Reblogging this old rant from 2016.
Six years later, and nothing has changed!
If anything, it has got worse, as I now have to have my finger on the sound ‘mute’ button during any advertisement break, and more and more programmes and films are driving the plot with text messages that I cannot read.
Last night, I settled down to watch a film on the TV. It was ‘Prisoners'(2013), starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhall, Melissa Leo, and the underrated Paul Dano. I had heard good things about this abduction thriller, and was pleased to see it arrive on TV so soon after release. As it was premiered on the usually excellent Film 4 channel, I concluded that there would be no cuts, and the full film would be shown. Allowing for the breaks for ads, the film got its full running time, so I prepared to immerse myself in the great cast, bleak story-line, and compelling visuals. So far, so good.
I have (moaned) written before about the shortcomings of modern televisions. The four year old, 40-inch Flatscreen LED TV that we own seems incapable of rendering true black. As a result, night scenes, or gloomy locations, are hard to watch, at the best…
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beetleypete 
Oh yes, the problem with the changing volume if advertising is plopping up is horrible. xx Michael
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It seems to be an issue all around the world, Michael.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Maybe something like a at least evil plan.
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Couldn’t agree more Pete. Dark scenes and text messages seem to be increasing, not to mention the mumbling and whispering. I seem to have my hand permanently on the remote during a film / TV drama.
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We are in the same ‘Telly club’, Jude.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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We record films/documentaries and then watch them the following night. In this way you can fast-forward through the adverts and anything ‘nasty’. It works for us!
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I record and then fast-forward all ads on anything I want to watch. But my wife watches channels like ‘Really’ and ‘Quest’ on live TV. That’s when I have to tolerate this rubbish. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I hate ‘whooshes’ as well. So many whooshes on films these days.
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By the way, I think this comment was on the wrong post. 🙂
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Whoops…
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🙂 🙂
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I know what you mean, Pete. I have commented on your previous post 😀 Cheers, Jon.
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Thanks, Jon.
Best wishes, Pete.
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That TV is old though if you’d had it a while when you wrote the initial post and it’snow 6 more years. Tech has moveed on a long way and you can get new better ones that don’t cost an arm and a leg. Mind you, we have a sooper dooper sound and vision set up and still use subtitles 😀 😀
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If you have all that modern tech stuff and are still using subtitles, then I rest my case! 🙂
Yes, it is a 10 year old Toshiba, but we ‘updated’ the options by buying an Internet-conected Freeview Play Recorder last year, so watch most of our telly through that setup now.
Best wishes, Pete.
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i can hear your frustration and understand, pete. i often use subtitles while watching movies, as my hearing is not the best anyway, and if it’s a dark scene i miss so many things, it seems to help fill the gap.
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I have the remote handy, and raise and lower the volume. But on a long film it becomes tiring. The main issue for me is the ‘natural darkness’. I have to try to guess what is happening in the story.
Best wishes, Pete.
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