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I have always wanted the best sound for TV? So what does this have to do with red box?
I remember in the mid 1970s I placed my 12 inch TV in between my Advent speakers. Then using the earphone output on my TV and making plugs into my Sansui Receiver. TV sound directly from the TV was still mono, and perhaps on a 1-10 scale was a 2 but now it was a 2.5 maybe a 3.
VCR sound was even worse and this set up improved it.
In 1981, I hooked my new Laser Disc player (then with analog sound) up directly with its audio outs and it was a big jump up. A few years later when Laser developed CD sound, it was a huge step up in fidelity. In fact, in my opinion, the sound quality was NOT surpassed or even equaled in nearly a quarter of a century!
Of course TV went stereo in the mid 1980s and eventually the sound quality got up to, let us say, 6.
DVD’s were a big step up in sound to anyone who had primarily used VHS tapes or broadcast TV as their standard. First, as we go closer and arrived at HD TV the sound quality of many TV sets got better and the (primarily) Dolby surround(s) certainly improved the usual TV soundtrack. The DVD soundtrack was usually better than the TV or cable version of the show and many people were very impressed with the discrete, separate channels. And don’t get me wrong, I was too.
But something was lost: Fidelity. Frankly DVD gave us five, six or seven tracks, but the stereo laser discs gave greater range, better bass, and a thicker, more realistic music. To fit all that information on a CD size disc, sound quality was sacrificed on the DVD. Most people who didn’t have the laser never noticed or cared.
Then came Blu Ray and the fidelity was back. And I love it. There was just one silly problem I had with it.
Many of the people who I trust review the Blu-ray discs of many movies. Often they saw that the movie was just OK, but the sound and images were great. This means, a picture like the Lone Ranger, may not be that much fun to watch on HBO without the big sound and sharpness I get from a Blu-ray. So it’s Blu-ray or nothing.
For a brief while there were video stores around me but they are all gone. My brother suggested Red Box which is new around here. But a Blu-ray movie costs only $1.63 and that’s certainly worth it. So today I will see A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty "Hi-ho, Silver, away!" The Lone Ranger rides again!
I remember in the mid 1970s I placed my 12 inch TV in between my Advent speakers. Then using the earphone output on my TV and making plugs into my Sansui Receiver. TV sound directly from the TV was still mono, and perhaps on a 1-10 scale was a 2 but now it was a 2.5 maybe a 3.
VCR sound was even worse and this set up improved it.
In 1981, I hooked my new Laser Disc player (then with analog sound) up directly with its audio outs and it was a big jump up. A few years later when Laser developed CD sound, it was a huge step up in fidelity. In fact, in my opinion, the sound quality was NOT surpassed or even equaled in nearly a quarter of a century!
Of course TV went stereo in the mid 1980s and eventually the sound quality got up to, let us say, 6.
DVD’s were a big step up in sound to anyone who had primarily used VHS tapes or broadcast TV as their standard. First, as we go closer and arrived at HD TV the sound quality of many TV sets got better and the (primarily) Dolby surround(s) certainly improved the usual TV soundtrack. The DVD soundtrack was usually better than the TV or cable version of the show and many people were very impressed with the discrete, separate channels. And don’t get me wrong, I was too.
But something was lost: Fidelity. Frankly DVD gave us five, six or seven tracks, but the stereo laser discs gave greater range, better bass, and a thicker, more realistic music. To fit all that information on a CD size disc, sound quality was sacrificed on the DVD. Most people who didn’t have the laser never noticed or cared.
Then came Blu Ray and the fidelity was back. And I love it. There was just one silly problem I had with it.
Many of the people who I trust review the Blu-ray discs of many movies. Often they saw that the movie was just OK, but the sound and images were great. This means, a picture like the Lone Ranger, may not be that much fun to watch on HBO without the big sound and sharpness I get from a Blu-ray. So it’s Blu-ray or nothing.
For a brief while there were video stores around me but they are all gone. My brother suggested Red Box which is new around here. But a Blu-ray movie costs only $1.63 and that’s certainly worth it. So today I will see A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty "Hi-ho, Silver, away!" The Lone Ranger rides again!
