Poor Sound Quality With ME-TV Season 1 Episodes - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Jack1000 · 11-12-2013, 09:43 PM

Hey Guys,

Considering the greatness of METV showing almost uncut Brady Bunch episodes that have scenes now only elsewhere available on DVD, I have watched some Season 1 episodes of Leave it to Beaver. (See my post in the 70's Brady Bunch forum on this topic if interested.)

The later seasons look great. What I have seen of Season one, not so much. I watched, "Beaver's Guest" (Larry stays overnight.) and the sound was really bad! Everyone talked like they had sore throats. It seems that I remember possible sound issues with this episode from other sources.

Worse, METV is editing the closing credits! I watched a second episode from season 1 and the sound was only a little better. But, in both cases, there's a music jump during the closing theme song.

You guys can compare if you want. I think sadly the first season prints may be really starting to show their age! (After all, the average age is 55 years old!) Worse, I don't know how much longer they are going to be preserved. Beaver fans should REALLY think about getting a DVD player and start collecting the seasons! Than you can have LITB forever!

Jack

BlueJasmine · 11-13-2013, 04:13 AM

I've noticed the poor audio in season 1, too. (I tape the shows, and sometimes have to rewind a few times to hear some of the dialogue

) But,what really frosts me is some of the cutting that my local METV is doing in order to promote the national ABC line-up

(In fact, if I see one more "Katie" promo, my frigging head is going to explode

)

11-12-2013, 09:43 PM	#1
Jack1000 Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 05, 2001 Posts: 2,055	Poor Sound Quality With ME-TV Season 1 Episodes Hey Guys, Considering the greatness of METV showing almost uncut Brady Bunch episodes that have scenes now only elsewhere available on DVD, I have watched some Season 1 episodes of Leave it to Beaver. (See my post in the 70's Brady Bunch forum on this topic if interested.) The later seasons look great. What I have seen of Season one, not so much. I watched, "Beaver's Guest" (Larry stays overnight.) and the sound was really bad! Everyone talked like they had sore throats. It seems that I remember possible sound issues with this episode from other sources. Worse, METV is editing the closing credits! I watched a second episode from season 1 and the sound was only a little better. But, in both cases, there's a music jump during the closing theme song. You guys can compare if you want. I think sadly the first season prints may be really starting to show their age! (After all, the average age is 55 years old!) Worse, I don't know how much longer they are going to be preserved. Beaver fans should REALLY think about getting a DVD player and start collecting the seasons! Than you can have LITB forever! Jack

11-13-2013, 04:13 AM	#2
BlueJasmine Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Nov 12, 2013 Posts: 28	I've noticed the poor audio in season 1, too. (I tape the shows, and sometimes have to rewind a few times to hear some of the dialogue ) But,what really frosts me is some of the cutting that my local METV is doing in order to promote the national ABC line-up (In fact, if I see one more "Katie" promo, my frigging head is going to explode )