[tracker1]

Even on my 5.2 setup it's still not great for a lot of content that's coming down in stereo... the center channel is supposed to focus on the dialog, but often the mixdown/up being served doesn't do a good job of it. A large part of it imo is the mixing done for movies which are generally in very loud, controlled environments vs. say classic TV which was closed set stage performances... we're directing more for subtle nuance in acting today over being able to clearly hear what's going on.

I think we can overcome this with better listening and playback options though... personally, I just turn on captions/subs where available.