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Posted: July 15 2009,1:50 pm

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Is it just me? my house? my televisions?

Or do the damn commercials sound twice as loud as the program you are watching at your house too? :stupid

It drives me nuts! :pissed

OK, nuttier..... :rolleyes

I don't know how to fix it either. I have to hit the mute button or lower the volume every time a commercial comes on.

Is there some device that will do it for me?

Will a complaint with the FCC help?

I know they are doing it on purpose to get your attention...I refuse to buy any of the offender's products....maybe I need to write a letter to each one of them? :beat

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Posted: July 15 2009,2:47 pm

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I feel your pain. I listen to a lot of radio and I'm always changing the channel when the commercials come on. Not because I hate commercials, but because 90% of the time, the ad guy is YELLING at me. I don't want to be yelled at. Yelling at me is not going to make me buy your product. I know they are trying to sound excited, but it's not excitement. Mattress and car ads are the worst when it comes to this. Others are beginning to follow suit.

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Posted: July 15 2009,3:51 pm

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Enough is enough.

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Posted: July 15 2009,5:23 pm

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Quote (GlassMan @ July 15 2009,1:50 pm)

Is it just me? my house? my televisions?

Or do the damn commercials sound twice as loud as the program you are watching at your house too? Ã‚Â :stupid

It drives me nuts! Ã‚Â :pissed

OK, nuttier..... :rolleyes

It's not just you, your house, or your television.
Some stations are worse than others. I can barely hear the show, then the commercial BLASTS !!!!!!!!!

I believe some tv's have a feature to help keep the volume level ?

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Posted: July 15 2009,5:32 pm

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Quote (Havasu Doug @ July 15 2009,3:51 pm)

Enough is enough.

Advertising agency to customer...

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Posted: July 15 2009,5:53 pm

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Yep new TV's have that feature :good

But since I just got 2 new ones less than a year ago it'll have to wait.

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Posted: July 15 2009,6:10 pm

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Stations run national feeds that tend to have the audio clipped for uniformity/transmission. Local station fills in with commericals that have NO audio threshold...hence the ear drum blasting... :beat

What's worse is that many of the fringe digital channels are actually captured via satellite...and they just pipe 'em in without any baseline modulation... :banghead

We just DVR everything...that way we don't have to watch ANY commericals... :good

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Posted: July 15 2009,10:56 pm

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Suddenly I want to buy a really bad car with dual airbags for some reason.....

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Posted: July 16 2009,5:41 am

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I hate commercials, most of em are lame!... :beat

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Posted: July 16 2009,8:09 am

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I heard someone say they upped the volumes of commercials because they knew everyone was leaving the room during them and they wanted the viewer to hear the commercial from the rest of the house.

I can remember way back on an older VCR there was a feature that would try to eliminate commercials by not recording them. Ã‚Â Worked sometimes, but instead of shutting off the recording during the commercials and resuming for the show, it just recorded a blue screen. Ã‚Â Lame but nice first attempt.
Like shue said, we DVR everything and skip the bogus commercials. Ã‚Â Some times we will join a program 15 minutes into it and start if over just so we can ffw thru the commercials.

Edited by malibuken on July 16 2009,8:10 am

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Posted: July 16 2009,11:25 am

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Ask and ye shall receive...hopefully.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124475706604107803.html

In the greater LA area, CBS 2 is the worst by far. Some of the cable channels are pretty bad too. Up in the Sacto area the NBC station is too soft, can't figure that one out at all.

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Posted: July 16 2009,12:46 pm

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Nice find Cali! :good

I sure do hope some good comes of it. Nothing worse than watching 24...have the volume up because Jack always talks in a whisper...and then BAMM, the friggin commercial comes on and gives me a heart attack. :banghead

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After Monday and Tuesday, even the Calendar says : WTF .......

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Posted: July 16 2009,2:42 pm

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Quote (GlassMan @ July 16 2009,12:46 pm)

Nice find Cali! Ã‚Â :good

I had caught a blurb about it on the news when I was housesitting for my folks in June...then promptly forgot that I wanted to tell them about it until about a week or so ago. :rolleyes

We've had the loud commericals discussion a lot, it's a pet peeve in our family.

