialog that is too quiet, etc. I'm pretty sure my sound system is not set up right, but I just don't want to figure it out. I debug software for a living. I just want my entertainment system to be plug and play.

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