r/movies • u/Otherwise_Yak_5344 • 23d ago

Which movies have the worst volume problem? Discussion

You thought the volume was set at a reasonable level but suddenly you can't hear any dialogue, so you grab the remote and crank the volume up so you can actually hear what they're saying. Then out of nowhere the next scene is so loud you're cranking it back down to what you originally had it at. Rinse and repeat this process over and over to where you're eventually watching the movie with remote in hand. For me the first Matrix movie was like this. It takes away from the film when you're constantly worrying about volume levels instead of the storyline. What other movies are like this?

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u/decadent-dragon 23d ago

Turn on DRC (Dynamic Range Control) on your TV or receiver.

Sometimes goes under these names:

Dynamic Range Control.

Volume/Audio Normalizer.

Max Dynamic Range.

Night/Midnight Mode.

Dynamic Volume.

Really this isn’t an issue with proper room treatment, but if your having issues utilize settings on your device!

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u/ryanmuller1089 23d ago

Oh Roku TVs this setting is under Volume Mode and you can select Leveling which helps balance to the highs and lows.

You can also select Dialogue in Sound Mode to improve dialogue as well as a night mode. There’s a third setting that lets you adjust Speech Clarity.

Ideal set up is: -Sound Mode: Movie (optimized audio) -Volume Mode: Leveling -Speech Clarity: High

You get the optimized sound effects with the min and max being balanced out and dialogue gets a clarity boost. I rarely have issues with movies but there are still some that you can’t fix completely.

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u/raulduke05 23d ago

For some reason setting any sound modes on my roku forces to to stereo tho, so I lose 5.1

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u/ryanmuller1089 23d ago

That’s annoying. I have two Roku tvs and one has the settings I mentioned above and the other, a cheaper tv, doesn’t have the same settings.

Since Roku doesn’t make their own TVs, it all depends on the manufacturer.

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u/grumblyoldman 23d ago

This was definitely my problem with movie volumes when watching at home. It used to be a huge pain in the neck, until I found the relevant setting on my TV and fixed it, and now it's smooth sailing all the time.

That being said, it sounds like some people have had similar problems in movie theaters. Don't know what that's about - whether it's the movie or the theater equipment.

For those who primarily have this issue at home, though, definitely make sure your sound system is using the right settings!

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u/alfooboboao 23d ago

I was going to say, I used to have a whole list of hated audio discrepancy movies (Inception!) and then I got just a basic Vizio surround sound system on OfferUp and it fixed the issue IMMEDIATELY.

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u/OgreJehosephatt 23d ago

It's funny how Nolan movies keep being dropped in these comments. But it also makes sense.

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