view : I ’ve revieweda lotof goggle box over the preceding few year , and there ’s one line that ’s almost inevitable , a line that I tire of writing but drop a line anyway : the TV ’s sound is underwhelming .
It is fated , really , that most tv reviewed will feature this line or one close to it . Sound was n’t much of a trouble with CRT telecasting , as CRT screen were monumental enough to have an integrated sound arrangement that could bring forth a sound that comfortably filled a room .
The move to flatscreens pull through space , made it easier to place TVs on the wall , made them expect skillful ; but phone systems have lose massively ever since .
There are a few TVs that do sound good , but it ’s always ‘ secure for a flatscreen television ’ . Sony is a good example of this , as their television receiver – in finicky the premium ace – offer crisp , clear , and dynamic sound , and decent bass too . I sha n’t spoil an upcoming review but it fit into the “ better than expected ” category for a TV .
But even so , the sound timber wo n’t beat that of a separate soundbar . Flatscreen TV ’s audio was compromised from the get - go , and everything since is akin to TV maker trying to feel their way out of a snarl to find some becoming audio .
It ’s something that ’s traverse my mind latterly principally because TV sound does n’t seem to be stick any better . RecentLG OLED goggle box have all sounded rather tame ; after a few years of pretty decent auditory sensation , some Samsung ’s telly seem to withdrawwithin themselves . I could observe the same fit on a Samsung TV at mass 75 and it ’ll intelligent quieter than a Sony TV at volume 40 because the speaker ca n’t be crowd too hard once past a certain level .
My solution ? bank identification number the utterer altogether .
That ’s correct . Do n’t even bother putting speakers in the telecasting ’s chassis , because what ’s the existent percentage point if the audio quality is n’t going to get much better ? well yet , give way that TV manufacturers are making a big percentage point of attaching soundbars to their TV sales event , why not provide a combo of a TV anda soundbarand sell that to customers instead ?
It does n’t have to be for every TV ; perhaps market it more towards the abode cinema crowd who ’d be interested or who have their own sound organization that they can touch base to . But I just struggle to see what the point of a auditory sensation arrangement is with modern TVs .
It can seldom offer the same thrills and excitation as anexternal sound organization ; you ’re almost always going to have to pay up for a sound system anyway to give it a cost increase . So why not chuck out the ramp up - in utterer whole , utilize that infinite for something else ( or make the TV even slimmer ) , and make the idiot box all about the visuals rather than idiot box and sound .
It ’s reached the power point where make up £ 3000 for a TV , and only father a sub - standard audio performance , is simply not good enough . It ’s a waste material . Audio timber seems to be an afterthought , so let ’s administer with them entirely . TVs will be just for it .
