Posted on 04/29/2019 11:41:19 AM PDT by Kaslin
I thought our tv was going out
It made all those bags of epsom salt they threw over the camp look more like real snow :-P
Basically the problem is that American internet sucks and HBO is notorious in tech circles for not paying attention to such things. Usually it's not a problem when things are well-lit, but when something is shot like last night, it's a huge problem
Doesn't say much for AT&T's technological prowess as they get ready to launch their own streaming service (which includes HBO) this Fall.
I am not a GoT watcher, but I have noticed this “dark” thing for a number of years now. Whether it’s a TV program or a feature film, the mood as well as the LIGHTING is dark, dark, dark.
I watched the whole first season of “Nightfall” and noticed it, and the second season was so DARK (in both content and photons) that I couldn’t watch it anymore. Oh Well.
Now I am not suggesting that drama look like “Sesame Street”, but it’s getting to be too much.
I had to shut my blinds and turn off lights to watch it and even still it was dark to watch. But it was still good.
My two pet peeves in tv show productions: when the picture is too dark and when the background music is too loud and drowns out the dialogue.
“My two pet peeves in tv show productions: when the picture is too dark and when the background music is too loud and drowns out the dialogue.”
That’s like ALL of them now days.
How people can hear the dialog is baffling to me. Or see what is happening.
It’s deliberate. I just wonder why, because it pisses me off.
I always watch it in my basement, in the dark with all the lights out on my 80 inch TV and the volume cranked. I noticed a couple of times how dark it was but it didn’t create a bad experience for me.
“My two pet peeves in tv show productions: when the picture is too dark and when the background music is too loud and drowns out the dialogue.”
Mine too! I think the darkness allows the producers get away with cheap backgrounds and special effects.
I thought it was because it was fought during night with only torchlight for lighting. But, what do I know...
I'm with you. I was in my bedroom with all the lights off and the curtains drawn; and, the sun had already set, so it was dark as I could make it; but, the episode was still too dark in places for me to figure out what was going on.
I turned off the lights in the kitchen (our family room adjoins the kitchen) and was able to see it well enough. I think they wanted to give it a feeling of chaos, and to show how disoriented everyone would have been at night.
It costs a lot less to produce CGI graphics in a low light situation.
“HOGAN!!!”
They do it because they can. They are addicted to technology, like mad scientists.
I turn it down some, and use English subtitles, to cover the soft gaps in dialogue.
Interesting - don’t usually watch “Game...” but was tuning through and decided to try to see what all the fuss was about - watched for about five minutes and couldn’t tell what was going on - tuned on through to something else - glad my eyes aren’t failing as I was beginning to fear.....
I have to watch TV with closed captioning turned on. I know my ears ain't what they used to be but they're not that bad.
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