Child Item

Site Totals

61363 Questions Answered 267 Categories

Poor Audio Mix on Fox NFL Telecasts

During the current NFL season I have noticed that the audio on Fios' Fox HD NFL telecasts is drowned out by crowd noise and other background noise -- even the stadium public address announcer. The TV commentators are barely audible. The audio on yesterday's Green Bay-Philadelphia playoff game was particularly bad! My hearing has admittedly declined with old age, but I do not notice this problem on the studio segments on Fox sports, on football telecasts on other networks, or on other types of TV shows. I don't even notice it very much on the Fox standard definition game telecast. It's only the Fox NFL telecasts in high-def.

So I can't figure out who to blame. I don't really have an easy way to compare my service to that of neighbors using other providers. Just curious if anyone else has experienced this problem and found the cause or a workaround. For what it's worth, I'm a Fios subscriber in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., and I'm watching WTTG in Washington on a Vizio LCD HDTV, using only the audio equipment built into the TV. Both the TV and my Fios service are about 5 months old. Thanks for any help.

Comments

Keyboards

It is most likely a FOX issue (from your local affiliate) as Verizon passes the signal exactly as sent by the local affiliate. I didn't notice any issue with the 5.1 audio on that game in VHO8 on channel 29 (don't know which VHO / affiliate you are getting your feed from).

uncledennis

Thanks for the reply. I did a little further research on the Fios distribution system, and I suspect you're on the right track. I would almost certainly be serviced by the Video Hub Office in Silver Spring, MD (VHO4), and as I said, I see the problem when watching the local Fox affiliate in Washington, D.C. So it makes sense to think this would be just a local or regional problem. Hopefully some other subscribers in this region will chime in if they experience the same problem.

bobbo527

@uncledennis wrote:
During the current NFL season I have noticed that the audio on Fios' Fox HD NFL telecasts is drowned out by crowd noise and other background noise -- even the stadium public address announcer. The TV commentators are barely audible. The audio on yesterday's Green Bay-Philadelphia playoff game was particularly bad! My hearing has admittedly declined with old age, but I do not notice this problem on the studio segments on Fox sports, on football telecasts on other networks, or on other types of TV shows. I don't even notice it very much on the Fox standard definition game telecast. It's only the Fox NFL telecasts in high-def.
So I can't figure out who to blame. I don't really have an easy way to compare my service to that of neighbors using other providers. Just curious if anyone else has experienced this problem and found the cause or a workaround. For what it's worth, I'm a Fios subscriber in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., and I'm watching WTTG in Washington on a Vizio LCD HDTV, using only the audio equipment built into the TV. Both the TV and my Fios service are about 5 months old. Thanks for any help.

This has absolteuly NOTHING to do with FiOS or Verizon, it's a problem with Fox.

nesbitt1

I am having the same issue with the Saints-Bucs telecast. Every so often I get the full audio for a couple of seconds, then it goes bad again. Definitely only on Fox.

[Deleted User]

As this thread is now over ten years old, it will be locked in order to keep discussions current. If you have the same or a similar question/issue we invite you to start a new thread on the topic.

Child Item