It's not just us. Modern actors speak more naturally and less theatrically, which has made it harder over time to understand what they are saying. And lots of other factors!
@dyani@autism101@actuallyautistic As a family with both autism and hearing issues, I always assumed it was because modern series have more dynamic range and more background noise. Of course I've always had problems following things like song lyrics.
Flat screen speakers have terrible range and terrible dynamics. Virtually every model misses a lot of lows that dedicated speakers don't miss. Most dialogue is within the lower frequencies. This is mostly a size tradeoff, low frequency wants more depth on the box but that equals a less flat flat screen. And bonus for them, now they sell you the quality speaker separately.
My brother hates it when I constantly rewind something because I missed what was said (accent, speaking too fast, distorted speech, etc). So, I use Closed Captions to see what's being said. It's very useful.
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