Do You Think Special Effects In TV Shows Are Too Loud?

Yes I do. Not only specific shows but commercials as well, of course. Commercials always come out much louder than whatever program we are watching and that is no fluke. It's done on purpose. As for hearing, I am noticing that my hearing is changing. I seem to have trouble hearing some things. Not everything. I can hear low sounds, but at times it seems that what people are saying comes out in such a way that I can't make out what they're saying, specially the kids for some reason.

Yes, sometimes I think the same also. Sometimes I do feel special effects in TV shows are too loud especially when I feel tired or sleepy. But sometimes I don't feel it. I also like to watch sci-fi channel. If I think the special effects are too loud, i will slow the volume.

I agree with you completely on this. Not just sci fi but any channel. The commercials are even worse. I put myself a good distance away, and work on the computer. I know you use headphones whenever possible.

I think its worse with kid cartoons, Anime is really bad. I think there was a cartoon a few years ago in Japan that was part of the Yu Gi Oh or Pokemon craze and it had a flashing light that triggered a bunch of kids who have epilepsy. Emergency rooms all over the area had kids admitted for siezures, thing is, they played it again at 3:00pm when all the kids were home from school, same thing happened again.

Maybe in the movies yes but the TV volume can be adjusted so that they are not loud. Have you ever been to a movie theater that had like speakers everywhere and you could hear like the simplest things in the movies so the big sounds would like destroy your eardrums? I think the special effects give the watcher a special effect and therefore it makes the movie very intensifying and interesting.

Definitely YES!! You must be my long lost twin sister, if I didn't know better, I'd have thought that I wrote this discussion. The pitches, and especially the flashing of lights drive me crazy! And extremely loud. When I go to a theatre I have to wear earplugs, no joking. Some commercials are like that now too. My hubby is partially deaf, though he won't admit it. My hubby says I have the hearing of a bat. Thank you for this discussion.

I think alot of the special effects are very loud. I have noticed this too. My husband always has the tv volume up as it is because he can only hear good out of one ear.

oh certain pitches irritate me too. with me it's not so much a certain type of show as the difference of volume channel to channel.you'd think by now tv would have a regulator of some kind on it. some whisper,some blast.

Well, specially when you go to the movies, I think that they over do it a little bit.

I don't have any problems with them but my mum always complains about Doctor Who's sound effects being too loud, despite her being deaf in one ear.

I can't think of any TV shows, but hubby and I do like to watch a lot of movies, and especially with the action movies I notice I have to keep the remote in my hand the whole time. Whenever there's music or an action sequence I have to turn the volume down a little. Whenver there is speaking I have to turn it up!

Surely that depends on where your volume knob is turned up to!!! I think it's fab, we have a cinema room with surround sound and i love getting lost in the movie

Even I watch a lot of sci-fi stuff and my wife complains the same. :-) But I dont like a loud volume. What her complaint is that she wants to watch songs and tv shows and I want to watch news and channels like discovery and national geographic. But I don't think those special effects are limited only to TV shows. Sometimes the commercials in between really annoy than a boring movie.

Sometimes they are too loud but I think it's better than too silent. But, it's true, SOMETIMES they could be more quiet. Still I don't mind if they are too loud. Normally it doesn't bother at all.

Boy howdy, you are singing my song!! My husband is the same way! Hard of hearing a bit from the construction work of a life time, but still... he turns that up so loud I have to leave the room! I ask him to turn it down and he won't... says it isn't loud... must be my earing problem. And he watches all the spook, sci-fi, killing, murders.. all the stuff that generates the loudest yells and agony screams! And yes, I think tv shows have gotten out of hand.. they show nearly everything, and the crimes they show are horrible, the killings and all that stuff... sorry, but that is to close to real life... I don't want to have to watch it on tv! I just don't understand why some people like watching that kind of stuff. Then turn around and get mad at people that mimick in real life what they saw on CSI last night!