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- movies@lemm.ee
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26891333
“Novocaine” is off to a good start at the box office with an estimated $8.5 million opening weekend, but the marketplace is in a terrible slump.
No volume control. No sound channel EQ. No subtitle option compared to home DVD or some streaming.
As a hearing aid wearer the turned-up-to-eleven sound level combined with unequal balance between voice and music/effects is borderline unbearable.
Max bass, max reverb, max audio compression, plus muttering and whispering by so many actors being recorded at low levels, combine to make cinema visits something to be endured.
Movie theaters have a subtitle option; you just have to mention that you’re hearing impaired when you buy your tickets, and they’ll give you special glasses that allow you to see the subtitles (no joke).
Okay. The glasses might have been a stretch - it seems special screenings are occasionally offered. More info… https://www.yourlocalcinema.com/explain.html
Still interesting, thanks.
I did not know that! Thanks.
Even in the UK… https://yourlocalcinema.com/
Add a pair of these and I’m set! ))
https://www.protek-ppe.gr/system/uploads/asset/data/1116/4.0045-EAR-MUFFS-EP-106.jpg
Ya know , it’s been so long since I went that I totally forgot about that! Definitely agree.
Me too…