Weird audio issue on my TV.

Anthropophagus · 11-26-2012, 01:04 AM

I've been noticing a strange audio effect while watching cable on my Samsung plasma television. It doesn't occur with any other media (that I've noticed) except cable. It happens randomly, and I haven't recognized a pattern or trigger to it. The sound itself is almost impossible to describe; it's sort of robotic/machine-like.

It sounds like the sound at ~0:24-0:25 in the above theme. Almost like a buzzing? I have no idea how to describe it, but it's unmistakable.

At first I thought I was going insane, because it is hard to put into words and my girlfriend couldn't hear it every time I pointed it out. She looked at me like I was fucked up and hearing things, and I almost believed her. Then I thought that perhaps it was an intended audio effect, like part of the ambiance or something. But today I looked up YouTube clips of specific scenes in which I remember hearing it, and the sound is non-existent (one example is the end scene to Sunshine). Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is playing in the other room, and I heard it twice in one of the Yoda scenes but not in the equivalent YouTube clip. So - obviously specific to my television and cable programming...

Does anyone know wtf I'm talking about, or have any input? At least now I know I'm not crazy and this isn't my psyche breaking down or ghosts trying to speak with me; but it seriously is annoying and obviously unintended and a problem.

Slime · 11-26-2012, 02:28 AM

i dont hear what is at :24-:25

Pirate Balloon · 11-26-2012, 06:38 PM

Pizza The Hut · 11-26-2012, 07:11 PM

eh, logitech is shit

Liam Brocklehurst · 11-26-2012, 10:06 PM

DON'T SAY THOSE WORDS.

Anthropophagus · 11-26-2012, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lohr

i dont hear what is at :24-:25

More like 0:25 now that I listen to it, and it's like a "bwaaaaaahhh" sound. Not the one that sounds like a toad croaking.

Evil Ash · 11-27-2012, 03:53 AM

That sounds kind of nuts. Are you nuts? Has your girlfriend hear it yet?

I can't think what would be causing that. Bad coax? Bad cable box? Could be anything I guess...

Anthropophagus · 11-28-2012, 12:01 AM

Dude, I know. I think it's the TV, because this cable box was hooked up to a different TV about 6 months prior and I never heard anything then.

This TV has some of the shittiest speakers I've ever heard. Granted, most flat panel TVs have awful stock audio, but this takes the cake. The standard equalizer settings are fucking terrible - it took me like 2 months to realize the bass was cranked very high. I actually started thinking one of the speakers was blown because the bass was that distorted, but after looking through the audio settings I realized that Samsung basically had a mongoloid program their presets.

Anyway, the audio issue sounds like robotic insects trying to speak to me... haha, that's the best way to describe it and I know it sounds nuts but I'm not. I promise.

Lowgain · 11-29-2012, 04:11 AM

move to antarctica

11-26-2012, 01:04 AM	#1
Anthropophagus Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 5,997	Weird audio issue on my TV. I've been noticing a strange audio effect while watching cable on my Samsung plasma television. It doesn't occur with any other media (that I've noticed) except cable. It happens randomly, and I haven't recognized a pattern or trigger to it. The sound itself is almost impossible to describe; it's sort of robotic/machine-like. It sounds like the sound at ~0:24-0:25 in the above theme. Almost like a buzzing? I have no idea how to describe it, but it's unmistakable. At first I thought I was going insane, because it is hard to put into words and my girlfriend couldn't hear it every time I pointed it out. She looked at me like I was fucked up and hearing things, and I almost believed her. Then I thought that perhaps it was an intended audio effect, like part of the ambiance or something. But today I looked up YouTube clips of specific scenes in which I remember hearing it, and the sound is non-existent (one example is the end scene to Sunshine). Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is playing in the other room, and I heard it twice in one of the Yoda scenes but not in the equivalent YouTube clip. So - obviously specific to my television and cable programming... Does anyone know wtf I'm talking about, or have any input? At least now I know I'm not crazy and this isn't my psyche breaking down or ghosts trying to speak with me; but it seriously is annoying and obviously unintended and a problem.

11-26-2012, 02:28 AM	#2
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891	i dont hear what is at :24-:25
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891

11-27-2012, 03:53 AM	#7
Evil Ash Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 15,534	That sounds kind of nuts. Are you nuts? Has your girlfriend hear it yet? I can't think what would be causing that. Bad coax? Bad cable box? Could be anything I guess...
Evil Ash Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 15,534

11-29-2012, 04:11 AM	#9
Lowgain Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 9,288	move to antarctica
Lowgain Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 9,288

11-26-2012, 06:38 PM	#3
Pirate Balloon Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,911

11-26-2012, 07:11 PM	#4
Pizza The Hut Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,633	eh, logitech is shit

11-26-2012, 10:06 PM	#5
Liam Brocklehurst Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,143	DON'T SAY THOSE WORDS.

11-28-2012, 12:01 AM	#8
Anthropophagus Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 5,997	Dude, I know. I think it's the TV, because this cable box was hooked up to a different TV about 6 months prior and I never heard anything then. This TV has some of the shittiest speakers I've ever heard. Granted, most flat panel TVs have awful stock audio, but this takes the cake. The standard equalizer settings are fucking terrible - it took me like 2 months to realize the bass was cranked very high. I actually started thinking one of the speakers was blown because the bass was that distorted, but after looking through the audio settings I realized that Samsung basically had a mongoloid program their presets. Anyway, the audio issue sounds like robotic insects trying to speak to me... haha, that's the best way to describe it and I know it sounds nuts but I'm not. I promise.