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What Hi-Fi?
What Hi-Fi?
Technology
Lewis Empson

I think dialogue enhancement can be brilliant, but TV manufacturers don't know better than Hollywood directors

A TV showing a menu with dialogue boosting settings.

In my line of work, I tend to see quite a lot of new TVs – shocking, I know. A benefit of being a major AV geek such as myself is that I get to spend some quality time with the latest TVs before they're even announced, and more often than not they're presented enthusiastically by a representative of the manufacturer who's keen to tell me about all of the latest and greatest features.

These guided demos are often a great way to see everything that the new TVs are capable of ahead of their full release and are often the basis for our hands-on reviews. That being said, I have noticed a recurring feature on a lot of TVs that I just can't make my mind up about.

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