Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (H.R. 6209)

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waggy

waggy

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oh wow hope that pass's. though don't most new tv's have that built in?
 
Jeff7

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Do you have a mirror for this? I can't seem to get the site to load.


And while I'm glad for this, really, this is what Congress is pissing away their time doing? (I only assume it's Congress, because of the site's URL.)

 
destrekor

destrekor

Lifer
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please please please let this pass! I hate having to turn down the volume due to commercials being too loud.

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R Nilla

R Nilla

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Occasionally I'll have the TV turned down to where I can't hear the actual show that is airing, or even the commercials, but then a commercial will air that is so loud that it is still loud at this low volume.
 
Jeff7

Jeff7

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Originally posted by: destrekor
please please please let this pass! I hate having to turn down the volume due to commercials being too loud.

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It's not so bad. Standard practice for my parents was always to immediately hit "mute" for any commercials. It's not only the volume, but just the incessantly irritating idiocy present in most commercials.
My usual practice is also to either mute commercials or to skip through them. :D
I have unfortunately chanced upon a few political commercials. They all make me feel like throwing up - right in the candidates' faces.
 
clamum

clamum

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Quite possibly the most important piece of legislation in my lifetime, or possibly ever.
 
destrekor

destrekor

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Originally posted by: Jeff7
Originally posted by: destrekor
please please please let this pass! I hate having to turn down the volume due to commercials being too loud.

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It's not so bad. Standard practice for my parents was always to immediately hit "mute" for any commercials. It's not only the volume, but just the incessantly irritating idiocy present in most commercials.
My usual practice is also to either mute commercials or to skip through them. :D
I have unfortunately chanced upon a few political commercials. They all make me feel like throwing up - right in the candidates' faces.
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Well, I normally don't watch live tv, so yeah it's generally not a problem. But when Lost is on, I can't wait. At least, normally I'd pause it for 20 minutes so that I could just skip through all commercials and end on time, but last year I was able to get HD through the campus cable since my tv has QAM, but my roommates dvr didn't play so nicely. I'm going to reconfigure my dvr box so that it is digital and QAM capable, so I can do that again.

to the point though, muting screws me up, because I tend to walk away from the tv during commercials. I like knowing when it is coming back on. :)

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Although a good piece of legislation even though I don't watch much TV, can't they focus on more important subjects like oil and alternative energy.
 
Jeff7

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Originally posted by: txrandom
Although a good piece of legislation even though I don't watch much TV, can't they focus on more important subjects like oil and alternative energy.
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And steroid use in baseball, can't forget that.

 
destrekor

destrekor

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Originally posted by: txrandom
Although a good piece of legislation even though I don't watch much TV, can't they focus on more important subjects like oil and alternative energy.
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You do know Congress focuses on multiple things every day, right? It's not like they go "okay guys, enough about oil. No more talking oil for a week. Let's focus on the volume of commercials!"
If you really want to throw a fuss about Congress wasting time, go slap a Congressman when he's working on his filibuster that lasts forever. That's a true waste of time.

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Crusty

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OH THANK GOD! It's always those damn local commercials too. Fuck you Mr. Used Car Dealership and your loud ass annoying commercials.
 
mugs

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Originally posted by: Jeff7
Do you have a mirror for this? I can't seem to get the site to load.


And while I'm glad for this, really, this is what Congress is pissing away their time doing? (I only assume it's Congress, because of the site's URL.)
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People always say this. It's not like Congress can only work on one thing at a time. There are 435 members of the House of Representatives, and each has a staff.
 
frostedflakes

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Nice, lol. I bought one of those little boxes that normalizes volume, well worth the $25 or so I paid for it. Even better if it isn't necessary, though.
 
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Originally posted by: feralkid
BILLY MAYS HERE!
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He's pushing health insurance now. Seriously WTF?

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Do you have a mirror for this? I can't seem to get the site to load.


And while I'm glad for this, really, this is what Congress is pissing away their time doing? (I only assume it's Congress, because of the site's URL.)
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"HR" means it is a bill introduced in the House of Representatives (HR = House Resolution). This is actually a very short bill.

HR 6209 IH

110th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 6209

To require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 9, 2008

Ms. ESHOO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act'.

SEC. 2. RULEMAKING ON LOUD COMMERCIALS REQUIRED.

(a) Regulation Required- Within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall prescribe pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) a regulation that provides, in connection with any video programming that is broadcast or that is distributed by any multichannel video programming distributor, that--

(1) advertisements accompanying such video programming shall not be excessively noisy or strident;

(2) such advertisements shall not be presented at modulation levels substantially higher than the program material that such advertisements accompany; and

(3) the average maximum loudness of such advertisements shall not be substantially higher than the average maximum loudness of the program material that such advertisements accompany.

(b) Definitions- For purposes of this section, the terms `video programming' and `multichannel video programming distributor' have the meanings given such terms in section 602 of Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 522).
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nageov3t

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Originally posted by: Away
Originally posted by: Jeff7

And while I'm glad for this, really, this is what Congress is pissing away their time doing?
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congressmen serve on committees.

the people serving on committees that deal with the FCC are not necessarily the same people serving on the committees that deal with energy, intelligence, the armed services, highways, etc.

edit: I was actually horribly wrong. lol.

She is a member of House Intelligence Committee, and the ranking member on the Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence (appointed in January 2003). She also serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, the House Medical Technology Caucus, the 21st Century Health Care Caucus, and the Subcommittee on Health. She co-chairs the Congressional E-911 Caucus and the House Medical Technology Caucus, and serves as Vice Chair of the 21st Century Health Care Caucus.
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but the point remains... ;)
 
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