bucknutty
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I pay $200 a month for cable from optimum. I would like to see 2 things done to increase the overall quality of the cable service.
First correct the aspect ratios and resolutions. I hate seeing a 4:3 comercial or show stretched, just leave it with the black bars on the sides. Even worse I hate when a 720 show gets transmited at 1080 with black bars on all 4 sides. That is just stupid, it makes my 46 only have like 36 viewable. I know the cable box has a scaling function but I have to turn it on and off manually because some times when left on auto it zooms in on 1080 shows.
Second why not just level all audio. There should be a set minimum of what the softest sound can be and a set maximum of what the loudest sound can be. I hate commercials that are so loud I have to turn down the volume, but action movies in which the dialoge is so soft I cant hear it so I have to turn it up but the the car explodes and its so loud it cracks a window. Again the cable box has some options to control he range but they don’t work right. Anything other than auto makes it sound muffled.
I called the cable company and was told that they have no control over any of the picture quality or audio levels because they “don’t make the films they just transmit them”.
First correct the aspect ratios and resolutions. I hate seeing a 4:3 comercial or show stretched, just leave it with the black bars on the sides. Even worse I hate when a 720 show gets transmited at 1080 with black bars on all 4 sides. That is just stupid, it makes my 46 only have like 36 viewable. I know the cable box has a scaling function but I have to turn it on and off manually because some times when left on auto it zooms in on 1080 shows.
Second why not just level all audio. There should be a set minimum of what the softest sound can be and a set maximum of what the loudest sound can be. I hate commercials that are so loud I have to turn down the volume, but action movies in which the dialoge is so soft I cant hear it so I have to turn it up but the the car explodes and its so loud it cracks a window. Again the cable box has some options to control he range but they don’t work right. Anything other than auto makes it sound muffled.
I called the cable company and was told that they have no control over any of the picture quality or audio levels because they “don’t make the films they just transmit them”.