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Posted: July 16 2009,3:26 pm

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My wife hates how the commercials are all so loud, I personally can tune it out/ignore it ...............although, you have to admit some commercials are more entertaining than the current TV shows :laugh

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Posted: July 17 2009,1:50 pm

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Magnavox Used To Have Something That They Called "Smart Sound". It Kept The Volume Even. It Was Pretty Cool!!

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Posted: July 27 2009,8:27 am

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Magnavox Used To Have Something That They Called "Smart Sound". It Kept The Volume Even. It Was Pretty Cool!!

So I thought that is what the wife was for, to get up and keep the volume level the same on the TV at all times ............BAMM........... and that is the last thing I remember doc!

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Posted: July 28 2009,6:08 am

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Quote (malibuken @ July 27 2009,8:27 am)

Quote (Carrera Elite @ July 17 2009,1:50 pm)

Magnavox Used To Have Something That They Called "Smart Sound". It Kept The Volume Even. It Was Pretty Cool!!

So I thought that is what the wife was for, to get up and keep the volume level the same on the TV at all times ............BAMM........... and that is the last thing I remember doc!

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Posted: July 28 2009,5:46 pm

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So I thought that is what the wife was for, to get up and keep the volume level the same on the TV at all times ............BAMM........... and that is the last thing I remember doc!

That Was In The 70's....Now In The 2000's, We Have A Little Electronic Device That Has Buttons That Control The T.V. For Us.....

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Posted: July 28 2009,7:33 pm

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Got a MUTE button for the TV...need one for the WIFE...

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Posted: July 28 2009,7:46 pm

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Quote (shueman @ July 28 2009,7:33 pm)

Got a MUTE button for the TV...need one for the WIFE...

....And The Kids, Dog, Neighbors.......

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Posted: July 28 2009,9:13 pm

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Quote (Carrera Elite @ July 28 2009,7:46 pm)

Quote (shueman @ July 28 2009,7:33 pm)

Got a MUTE button for the TV...need one for the WIFE...

....And The Kids, Dog, Neighbors.......

So true!.. :laugh

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Posted: July 29 2009,11:25 am

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Quote (Carrera Elite @ July 28 2009,5:46 pm)

Quote (malibuken @ July 27 2009,8:27 am)

So I thought that is what the wife was for, to get up and keep the volume level the same on the TV at all times ............BAMM........... and that is the last thing I remember doc!

That Was In The 70's....Now In The 2000's, We Have A Little Electronic Device That Has Buttons That Control The T.V. For Us.....

Nipples?

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Posted: July 29 2009,11:48 am

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Quote (Ziggy @ July 29 2009,11:25 am)

Quote (Carrera Elite @ July 28 2009,5:46 pm)

Quote (malibuken @ July 27 2009,8:27 am)

So I thought that is what the wife was for, to get up and keep the volume level the same on the TV at all times ............BAMM........... and that is the last thing I remember doc!

That Was In The 70's....Now In The 2000's, We Have A Little Electronic Device That Has Buttons That Control The T.V. For Us.....

Nipples?

Tried that remote just a couple days ago. :rotflmao

Let's just say the volume went way up and I won't be doing that again. :banghead

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Posted: July 29 2009,12:43 pm

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Quote (WATERDOG @ July 29 2009,11:48 am)

Quote (Ziggy @ July 29 2009,11:25 am)

Nipples?

Tried that remote just a couple days ago. :rotflmao

Let's just say the volume went way up ...

And You Still Couldn't Hear The T.V.!! :eek

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Posted: July 29 2009,7:28 pm

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Quote (Carrera Elite @ July 29 2009,12:43 pm)

Quote (WATERDOG @ July 29 2009,11:48 am)

Quote (Ziggy @ July 29 2009,11:25 am)

Nipples?

Tried that remote just a couple days ago. :rotflmao

Let's just say the volume went way up ...

And You Still Couldn't Hear The T.V.!! :eek

Ã‚Â

It wasn't the TV that got real loud, :beat

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