Americans Really Do Have It Worse Off Than Europeans Or Asians . . .

When it comes to their video and audio!

About halfway through this article: http://spareroommedia.com/video/monitor_setup.html
- and I'll reprint it here for your reference, films produced on this
continent are oversaturated compared to the same films(and films
produced locally) in Europe!

" ...the trend for both print and film/video in North America is for a
slightly to significantly over-saturated look, especially in
advertising. Compare several different American publications,
television shows and films to European ones and you'll notice that,
side-by-side, the European versions feel undersaturated, although they
may more accurately reflect good saturation. But once again, the
subjective creeps into the picture. When not viewing comparitively,
you may never realize the difference because your eye will quickly
adjust to the quality and color of what you are viewing (see
below). ..."

So there you have it: Americans - and perhaps citizens of all of North
America in general - are used to overboosted colors, over-bright and
oversharpened images on TV and even in some theatres, and hyper-
dynamically compressed audio on TV and over the Radio!

So THAT reveals to me why, when I present calibrated video and
original audio source to my American fellow citizens it seems "wrong"
to them.

The question is, HOW do we, as audio/video producers, technicians,
calibrators, and AV geeks in general, undo this mess and prevent the
conditions/policies by which it occurs?

A thought-provoking question I pose for sure, but one that must be
asked.

-ChrisCoaster

 

Chris,

We're not very smart over here in the US. Snooky/Palin/Romney/Kardashian
Fever is a good example. In general, we think bigger is better, louder is
better, punched up color is better. Not all of us, but most.

Regards,

Ty Ford

--Audio Equipment Reviews Audio Production Services
Acting and Voiceover Demos http://www.tyford.com
Guitar player?:

 

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Hey Ty - just curious. Where do you think I'm from?

 

No clue.

Ty Ford

--Audio Equipment Reviews Audio Production Services
Acting and Voiceover Demos http://www.tyford.com
Guitar player?:

 

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I'll drop you a big hint: I love dearly where it is I come from, but I
despise the a€|£holes in charge and have no sympathy for the idiots
who voted them in! Know where I'm from now?


-CC

 

australia? cause that's how we feel too ;-)

 

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Ushere, Martin, sorry to shock y'alls, but I'm from the same place as
Ty!

-Coaster

 

Chris,

Nope. Where I come from (USA) ALL politics is simply very bad theater;
Republican, Democrat, Tea Party, Whatever. I can't imagine it's all that
different elsewhere.

Regards,

Ty Ford

--Audio Equipment Reviews Audio Production Services
Acting and Voiceover Demos http://www.tyford.com
Guitar player?:

 

I would except most of the Democrats from your description above,
but watching the Republican presidential candidates "crash and
burn" one after the other as they demonstrate (often laughably)
their gross incompetence for holding ANY responsible office has
been entertaining - if a bit scary that ANYONE would consider
voting for ANY of them (with the exception of the very intelligent
John Huntsman, who hovers around 1% in the Republican polls of
course). As for the Republican senators and representatives, their
stated preference for trying to defeat Obama ***AT ANY COST***
instead of working for the well being of the country and its
people is DISGUSTING!!! Their actions (or more accurately, their
unified blocking of actions) has been truly reprehensible. I (in
my nearly 70 years) have NEVER seen anything like this inexcusable
"know-nothing" partisanship, not only on the part of the stupid
"Tea Partiers" ("Gee, it'd be OK if the country defaulted on its
debt..., right?"), but generally on the part of the Republicans
who work as a unified block against ANY reasonable taxing of the
richest and the corporations in favor of cutting important
"safety-net" programs and increasing taxes on those who can least
afford it, but who would otherwise spend that money, hastening
economic recovery from the Bush disaster-building years. 'Course,
we also can't touch our bloated military to save the country from
economic disaster, either! YUCK! I wonder when (or if) folks will
finally get who is on their side, and who is on the side of the
greedy, power-hungry, and the all-around self-serving at their
expense. BTW, I now wear an "I'm in the 99%" button at all times
and support the efforts of the "Occupy Wall Street" ***people***
(not the corporations that are now legally "people" here [gosh,
I wonder when the first "person-corporation" will run for office]).
I also just sold all my stocks, and the money is going into local
credit unions. Gee, I wonder why...;-)
--DR

 

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I vote for neither Dem or Republican. I vote for the indies! Because
I know the two major parties are going down, and GOING . . .
DOWN. . . .HARD!

-CC