Subject: Re: Audio strangeness on 12-JAN-91 From: azathoth@cbnewsm.att.com (steven.r.houser) Date: 1991-01-15, 06:23 Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks In article <1991Jan15.050044.29541@athena.mit.edu> genoa@athena.mit.edu (Jack N Holt) writes: > >In article <62082@bbn.BBN.COM> sminkin@BBN.COM () writes: >> >>Did anyone but me notice that the audio for the voice dropped out at several >> >>different points during this TP? I was watching it on videotape the day after >> >>it aired and found that some scenes, most memorably the first scene with Ben >> >>and Bobby,I could hear the "background" music loud and clear, but the dialogue >> >>was extremely faint early on. Also the scene with James and his new boss's >> >>brother had some garbled dialogue. >> >> >> >>Does it mean anything? I don't think it was my VCR as my girlfriend who >> >>lives in a different town taped it and noticed the same things on her tape. > > > >I had the same problem. In fact, I've seen (heard) the same thing several > >times on channel 5 (ST:TNG mostly). I've heard of this happening with a few > >other stations around the country, too, though usually the whole soundtrack > >"drops out" for a while. I guess TP's surround sound has something to do with > >still getting the background sound. The problem must be somewhere at > >channel 5, though I don't have enough experience with video equipment to guess > >exactly what's going wrong. The same thing has happened several times here in Columbus, Ohio. -- Steve Houser | All opinions expressed are mine, not my uunet!att!cblph!srh | employer's.