
It's become a ritual: Dimming the lights, settling in for a movie or show, and immediately reaching for the rewind button when an important piece of dialogue lands with a garbled thud.
Having tested cheap TVs, mid-range models, and high-end flagships, and I can tell you that no TV is immune to the issue of hard-to-hear dialogue — even the best TVs on the market. But if TVs are getting better, why is it still a struggle to hear what the characters on your screen are saying sometimes?