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Old 16-08-2013, 08:30
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l can't watch Eastenders any more because of the mumbling of the actors and the awful sound quality.

There are quite a few of them who are so bad I just can't hear what they are saying. Max, Joey, Lauren, Jack are the worst ones I struggle with. Lucy and Tamwar are also guilty and it just spoils the viewing for me when you can't hear or understand what is being said.

I have Virgin Media so I can rewind to listen again but you shouldn't have to do that. Is anyone else finding it difficult to hear?
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Old 16-08-2013, 08:33
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HD telly has ruined it for me, I swear Ian's gut was in my front room last week.
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Old 16-08-2013, 08:38
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It's been like that for some while now but don't worry you're not missing anything. I've virtually stopped watching it now and if by chance it is on it's seems to be interminable.
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Old 16-08-2013, 08:46
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HD telly has ruined it for me, I swear Ian's gut was in my front room last week.
ha, ha, i'll have to watch again UQ just to see that
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Old 16-08-2013, 08:54
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HD telly has ruined it for me, I swear Ian's gut was in my front room last week.
HD is bloody scary at times! Makes me laugh when you think of the old skinny, puny kid Ian of years ago!


I agree with the OP though. EE is the only soap I need the subtitles on for.
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Old 16-08-2013, 09:11
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I didnt understand a word in the scene in the R+R with Karl and the " heavies " .All I heard was noise and Phils threatening face and mumbling from Joey and Max .
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Old 16-08-2013, 09:22
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I didnt understand a word in the scene in the R+R with Karl and the " heavies " .All I heard was noise and Phils threatening face and mumbling from Joey and Max .
classic example, same here
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Old 16-08-2013, 09:25
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I didnt understand a word in the scene in the R+R with Karl and the " heavies " .All I heard was noise and Phils threatening face and mumbling from Joey and Max .
I had no trouble understanding Carl and Phil in that scene but Max and Joey were another matter altogether!!! Someone really needs to tell these two to ENUNCIATE! I thought that Carl and Phil were by far the better actors too but maybe my opinion is swayed by the fact that I could actually understand them!
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Old 16-08-2013, 09:48
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HD is bloody scary at times! Makes me laugh when you think of the old skinny, puny kid Ian of years ago!


I agree with the OP though. EE is the only soap I need the subtitles on for.
Lol , actors must absolutely hate HD, it's so unforgiving, even their wrinkles have wrinkles ....... and that's just the teens!
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Old 16-08-2013, 10:08
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Joey and Max are the worst but the others you've listed are pretty bad too.

Cameron on Emmerdale is another example.
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Old 16-08-2013, 10:09
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I think it was only last month that the mumbling actor problem was brought to Tony Hall's (Head of BBC) attention. It's not just EE but original drama like the adaptation of Sebastian Flauks' Birdsong that many viewers had a problem understanding. I don't know if any of these actors actually do voice/vocal training. They forget that their voice is a character in and of itself. No point trying to play a cockney-mockney if no-one can understand or make sense of what you are saying (*not looking at you, Joey Branning and Dexter Branning-wannabe*)

The problem isn't just a UK problem; I think US actors are prone to the mumbling disease as well.
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Old 16-08-2013, 10:30
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What really frustrates me is that David Witts has a very clear and crisp speaking voice. He's deliberately mumbling. I've had no idea what Joey or Max have said for years.
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Old 16-08-2013, 10:35
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What really frustrates me is that David Witts has a very clear and crisp speaking voice. He's deliberately mumbling. I've had no idea what Joey or Max have said for years.
I always thought it was part of a plot to reveal that he was actually Max's son but I'm past caring now.
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Old 16-08-2013, 11:53
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Have they started recording audio in surround sound now or something? that might explain the switch in volume. They could also do with a high and low pass filter, some scenes (often anything with a car pulling off) and my sub woofer rumbles like a nuclear bomb is approaching haha.
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Old 16-08-2013, 11:56
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I always thought it was part of a plot to reveal that he was actually Max's son but I'm past caring now.
Looks like Jack and sounds like Max - and they want us to believe Derek's the father... yeah right!
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Old 16-08-2013, 11:59
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Looks like Jack and sounds like Max - and they want us to believe Derek's the father... yeah right!
So he's the evil spawn of an incestuous relationship between his uncles? No worse than any other Enders storyline really.
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Old 16-08-2013, 12:28
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HD telly has ruined it for me, I swear Ian's gut was in my front room last week.
I had the same conversation last week, but about David's face in Corrie. HD isn't kind to soap actors.
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Old 16-08-2013, 12:54
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I love the comedy sound effect of Kirsty slapping Max in last nights Eastenders.
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Old 16-08-2013, 13:04
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I watched it last night and I agree about the sound. I've given up trying to understand what Joey and Max are mumbling about because I don't care. Carl and Phil carried the scene anyway as they're leaps and bounds above the other 2 when it comes to acting.
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Old 16-08-2013, 13:07
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I watched it last night and I agree about the sound. I've given up trying to understand what Joey and Max are mumbling about because I don't care. Carl and Phil carried the scene anyway as they're leaps and bounds above the other 2 when it comes to acting.
agree there about Phil and Carl. The others need some more training I think
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Old 16-08-2013, 13:27
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What's wrong with using subtitles if you really can't understand what they are saying? You don't have to be deaf to use them
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Old 16-08-2013, 13:30
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What's wrong with using subtitles if you really can't understand what they are saying? You don't have to be deaf to use them
Why should I? I now it could be easily done but hey, I think it's about time something was done about these so called actors who mumble their way through the scripts.
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Old 16-08-2013, 14:45
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Poor sound quality is the least of EastEnders' quality concerns, believe me.
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Old 16-08-2013, 14:48
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It's all the knives and forks clacking away in the Cafe that gets to me........really loud........there must be at least 10 in there all eating and putting down cutlery at the same time.....

.......but when they pan out, it is usually one person eating and the others drinking coffee.......
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Old 16-08-2013, 15:13
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I had no trouble understanding Carl and Phil in that scene but Max and Joey were another matter altogether!!! Someone really needs to tell these two to ENUNCIATE! I thought that Carl and Phil were by far the better actors too but maybe my opinion is swayed by the fact that I could actually understand them!
Max has his moments. One minute he seems to be speaking clearly, the next he's mumbling something and all I can pick up is the word "babe"
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