Dear Commercials that are much louder than show I'm watching,

[Dugout DickStone]

I am writing down your name and won't ever buy your product.  If you have to yell and shout, you are selling crap.

Very truly yours,

LSOC

['taterblast]

great thread. very overlooked topic, imho.

[jtksu]

Also, shows that frequently change their volume levels.  I watched The Godfather I and II a couple nights ago.  When Al Pacino was talking, I had to turn the volume up to hear him.  And then the next scene would be like a party and a bunch of gunfire- turn the volume way down.  Annoying as crap.

[Brock Landers]

My TV has a feature built into it called Smartsound or something, that is supposed to eliminate the changes in commercial volume levels.  Guess what?  It doesn't rough ridin' work.

[WillieWatanabe]

Is it the channel's fault or the actual product company themselves?

[OK_Cat]

Is it the channel's fault or the actual product company themselves?

As someone who's worked at a tv station, I can tell you 100% that it's the lazy master control guy's fault.  He isn't checking levels before inserting into the system.

LSOC just got pwned.

[CNS]

Back when I was in high school, I did some broadcast type stuff.  At that time, I was told that the programming had a certain spectrum of noise level to operate with in, and that stations intentionally ran commercials at the top of that spectrum as part of ad agreements to intentionally be louder than what  you are watching and get your attention.

Stuff may have changed since then, that was the late '90's.

[Dugout DickStone]

Is it the channel's fault or the actual product company themselves?

As someone who's worked at a tv station, I can tell you 100% that it's the lazy master control guy's fault.  He isn't checking levels before inserting into the system.

LSOC just got pwned.

really? Seems like the company I'm not buying from did. 

I don't know though, you are Roger Mudd over there so if you say so, maybe...

[pissclams]

Is it the channel's fault or the actual product company themselves?

As someone who's worked at a tv station, I can tell you 100% that it's the lazy master control guy's fault.  He isn't checking levels before inserting into the system.

LSOC just got pwned.

really? Seems like the company I'm not buying from did. 

I don't know though, you are Roger Mudd over there so if you say so, maybe...

incredible roger mudd refero LSOC, well done.

[OK_Cat]

Is it the channel's fault or the actual product company themselves?

As someone who's worked at a tv station, I can tell you 100% that it's the lazy master control guy's fault.  He isn't checking levels before inserting into the system.

LSOC just got pwned.

really? Seems like the company I'm not buying from did. 

I don't know though, you are Roger Mudd over there so if you say so, maybe...

I don't know what any of that means, but I'm going to take that as a direct threat towards my tribe.  Meet me at the battlegrounds in 10 and prepare to die.

[ben ji]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704008704575638850947058366.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5

Couch potatoes of America, listen up. Congress may be just days away from turning down the volume on ear-splitting TV.

The Commercial Advertising Loudness Mitigation, or CALM, Act follows rules set last year by a United Nations body in Switzerland on how to measure and clip broadcast volumes. The U.S. bill, inspired by decades of consumer complaints, should finally ban TV ads that blare louder than the programs they interrupt.

[Rage Against the McKee]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704008704575638850947058366.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5

Couch potatoes of America, listen up. Congress may be just days away from turning down the volume on ear-splitting TV.

The Commercial Advertising Loudness Mitigation, or CALM, Act follows rules set last year by a United Nations body in Switzerland on how to measure and clip broadcast volumes. The U.S. bill, inspired by decades of consumer complaints, should finally ban TV ads that blare louder than the programs they interrupt.

Thank you, government!

[Dugout DickStone]

Limestone talks, Congress listens.

[Ghost of Stan Parrish]

Why anyone cares about this is beyond me.