Lip-sync - 9th Feb 2015 4:24pm
Modern 'smart' tellies these days often provide no analogue audio output for you to connect to a hi-fi system to improve the sound quality. Even when they do, it is often not synchronised very well to the video, usually coming a fraction of a second early.
Many provide an optical 'toslink' output only. A converter to conventional hi-fi audio will cost you five to ten pounds. This too is unlikely to be synchronised with the video.
To cure the problem you will need a lip-sync corrector which adds an adjustable delay to the audio. These cost around £50.
So if you are thinking of getting a smart telly and intend to connect it to a better audio system, its worth checking that what comes out is electrical rather than optical and properly synchronised to the audio. It is VERY distracting when the two are not synchronised.
Hopefully this will save someone the extra expense and hassle buying a smart telly has involved me in!
I have a wax model of the designer of my telly into which I shall insert pins! Grrr!
Many provide an optical 'toslink' output only. A converter to conventional hi-fi audio will cost you five to ten pounds. This too is unlikely to be synchronised with the video.
To cure the problem you will need a lip-sync corrector which adds an adjustable delay to the audio. These cost around £50.
So if you are thinking of getting a smart telly and intend to connect it to a better audio system, its worth checking that what comes out is electrical rather than optical and properly synchronised to the audio. It is VERY distracting when the two are not synchronised.
Hopefully this will save someone the extra expense and hassle buying a smart telly has involved me in!
I have a wax model of the designer of my telly into which I shall insert pins! Grrr!