On 3/5/2014 8:05 PM, pat h - oh wrote:
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> I also have a hearing problem and use CC. My biggest pet peeve is that
> the loud music or other sound effects on most TV shows (to enhance the
> dramatic moment, I'm guessing) overpowers the dialog and it is hard to
> understand what the actors are saying. I have stopped watching some
> shows because of this. Another thing is that they speak too fast to
> understand clearly. And CC can't always catch up with the spoken word. I
> heard somewhere that the tape was deliberately sped up to squeeze in
> additional commercial time. I don't know if this is true or not but it
> wouldn't surprise me at all if it is true.
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That certainly doesn't surprise me either.
We have to remember that TV is an "advertising" medium, not an
"entertainment" medium.
The only reason there's entertainment on TV at all is because the
advertisers know that nobody would watch their ads if there weren't
shows to put on between the periods of advertisements.
--
David H. Bailey
dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com
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