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Show vs. Ads Volume

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Category: Commercials You Hate!
Forum Name: Television Related Rants
Forum Description: That awful stuff between the bad commercials.
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Topic: Show vs. Ads Volume
Posted By: Orly
Subject: Show vs. Ads Volume
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2008 at 6:16pm

The same people who think Billy Mays screaming at us will make us buy their sh*t must be the same people who think having the volume cranked up several levels when the commercials come on will make us buy the advertised sh*t that's being blared at us, too.

It doesn't seem like all channels do this, but I'm sure Fox does with some programs. I'll have something on in the background and then WHAM! the commercials come on at what seems like 10x the volume of the show.



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Posted By: DARK FATHER
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2008 at 1:07am
They probably do this so that the commercials can be heard by people who have left the TV set to use the bathroom or grab snacks. 

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Posted By: Ryan Ferneau
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2008 at 3:39am
Can you even imagine what it would be like if the first commercial of the break was subtle and didn't use full volume?  Do you think that could attract attention even better than all the loud commercials following it?


Posted By: FaithSF
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2008 at 7:22am
ABC does it as well. Always.


Posted By: LOL1955
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2008 at 9:25am
It's a bloody nuisance and makes me scramble for the mute button every time.

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Posted By: musicman
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2008 at 11:04am
My Motorola cable box from Comcast has a setting that allows you to set the volume to a higher compression.
 
In other words it raises the volume on the quiet parts and lowers the volume on the loud parts automatically.
 
It's not perfect, but it's better than no compression at all which is the default setting.
 
 
 
 
 


Posted By: Adreme
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2008 at 2:13pm
I can't stand this tactic either, sometimes it scares the doody out of me, especially if I am falling asleep on the couch or something. Angry 


Posted By: Tiz
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2008 at 8:00pm
Originally posted by musicman musicman wrote:

My Motorola cable box from Comcast has a setting that allows you to set the volume to a higher compression.
 

In other words it raises the volume on the quiet parts and lowers the volume on the loud parts automatically.

 

It's not perfect, but it's better than no compression at all which is the default setting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have a black Motorola Comcast box and have no idea where the manual is.Embarrassed Where is this 'feature'? 



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