How to fix that annoying audio delay on your soundbar
No amount of angrily button-mashing the remote is going to fix this. (JESHOOTS.com/Pexels/)If you’re unsatisfied with the quiet, tinny sound coming from your TV’s speakers, a soundbar can seriously improve your movie-watching experience. But while most soundbars are space-efficient and easy to hook up, they still have an occasional quirk or two—most notably an audio delay that causes dialogue to be out of sync with the mouths moving on screen.How your TV and soundbar get out of syncI’ve tried and reviewed countless TVs and soundbars, and audio delay is an extremely common issue. Many people jump to blame a certain brand or model of soundbar, but it’s not always that simple. Frequently, this delay is inherent to how TVs and soundbars decode audio.“It is a complicated problem,” explains Allan Devantier, vice president of audio research and development at Samsung. “You’ve got all these different formats for audio, so there’s a...