I'm a regular watcher and I have noticed exactly the same! I thought it was 
just some reflections from the room but it's interesting to see someone else 
experiencing it.

Hector  

On 2012-08-07, at 7:09 AM, Richard Dobson <richarddob...@blueyonder.co.uk> 
wrote:

> Re odd things heard: is anyone here a regular watcher of "The Big Bang 
> Theory" show (E4, and on various cable channels)?  There is a standard 
> "sting" (a sort of semi-pitched noise cluster cum whoosh sort of thing, 
> little more than a second in length) used to transition from one scene to the 
> next.  My stereo TV (full HD but otherwise cheap 32" LCD type) is in the 
> corner of my lounge, and is in general not notable at all for significant 
> stereo effects, much less anything more "immersive". Obviously, the built-in 
> speakers (a generous 2 * 6W) are the typical small tinny things.
> 
> However, that sting, fleeting as it is, seems to produce a significant amount 
> of pseudo-surround, very much ~not~ localised to the TV, such that every time 
> it is really rather surprising. One day I will have to record and analyse it, 
> but I haven't got around to that yet. Does anyone have any idea if this is 
> just a random emergent feature of the sound (TV or room artifact), or has 
> that effect been designed into it in some discernible way?
> 
> 
> Richard Dobson
> ..
>> sometimes (depending on content), the result will be surprising, but
>> tricks like these tend to fail on arbitrary content.
>> 
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