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I always have to turn my tv up and down up and down. I can never hear what people are saying so I will turn it up and the something really loud will blow my ears out. Would a sound bar system be a good solution? Any recommendations? I hardly see how they will sound much better because they are so slim and small. The speakers in them must be as small as tv speakers. Maybe its a waste of time because there is nothing good to watch.

I always have to turn my tv up and down up and down. I can never hear what people are saying so I will turn it up and the something really loud will blow my ears out. Would a sound bar system be a good solution? Any recommendations? I hardly see how they will sound much better because they are so slim and small. The speakers in them must be as small as tv speakers. Maybe its a waste of time because there is nothing good to watch.

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What you want is called "dynamic range compression" it lowers the loud parts and raises the quiet parts. VLC has this under Tools > Effects and Filters > Compressor

Full range is great if you have a top end sound system and no neighbors / sleeping children / wife.

Dynamic range is probably also available with most home surround sound systems. (Assuming the same is true with a sound bar)

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What is vlc?

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VLC is an opensource media player. Runs on anything, plays everything, low overhead, no ads, no bs.

https://www.videolan.org/vlc/