According to a recent survey, almost three-quarters of Germans criticise the listening experience when watching television – Kronoton’s new product now ensures relaxed television viewing with intelligible TV sound
Many TV viewers are familiar with it: constantly having to adjust the volume with the remote control, for example when a film is interrupted by a commercial break. This bothers 72 percent of those surveyed in a representative survey commissioned by Kronoton. The company from Reinbek near Hamburg specializes in developments in the field of audio and is now launching its first product for end consumers, the HDSX TV Sound Optimizer. Initial customer feedback and test results show that as soon as the palm-sized device is installed, the remote control is quickly forgotten.
In the online survey from September 2021 with more than 1,000 German citizens, two thirds of respondents between the ages of 18 and 34 confirmed that they often cannot clearly understand the language in films and every second of them knows the situation of not being able to agree on a TV volume with their partner, for example. Last but not least, more than two thirds of all respondents would be happy to have a device that can get all these problems under control.
The HDSX TV Sound Optimizer sets new standards for a relaxed TV sound experience. Thanks to plug & play, setting it up is child's play. The small box is simply plugged between the TV and the speakers and attached to the back of the TV with the Velcro fasteners provided. The patented technology makes the sound more intense with a new type of dynamic compression. It optimizes the TV sound by making the quiet parts a little louder and therefore more understandable, while the loud parts remain as they are.
Immersive and object-based audio productions such as 3D audio are also optimized in real time. The television viewer has the impression of being in the middle of the action.
"I am of course personally familiar with the well-known challenges of television sound from my own experience," says Gunnar Kron, Managing Director of Kronoton and developer of the HDSX TV Sound Optimizer. "I was keen to find a solution to these problems. As a company that has been successfully manufacturing and marketing audio technologies for loudspeaker systems worldwide for ten years, we have the necessary expertise."
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