Varying TV volume with service?

BobMCT

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Apr 22, 2013, 7:11:43 PM4/22/13

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Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone else experiences significant volume
variations while watching on-demaind and sometimes DVD playback?
regular programming seems to be OK.

I'm talking about the actual program broadcast, not the annoying
advertisements (they're always too loud).

Thanks

Not Me

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Apr 22, 2013, 7:30:28 PM4/22/13

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Yes, it's so bad that I have an external speaker with a large volume
control by my La-Z-Boy. I probably adjust the tv volume a half dozen
times per hour.

Frank

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Apr 23, 2013, 7:48:30 AM4/23/13

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On 4/22/2013 7:11 PM, BobMCT wrote:

I notice it on regular channels. I think it is now illegal to raise
volume on commercials. My wife often watches Turner Classic on our
kitchen set which is next to my den and I have to get her to turn the
sound down as it is loud even with the kitchen door shut.

Glaasgok

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May 7, 2013, 10:29:38 PM5/7/13

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"BobMCT" <r.mar...@fdcx.net> wrote in message
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I get very significant variations in volume from station to station with
regular programming.

@Frank - it's been illegal to raise volume on commercials for a long time.
Yet they always do it. They swear, lying through their teeth, that they
don't. The two ways they get away with it: The FCC lets these pigs do
anything but flash a bare boob for a half second ( a job could be in the
offing) and (b) technically, they pump up the mid-range, which is the part
your ear hears, without raising the overall gain. So it's louder, but the
needle showing the aggregate level doesn't peak any higher.

Or that's how they do it sometimes. Other times, the commercials are so
much louder that they must simply turn the whole thing up. Again, with the
regulators in your pocket, it doesn't matter. They can do what they want.

Barry Margolin

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May 8, 2013, 10:41:40 AM5/8/13

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In article <kMiit.138655$JR.1...@en-nntp-16.dc1.easynews.com>,

"Glaasgok" <Spum...@XXXXyahoo.com> wrote:

> @Frank - it's been illegal to raise volume on commercials for a long time.
> Yet they always do it.

Then what changed when the CALM Act was passed last year?

--
Barry Margolin
Arlington, MA

Harvey Specter

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May 8, 2013, 4:42:39 PM5/8/13

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On 5/8/2013 10:41 AM, Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article <kMiit.138655$JR.1...@en-nntp-16.dc1.easynews.com>,
> "Glaasgok" <Spum...@XXXXyahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> @Frank - it's been illegal to raise volume on commercials for a long time.
>> Yet they always do it.
>
> Then what changed when the CALM Act was passed last year?
>

Nothing. Laws are only for the little people.

A rich man's prank is a poor man's felony.

Barry Margolin

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May 9, 2013, 12:14:08 AM5/9/13

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In article <518ab8c4$0$39083$c3e8da3$dbd...@news.astraweb.com>,

Maybe I should ask it differently: if it was already illegal, why did
they need another law to say so?

I guess Congress needs something to pass the time while they're
gridlocked over all the important issues.

name

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May 9, 2013, 7:15:04 AM5/9/13

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"Barry Margolin" <bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote in message
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Gridlock is baked into the design of the Constitution. It
is a check on power. But of course things would be so much
easier if all the power was held in the hands of a
benevolent dictator but then that would not be America.

Frank

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May 9, 2013, 8:34:46 AM5/9/13

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I don't think it was illegal until recently.

I don't see a big problem with sound levels in any particular channel
but pointed out that I do see a big difference in sound levels between
different channels.

This said, we have a ton of laws that are not enforced and government
response is to pass new laws that will not be enforced either. No
wonder politicians are looked at as a lower form of life.