FCC to limit volume on commercials

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Modelworks

Originally posted by: scorpious

Originally posted by: MotF Bane
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Please use the search function.

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Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Same issue?
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...310898&highlight_key=y

All I did to find it was search for "commercial" in the terrible non advanced search and it even came right up.

 

[Modelworks]

Originally posted by: jamesbond007
For a tech-oriented crowd, I'm surprised at all the complaints for 'loud' commercials and such. My circa 2000 27" Panasonic tube TV had "A.I. Sound" that equalized commercials, TV shows, movies, etc without problems. My new Sony LCD panel has 'Steady Sound' that works almost as good, but definitely has better vocals than my Pansonic's technology did. And who the hell watches commercials anymore?!?! Am I the only one that starts 'live' TV programs 15-20 minutes late so I can FFW through commercials? No one here with a DVR or Tivo?

Bueller?

Most sets do not handle it well since they trigger on short loud events, not long ones.

The UK already passed a law on it. It is something simple to implement , it has just been something that people were putting up with because they did not know who to complain to.

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: jamesbond007
For a tech-oriented crowd, I'm surprised at all the complaints for 'loud' commercials and such. My circa 2000 27" Panasonic tube TV had "A.I. Sound" that equalized commercials, TV shows, movies, etc without problems. My new Sony LCD panel has 'Steady Sound' that works almost as good, but definitely has better vocals than my Pansonic's technology did. And who the hell watches commercials anymore?!?! Am I the only one that starts 'live' TV programs 15-20 minutes late so I can FFW through commercials? No one here with a DVR or Tivo?

Bueller?

In our house both the primary TV-watching tvs don't handle the audio. In both cases, I believe (I didn't wire it), the audio goes directly from the DVR to the receiver.

 

[Modelworks]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: Modelworks

Originally posted by: scorpious

Originally posted by: MotF Bane
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Please use the search function.

Search function did not work because that poster used a poor topic

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Same issue?
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...310898&highlight_key=y

All I did to find it was search for "commercial" in the terrible non advanced search and it even came right up.

I searched for volume, oh well

 

[jamesbond007]

Originally posted by: Modelworks
The UK already passed a law on it.

No surprised here - the UK has a freaking law on everything.

Originally posted by: BeauJangles
In our house both the primary TV-watching tvs don't handle the audio. In both cases, I believe (I didn't wire it), the audio goes directly from the DVR to the receiver.

So your receiver doesn't feature a 'night mode'? That's what my Yamaha calls it, anyways. :thumbsup:

 

[Modelworks]

Originally posted by: jamesbond007

Originally posted by: Modelworks
The UK already passed a law on it.

No surprised here - the UK has a freaking law on everything.

Originally posted by: BeauJangles
In our house both the primary TV-watching tvs don't handle the audio. In both cases, I believe (I didn't wire it), the audio goes directly from the DVR to the receiver.

So your receiver doesn't feature a 'night mode'? That's what my Yamaha calls it, anyways. :thumbsup:

Nope it doesn't. Neither does any tv or receiver I have in the home.



The thing with this proposal is it requires next to no extra work for the commercial producers. It may in fact be easier to make a commercial that isn't near clipping levels. So why not require them to do it ?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: jamesbond007

Originally posted by: BeauJangles
In our house both the primary TV-watching tvs don't handle the audio. In both cases, I believe (I didn't wire it), the audio goes directly from the DVR to the receiver.

So your receiver doesn't feature a 'night mode'? That's what my Yamaha calls it, anyways. :thumbsup:

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Well I for one, don't want to limit the dynamic range in my actual content by using night mode or something equivalent.

(This doesn't apply to me actually since I only watch DVDs and Blu-ray on my system, but if I did have cable, I would not have that enabled)

 

[darkswordsman17]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: jamesbond007

Originally posted by: BeauJangles
In our house both the primary TV-watching tvs don't handle the audio. In both cases, I believe (I didn't wire it), the audio goes directly from the DVR to the receiver.

So your receiver doesn't feature a 'night mode'? That's what my Yamaha calls it, anyways. :thumbsup:

Well I for one, don't want to limit the dynamic range in my actual content by using night mode or something equivalent.

(This doesn't apply to me actually since I only watch DVDs and Blu-ray on my system, but if I did have cable, I would not have that enabled)[/quote]

Exactly. You're still ruining the audio, so whats the point?

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: jamesbond007
For a tech-oriented crowd, I'm surprised at all the complaints for 'loud' commercials and such. My circa 2000 27" Panasonic tube TV had "A.I. Sound" that equalized commercials, TV shows, movies, etc without problems. My new Sony LCD panel has 'Steady Sound' that works almost as good, but definitely has better vocals than my Pansonic's technology did. And who the hell watches commercials anymore?!?! Am I the only one that starts 'live' TV programs 15-20 minutes late so I can FFW through commercials? No one here with a DVR or Tivo?

Bueller?

So I'm supposed to just twiddle my thumbs for 15-20 minutes? Sometimes it's just something I'm half-watching while dinking around on the internet, so most commercials are easy to tune out but then OVER A MILLION MEN HAVE TRIED ENZTYE, DON'T YOU WANT A BIGGER SCHLONG?!?

 

[jamesbond007]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
So I'm supposed to just twiddle my thumbs for 15-20 minutes? Sometimes it's just something I'm half-watching while dinking around on the internet, so most commercials are easy to tune out but then OVER A MILLION MEN HAVE TRIED ENZTYE, DON'T YOU WANT A BIGGER SCHLONG?!?

Twiddle your thumbs, read a chapter in a book, go fap - pick your poison. I have better things to do than 'wait' for my TV program to appear. Hence, why I usually watch most material a day or two after it's been recorded. Entourage and South Park are the exceptions.

YOyoYOhowsDAjello, don't get me wrong - I don't 'prefer' to limit the range of whatever I'm watching, but if it keeps me at peace with my roommates and neighbors, then so be it. Until I buy a house, it'll suffice for now.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: jamesbond007

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
So I'm supposed to just twiddle my thumbs for 15-20 minutes? Sometimes it's just something I'm half-watching while dinking around on the internet, so most commercials are easy to tune out but then OVER A MILLION MEN HAVE TRIED ENZTYE, DON'T YOU WANT A BIGGER SCHLONG?!?

Twiddle your thumbs, read a chapter in a book, go fap - pick your poison. I have better things to do than 'wait' for my TV program to appear. Hence, why I usually watch most material a day or two after it's been recorded. Entourage and South Park are the exceptions.

Or I could just mute the commercials or ignore them (with the notable exception of the ones with a noticeably higher volume). If I happen to take too long to unmute, I can just rewind 😛
Yes, I DO record and watch most things later, but not always.