Poor sound quality and the adverts being louder than the TV programmes. Been trying to get it sorted with a couple of stations.....
Trivial things that annoy you about TV
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The sycophantic fawning from Wimbledon commentators when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are in attendance at a match. Heck, it irks me when they feel the need to point out any famous faces with no tennis connections being there.
The way presenters on QVC etc say "Welcome to the SHOW" and "On todays' SHOW".
It's not a show !!
It's an elongated ADVERT !
It's not a show !!
It's an elongated ADVERT !
When on a chat show or The One Show they refer to "The whole nation" talking about or being gripped by some show, when that is obviously not the case.
Originally Posted by SuperAPJ:
“The sycophantic fawning from Wimbledon commentators when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are in attendance at a match. Heck, it irks me when they feel the need to point out any famous faces with no tennis connections being there.”
“The sycophantic fawning from Wimbledon commentators when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are in attendance at a match. Heck, it irks me when they feel the need to point out any famous faces with no tennis connections being there.”
Sometimes they aren't even very famous. Not that I watch tennis but it happens in other sports too. Particularly F1! On Sunday the cameras kept going to obscure people and I hadn't a clue who they were.
On Catchphrase, Stephen announces each contestants score after every single question! So annoying especially when nobody got the Catchphrase and thus the scores haven't even changed. Could trim the show back to 30 minutes cutting all that rubbish out!
Steph McGovern on BBC Breakfast and the way she'll start talking about something and then say "Morning everybody." "The latest government figures about business development - Morning everybody - have been released..."
Originally Posted by Beecosy:
“Poor sound quality and the adverts being louder than the TV programmes. Been trying to get it sorted with a couple of stations.....”
“Poor sound quality and the adverts being louder than the TV programmes. Been trying to get it sorted with a couple of stations.....”
Check out your TV settings via the menu. My Toshiba has something called Stable Sound, which cuts any sudden leaps in volume during the ad breaks. I don't actually use it, preferring either to press the mute button or switch channels on the rare occasions I watch anything live on commercial TV.
Originally Posted by barbeler:
“Check out your TV settings via the menu. My Toshiba has something called Stable Sound, which cuts any sudden leaps in volume during the ad breaks. I don't actually use it, preferring either to press the mute button or switch channels on the rare occasions I watch anything live on commercial TV.”
“Check out your TV settings via the menu. My Toshiba has something called Stable Sound, which cuts any sudden leaps in volume during the ad breaks. I don't actually use it, preferring either to press the mute button or switch channels on the rare occasions I watch anything live on commercial TV.”
There's not much point changing channel as the ads are on at the same time on them all.
American shows with older men doing voiceovers, usually for younger versions of themselves..
I don't know why this annoys me, it's trivial. It just gets on my wick for no particular reason!
I don't know why this annoys me, it's trivial. It just gets on my wick for no particular reason!
Originally Posted by Ænima:
“American shows with older men doing voiceovers, usually for younger versions of themselves..
I don't know why this annoys me, it's trivial. It just gets on my wick for no particular reason!”
“American shows with older men doing voiceovers, usually for younger versions of themselves..
I don't know why this annoys me, it's trivial. It just gets on my wick for no particular reason!”
As in narration?
Originally Posted by SuperAPJ:
“The sycophantic fawning from Wimbledon commentators when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are in attendance at a match. Heck, it irks me when they feel the need to point out any famous faces with no tennis connections being there.”
“The sycophantic fawning from Wimbledon commentators when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are in attendance at a match. Heck, it irks me when they feel the need to point out any famous faces with no tennis connections being there.”
Sometimes they linger too long on one person, it comes across as pervy.
An ad break five minutes before a show is due to end
When a channel airs the first episode of a two-part story arc but doesn't show the second episode that ties everything up
Adverts about toilet cleaner and athlete's foot being aired in the evening when people are eating their dinner
Charity adverts on a loop
Long recaps at the beginning of a new episode
When a channel shortens the credits at the end of a film, and you can't enjoy the song that plays over them in full
When a channel airs the first episode of a two-part story arc but doesn't show the second episode that ties everything up
Adverts about toilet cleaner and athlete's foot being aired in the evening when people are eating their dinner
Charity adverts on a loop
Long recaps at the beginning of a new episode
When a channel shortens the credits at the end of a film, and you can't enjoy the song that plays over them in full
Originally Posted by RoseAnne:
“When on a chat show or The One Show they refer to "The whole nation" talking about or being gripped by some show, when that is obviously not the case.”
“When on a chat show or The One Show they refer to "The whole nation" talking about or being gripped by some show, when that is obviously not the case.”
Yes, this annoys me too. As in who shot Phil Mitchell on Eastenders, or the recent whodunnit that was trailed for weeks. I couldn't give a monkeys and I don't want to see trailers that assume everyone cares about it.
