The Majority of Young People Are Using Subtitles When They Watch TV

[Double Burger With Cheese]

It's because they spend the movie in their phone and you catch key parts of the conversation with ST on.

This literally makes no sense though. Has to be a different reason

 

[Uchiha God]

I do the same a lot of these movies and shows have horrible audio mixing

Watching a Nolan movie without subtitles you'll catch 30% of the dialog

 

[Killer Instinct]

I only use subtitles when the setting warrants it. For instance, I am never watching Squid Game with the English dub. I also can't play Ghost of Tsushima in anything other than Japanese w/ subtitles. I even switched it to the native dub in The Predator Hulu film w/ the Indians. Same for Apocalyptyo, though the native language spoken is actually the default. Any other time, I'm turning subtitles off.

 

[GreenGhxst]

i like it because i focus better

 

[El Bombi]

I only use subtitles while playing some video games.

 

[Genos]

Audio mixing bow days is attrcious, barely audible mumbling one scene to ear drum splitting explosion the next scene. It's easier to use subtitles at medium volume

 

[315]

I been using that shyt since the late 90's

 

[Cloutius Maximus]

only use them for foriegn shows and maybe dialog heavy shows like the first few seasons of game of thrones

i wouldnt use them if im watching fresh prince or it's always sunny in philadelphia

 

[I'm Blackman]

Exactly. This is a clown article. The real reason is that filming now is being done largely with tiny mics and actors are doing naturalistic dialog instead of having to project their voices.

Short video explanation:

Thanks for this. interesting and explained a lot.

 

[Canada Goose]

I don't use subtitles but I watch TV shows at home with headphones on cause I can't hear the dialog over my fan.



I watch a lot of my TV Shows on bootleg streaming sites, I'm not even sure if those sites even have an subtitle option

 

[Big Mountain Hélà]

I watch everything with subtitles even regular tv shows and sports.

Maybe I’m on the spectrum but anytime I see subtitles I have to read them even if I know what they are saying/gonna say
Then I lose track of whatever I was watching

 

[KidJSoul]

I use it because some of the dialog be low as hell. The Music and action scene's be loud as shyt. Steaming platforms need to fix that asap.

 

[I'm Blackman]

I only use subs for foreign stuff and some video games.

yep. playing horizon forbidden west now and w/o subtitles wouldnt know what the hell theyre saying.

 

[old pig]

I’ve found myself doing that too with every streaming app…the only exception is hulu cuz their subtitles look like shyt and are inaccurate…I don’t need it on constantly but every now and then I can’t make something out and have to turn it on then off then on again so eventually I just said fukk it just keep it on

 

[O.Red]

I use it because some of the dialog be low as hell. The Music and action scene's be loud as shyt. Steaming platforms need to fix that asap.

That's not a streaming platforms issue

Audio mixing in TV and movies took a nosedive in the mid 2000s for some reason