Post #1557607
2026-01-14 14:13 UTC
This wasn't a thing a couple of decades ago. To this day I can still watch movies from the eighties just fine, but need subtitles for anything made within the last 10 years.
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@Jyek@sh.itjust.works 2026-01-14 16:51
I'm sorry but, the 80s were more than a couple of decades ago. 1986 was 40 years ago. Also 20 years ago this was still an issue. Plasma screen TVs were becoming accessible to consumers and surround sound was taking off in the home video space. TV was mixed for surround cinematic but not everyone had a surround setup yet. They had to write laws that said the tv commercials couldn't be louder than the main content of the channel (though these laws were largely unenforced).
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@JordanZ@lemmy.world 2026-01-14 15:45
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@LwL@lemmy.world 2026-01-15 08:11
Old movies feel much worse for me, voices barely audible but sfx blow my ears out. But I also have sound from headphones, maybe that just works better with the newer mixes.