I know what you mean. I recently purchased a Blu-ray disc of Beat the Devil put out by The Film Detective. I am pleased with the copy and there are some good tones in the black and white movie but there are also some over bright scenes where the action took place in full sun. One thing I liked is that there are English closed captions that can be selected. Sometimes some of the actor's accents are a little hard to understand and it is nice to see what they are actually saying.
I also have a lot of problems with modern programs/movies as the dialogue is not always very clear. I usually turn on the subtitles so I don't miss anything.