05-08-2008, 08:39 PM
|
#2
|
|
n00b!
|
I've noticed this especially watching Jeopardy! at 7:30.
|
|
|
|
05-08-2008, 08:50 PM
|
#3
|
|
First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: CALGARY
|
I've noticed this for years...it is really annoying. Thank goodness for PVR, no more commercials!
|
|
|
|
|
05-08-2008, 08:52 PM
|
#4
|
|
First Line Centre
|
Yeah it seems to be getting worse, it was brutal during The Office the past few weeks.
|
|
|
|
|
05-08-2008, 09:05 PM
|
#5
|
|
Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
|
I always hit the mute buttom when commercials come on.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
05-08-2008, 09:06 PM
|
#6
|
|
Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Calgary, AB
|
The Brick ads used to be notorious for that. Especially when they used to open their ad with a guy screaming: THE BRICK!! Woke my ass up off the couch a couple times.
|
|
|
|
|
05-08-2008, 09:13 PM
|
#7
|
|
Random Title Change!
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Calgary
|
I especially hate that when you're already blasting the volume to try and watch the show, and then an ad comes on, makes you grab for your remote real quick.
__________________
Life is all about ass; you’re either covering it, laughing it off, kicking it, kissing it, busting it, trying to get a piece of it, behaving like one, or you live with one!!!
NSFL=Not So Funny Lady. But I will also accept Not Safe For Life and Not Sober For Long.
|
|
|
|
|
05-08-2008, 09:31 PM
|
#8
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
|
Rogers is by far the worst of them all. If you have Rogers cable you know what I am sayin.
|
|
|
|
|
05-08-2008, 09:50 PM
|
#9
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
|
Advertisers claim that the ads are not any louder, but instead they effectively use the entire frequency spectrum at the same level.
Not sure if it's because they want dogs and whales to hear to also hear that annoying garbage or if they're just ensuring the ads sound good on anything from a small TV with a tiny mono speaker to surround sound.
of course it's just an underhanded method to shout in our faces while we're at home. I reach for the remote and hit mute every single time a commercial is on. Although it's horrible when you're in the kitchen and turn the volume way up so you can hear the game, the commercials kick in and blast though your stereo at a deafening level.
I need a compressor in line with my stereo, that would be nice.
|
|
|
|
|
05-08-2008, 10:02 PM
|
#10
|
|
tromboner
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: where the lattes are
|
CBC is the worst for this, I find.
|
|
|
|
|
05-09-2008, 03:15 AM
|
#11
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: The C-spot
|
Easiest solution: don't watch TV.
|
|
|
|
|
05-09-2008, 07:13 AM
|
#12
|
|
Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
|
Most newer TVs have an auto volume option on them. Basically it keeps things like comercials at about the same volume as the show is.
I have my TVs set up that way; and the only time I notice it is if I'm watching the one TV that doesn't have that feature.
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 11:46 PM.
|
|
TV ads volume
