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Post #3292901

2026-06-09 18:49 UTC

@BalooUriza@social.tulsa.ok.us This is completely opposite of my experience. My mom insisted the internal speakers were "going to be good enough!", couple of days later she asked if I could help get better speakers for her new Samsung TV. Our LG has thin, baseless sound, as did our previous Phillips. We are not "audiophiles", a tiny speaker is being used instead of the built in ones, and sounds so much better... Think there was one LG TV that had somewhat good sound at one point, most is crap. They cut corners where ever they can, there is a reason the smart TV-bits are so crappy. Good speakers would also ruin the "super thin" TV style they push. Well, yah, "having a hifi for audio isn't a thing" is true. A sound-bar, however, is very, very common... @huntingdon@mstdn.social @monkeyninja@10base2.dev

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  • @huntingdon@mstdn.social 2026-06-09 18:54

    @lettosprey@tech.lgbt @BalooUriza@social.tulsa.ok.us @monkeyninja@10base2.dev For starters, LG and Samsung are smart tvs, not display monitors. Yes, if you can afford one, an external speaker or two are almost always better, if the tv itself can connect to them. That requires an HDMI ARC or eARC out port and the right sort of active speakers. My point was that if you don't have, can't afford, or know how to use external speakers, or your tv is not designed easily to connect to them, you can't watch your new tv at all.

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