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Weird vocalisation of adverts on C4 catchup
Slinky
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We have a Sony TV, when we are watching catchup on Channel 4, some (not all) of the adverts and continuity announcements sound like a really slow deep male West Indian voice. The sort of thing you sometimes hear on voiceovers where they disguise the voice. The nearest I can think of is Frank Bruno speaking slowly in a deeper voice.
Does anybody else get this or is it just us? Why does it happen?
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The sound seems to go wrong on some of their ads for us, also on a Sony TV. I wouldn't have said it sounded like a deep West Indian voice though, just low pitched and distorted.1
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Is it inconsistant? Sometimes an advert distorts, and other times the same advert is audible? Same with continuity.
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