# Television picture and sound-Sync or swim?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-picture-and-sound-sync-or-swim/850120>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 23, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-picture-and-sound-sync-or-swim/850120 "2020-03-23T20:46:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-picture-and-sound-sync-or-swim/850120/1 "2020-03-23T20:46:08Z")

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I’ve got Xfinity cable, but lately I’ve noticed that the sound and picture are not matching up very well on most channels. In fact, if the channel I am watching is available over the air I’ll just switch over because I can immediately notice the improvement.  
How do get your television(OTA, cable, satellite, computer or other), and how well does it sync up usually?

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**Author:** ![Saturn\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-picture-and-sound-sync-or-swim/850120/2 "2020-03-23T23:45:47Z")

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If audio is set to 5.1, try switching to stereo, check to see that sound+pic is in sync, then switch back to 5.1.

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**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-picture-and-sound-sync-or-swim/850120/3 "2020-03-24T07:57:11Z")

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Not entirely sure this will help, but your TV should have “expert” audio settings that will allow you to advance or retard the audio. Mine has a “slider” control that does this.

I became aware of it when I first connected external speakers to the TV. There was a really annoying echo caused by the sound from the TV’s speakers being out of synch with the sound from the external speakers.