(1) Nature or nurture? and (2) Difficulty in hearing dialogue on DVDs
Nature or nurture?
The nature or nurture debate has apparently existed for centuries. Is a person’s non-physical attributes such as behaviour, personality or talents, derived principally from their genes (nature) or from the way they are brought up or experience life (nurture)? The extraordinary item and photograph from The Times of 28th January 2010, which you will see by clicking on to the link below, provides strong support for the nurture side of the argument. It also has a great aah! factor.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7005440.ece
Difficulty in hearing dialogue on DVDs
I watch a lot of DVDs and it seems that I am increasingly having difficulty in hearing some of the dialogue. This results in my having to hit the replay button or even having to use subtitles. As far as I am aware, I am not losing my hearing or, at least, not significantly. My wife has the same difficulty. It is not the case with all films and, interestingly, it appears to occur with newer rather than older ones. I also do not have the problem to anything like the same extent at the cinema. This tends to suggest that the original sound recording is not at fault. The problem thus appears to arise either in the process of recording a film to DVD or in the quality of our television speakers. I doubt that it is the latter because I do not have the same difficulty with TV programmes. Does anyone know the cause?
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