I Wish

[cupotee2]

I was watching "The Waltons at 30" last evening and missed so much of the conversations due to the background music so loud.

I do wish they could tone it down a bit and allow the voices to be heard.

[Butterbun]

It's happening more and more with a lot of the programs. Very annoying.

[tonyav]

Agree with that, cupotee gawd, I can't believe the Waltons are 30 !, have also noticed how loud some adverts are compared to the tv program that you maybe watching.

[Caribeing]

I didn't see it but understand what you mean the loud background and so called dramatic music is spoiling most programmes I wish the Producers etc would watch their programmes and then realise how awful the music is, it is dreadful on the Crime Channels almost impossible to watch!!

[cupotee2]

Maybe we should gang up on the program makers!!

If I turn the sound up to hear the voices so the blooming music is louder too.

[starone]

If I didn't put the subtitles on I wouldn't know what was going on!

[tonyav]

I think there should be a button on the remote that mutes the background music but leaves the talking voices unaffected.

[Cloverjo]

I watched it and didn't notice any background music. It did make me feel very old, though.

[CatGirl4]

This really aggravates me too.

[Old_Geezer]

Maybe TVs need two volume controls, one for foreground sounds, the other for background sounds.

Wonder if some computational filtering could identify and separate them ?

[whirlyhurly]

The most annoying is the constant "drumming" on the BBC News. My finger is always poised on the mute button.