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Anyone else freaking annoyed at the disparity in volume when it comes to commercials?

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her209

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I swear the network stations purposed jack up the volume twice as loud. WTF!?!

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yea. new scheme they thought up. im always scrambling for the remote to hit the mute button when the commercials come on
 
This is an old issue(long before the Internet) and seems to be much worse in the US than up here in Canada. TV Stations always blame the Ad Producers, but that's usually just laziness on their part.
 
Originally posted by: funkymatt
yes this has been posted before. geekbabe? mentioned it was due to compression.
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I think it was Rubycon. But yeah its due to compression of the signal then boosting the gain.
 
It's even worse when a show has some dynamic range - you have to crank the sound to hear someone whispering, then the commercial comes on and blows your windows out. Thank Science for DVRs.
 
Originally posted by: Gibsons
It's even worse when a show has some dynamic range - you have to crank the sound to hear someone whispering, then the commercial comes on and blows your windows out. Thank Science for DVRs.
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That seems to happen with a lot of movies I rent. The actors mumble all their lines and maybe have a british accent for good measure. So I have to turn it way up to understand...then some one on the movie trips over a trash can or opens a door and it sounds like a nuclear bomb went off.

I don't care if gunshots are way louder then voices IRL, I'm watching a movie and I want all the sounds normalized so I don't have to adjust the volume 500 times while I'm watching a show.
 
Originally posted by: PingSpike
Originally posted by: Gibsons
It's even worse when a show has some dynamic range - you have to crank the sound to hear someone whispering, then the commercial comes on and blows your windows out. Thank Science for DVRs.
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That seems to happen with a lot of movies I rent. The actors mumble all their lines and maybe have a british accent for good measure. So I have to turn it way up to understand...then some one on the movie trips over a trash can or opens a door and it sounds like a nuclear bomb went off.

I don't care if gunshots are way louder then voices IRL, I'm watching a movie and I want all the sounds normalized so I don't have to adjust the volume 500 times while I'm watching a show.
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That is called "dynamic range" - supposed to be a good thing. It was really crazy on The Matrix. I almost never bought another DVD again because of it. Speech was whisper quiet, but then gunfire or music would start, and it was loud as hell.
I've heard that if you've got a DVD player with dynamic range control, you can set it to "Night Mode" or something like that, and it compresses the dynamic range, keeping everything at nearly the same volume. Gunshots are still loud, but not like someone's fired a blank right past your eardrum.

They probably want the volume boosted so that you'll still hear the advertisement once you've left the room to go fill up on snacks in the kitchen.

But yes, thank Science for DVRs. Of course, there's backlash - now they'll embed the ads within the show, popping up stupid little animations that cover 20% of the viewable screen. It's just one more reason why I opted out of the "basic extended" cable option. I realized that I keep paying more money to see more and more ads. I'll just buy the DVD if I really want to see a show. No ads (save product placement BS embedded within the show itself), special features, and better audio/video quality.
 
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Originally posted by: PingSpike
Originally posted by: Gibsons
It's even worse when a show has some dynamic range - you have to crank the sound to hear someone whispering, then the commercial comes on and blows your windows out. Thank Science for DVRs.
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That seems to happen with a lot of movies I rent. The actors mumble all their lines and maybe have a british accent for good measure. So I have to turn it way up to understand...then some one on the movie trips over a trash can or opens a door and it sounds like a nuclear bomb went off.

I don't care if gunshots are way louder then voices IRL, I'm watching a movie and I want all the sounds normalized so I don't have to adjust the volume 500 times while I'm watching a show.
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That is called "dynamic range" - supposed to be a good thing. It was really crazy on The Matrix. I almost never bought another DVD again because of it. Speech was whisper quiet, but then gunfire or music would start, and it was loud as hell.
I've heard that if you've got a DVD player with dynamic range control, you can set it to "Night Mode" or something like that, and it compresses the dynamic range, keeping everything at nearly the same volume. Gunshots are still loud, but not like someone's fired a blank right past your eardrum.

They probably want the volume boosted so that you'll still hear the advertisement once you've left the room to go fill up on snacks in the kitchen.

But yes, thank Science for DVRs. Of course, there's backlash - now they'll embed the ads within the show, popping up stupid little animations that cover 20% of the viewable screen. It's just one more reason why I opted out of the "basic extended" cable option. I realized that I keep paying more money to see more and more ads. I'll just buy the DVD if I really want to see a show. No ads (save product placement BS embedded within the show itself), special features, and better audio/video quality.
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Why is it that most music and movies nowdays has no dynamic range whatsoever? I have heard it is because they (the artists, sound engineers, producers, etc.) want their music to be played very loud, and compressing it and then boosting the amplitude is a good way to do this, but why do they have to compress it first? Why not just leave all the dynamic range in there, and turn it up on the amplifier/sound system/TV/etc?
 
Originally posted by: Jeff7
That is called "dynamic range" - supposed to be a good thing. It was really crazy on The Matrix. I almost never bought another DVD again because of it. Speech was whisper quiet, but then gunfire or music would start, and it was loud as hell.
I've heard that if you've got a DVD player with dynamic range control, you can set it to "Night Mode" or something like that, and it compresses the dynamic range, keeping everything at nearly the same volume. Gunshots are still loud, but not like someone's fired a blank right past your eardrum.

They probably want the volume boosted so that you'll still hear the advertisement once you've left the room to go fill up on snacks in the kitchen.

But yes, thank Science for DVRs. Of course, there's backlash - now they'll embed the ads within the show, popping up stupid little animations that cover 20% of the viewable screen. It's just one more reason why I opted out of the "basic extended" cable option. I realized that I keep paying more money to see more and more ads. I'll just buy the DVD if I really want to see a show. No ads (save product placement BS embedded within the show itself), special features, and better audio/video quality.
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Is there anything within the settings of an xbox 360 which compresses the dynamic range? I really hate it and the advertisement volume thing pisses me off to no end too.

 
do most modern tv's have a feature to eliminate this ? Can any one point me to a link that shows me how to set this up on my TV ?
 
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Yeah. My TV has a feature that's supposed to get rid of the problem, but it doesn't seem to work.
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same here. samsung lcd about a year old. same with my toshiba A2 hd dvd player. i turned the dynmanic sound off and it did help a little but i still have to sit with my remote in hand to turn the volume up and down.:|
 
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Yeah. My TV has a feature that's supposed to get rid of the problem, but it doesn't seem to work.
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Me also. Really a pain to grab the remote at every commercial.
 
FUCKING HATE IT. it causes disturbance with the wife, ie "WTF, WHY'S IT SO LOUD...ITS TIME FOR BED ANYWAYS OMG WTF"
 
What astounds me is that all of these advertisement companies haven't figured out that suddenly shocking us with an increase in volume is going to make people get all pissy and annoyed. I don't know about you guys, but I rarely have the urge to purchase any products from companies that annoy the crap out of me.
 
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