Entertainment Talk

PSA: if you can't hear dialogue on your TV, check this setting

Every week someone in my staff room complains that actors mumble now. Some do. But a lot of modern TVs and soundbars have a 'dialogue enhancement' or 'clear voice' mode buried in the audio menu, and it helps a lot.

Also try turning off any 'surround' or 'virtual' sound mode on cheap TV speakers. Not a magic fix, but it saved me from turning subtitles on for everything. Not that subtitles are bad. My students would say that makes me a boomer.