Same as when someone on TV states "how much we love our soaps". Errm no we don't. Even at 10m viewers an episode that means 52m potential viewers don't care about soap plots. ITV promotes BGT and X Factor in the same way. As if everyone watches.
Originally Posted by allafix:
“Yes, this annoys me too. As in who shot Phil Mitchell on Eastenders, or the recent whodunnit that was trailed for weeks. I couldn't give a monkeys and I don't want to see trailers that assume everyone cares about it.
Same as when someone on TV states "how much we love our soaps". Errm no we don't. Even at 10m viewers an episode that means 52m potential viewers don't care about soap plots. ITV promotes BGT and X Factor in the same way. As if everyone watches.”
“Yes, this annoys me too. As in who shot Phil Mitchell on Eastenders, or the recent whodunnit that was trailed for weeks. I couldn't give a monkeys and I don't want to see trailers that assume everyone cares about it.
Same as when someone on TV states "how much we love our soaps". Errm no we don't. Even at 10m viewers an episode that means 52m potential viewers don't care about soap plots. ITV promotes BGT and X Factor in the same way. As if everyone watches.”
Yeah. The assumption we all watch soaps or BGT or X factor gets my goat!
My local ITV channel, Granada, assumes we all watch Corrie.
The recent furore over all of us supposedly watching Poldark and the fuss over that guy's chest too was ridiculous!
Originally Posted by Quixotic:
“An ad break five minutes before a show is due to end”
“An ad break five minutes before a show is due to end”
In an episode of Gotham on Channel 5 it went to an adbreak near the end, when it came back it went straight to the end credits.
Originally Posted by degsyhufc:
“As in narration?”
“As in narration?”
Yes, narration
Although not all narration annoys me, it's just on certain shows.
Originally Posted by embrascot:
“There's not much point changing channel as the ads are on at the same time on them all.”
“There's not much point changing channel as the ads are on at the same time on them all.”
If everyone's TV could be monitored, I wouldn't mind betting that BBC News would have massive cumulative viewing figures from people switching to it during ad breaks.
Coming up in this post... trivial things that annoy me about tv, including... persistent recaps and things still to come; programmes going to adverts within the first 5 minutes; the sound being louder on HD channels than SD...
But first...
The sound on HD channels being louder than SD.
It's 16 minutes past 6, tonight's main headline (that we just finished talking about 7 minutes ago)
Still to come: those other stories I told you about in the first minute, just in case you'd forgotten
Welcome back, here's a recap of what you just watched before the ad break. And coming up, two more recaps if this show is on for an hour
Don't enter this competition if you're watching on demand, you won't win but you'll still be charged, but we'll go through all the details and show you the number anyway
Still to come, the local BBC news in your BBC area, so it's goodbye from us in the BBC News at 6 team in the BBC studios at the BBC, we now cross to your local BBC News teams wherever you are, goodbye, bye, oh see you again in 3 and a half hours for all the same stuff, bye bye, bye
But first...
The sound on HD channels being louder than SD.
It's 16 minutes past 6, tonight's main headline (that we just finished talking about 7 minutes ago)
Still to come: those other stories I told you about in the first minute, just in case you'd forgotten
Welcome back, here's a recap of what you just watched before the ad break. And coming up, two more recaps if this show is on for an hour
Don't enter this competition if you're watching on demand, you won't win but you'll still be charged, but we'll go through all the details and show you the number anyway
Still to come, the local BBC news in your BBC area, so it's goodbye from us in the BBC News at 6 team in the BBC studios at the BBC, we now cross to your local BBC News teams wherever you are, goodbye, bye, oh see you again in 3 and a half hours for all the same stuff, bye bye, bye
Originally Posted by degsyhufc:
“In an episode of Gotham on Channel 5 it went to an adbreak near the end, when it came back it went straight to the end credits.”
“In an episode of Gotham on Channel 5 it went to an adbreak near the end, when it came back it went straight to the end credits.”
That's how it is on American TV. Maybe Channel 5 are moving in that direction.
Originally Posted by silversox:
“Toe nails: to be precise, my toenails. Why are they so far away and why do they grow so fast?”
“Toe nails: to be precise, my toenails. Why are they so far away and why do they grow so fast?”
Sorry, wrong thread!!
Another nonsensical phrase that's crept in to literally almost every programme overnight: ''It is what it is''
Really?! You mean it really IS what it is? As apposed to what, not being what it is? Jeez.
Really?! You mean it really IS what it is? As apposed to what, not being what it is? Jeez.
Heard on the one o clock news
Greek banks are open again after a three week close
A CLOSE fercrissakes, when did that come into use?
Greek banks are open again after a three week close
A CLOSE fercrissakes, when did that come into use?
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