Tired of Larry “Sweet Deal” Jones from Jones Toyota screaming at you about how “prices can’t get any lower”? You know you’re not alone. For years people have complained to cable companies and television networks about commercials being much louder than the shows people are tuning in to watch. This happens so frequently that many TV stations post answers to the “Why are the commercials so loud?” question on their websites. They claim that the commercials aren’t actually louder, but that their consistent intensity when compared to varying levels of sound in the programs makes them seem louder.
Well, it appears that viewers in Italy actually have good reason to complain. A few Italian networks aren’t playing by their country’s rules and have been raising volume levels by as much as 50% during commercials.
Now that I think about it, I might not mind “Sweet Deal” Jones as much if he were screaming in Italian… but with a Southern accent.
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why are commercials louder than regular programings
posted by lil jj on 1-8-2008 at 3:19 pm
You are absolutely right. TV Commercials have become obscene in the loudness they are aired!
I’m sick to death of having to turn my TV down over 50% to calm the screaming noise of these commercials.
Looks like the Federal Communications Bureau is not doing their job, or just doesn’t care about the public annoyance these commercials are being forced on the public.
posted by Sandra on 11-11-2008 at 11:03 am
Sometimes when I’m sitting at home alone watching my shows the TV will be really low then extremely loud. There is no reason why it should be doing that. I never even touch the remote at times. Sometimes when I’m on the phone it seems worst. I can’t hear myself think or speak. I hate commercials like that. Something has been done by DISH now. They just released the new DVR called the Hopper. It has this awesome new feature called TruVolume. I got the chance to learn about it and test it out since I’m an employee with DISH. It really works; it just levels out the commercials to one low volume, so it isn’t randomly loud. The Hopper is definitely a must get, if you want to stop the random volume changes.
posted by Beauty on 1-12-2012 at 12:25 pm